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Juanita Lanzo

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Juanita Lanzo sources anatomy and microscopic life references to invent settings that allude to life cycles, human interactions, and inner biomorphic worlds.

Juanita Lanzo is a Bronx-based, Afro-Puerto Rican visual artist, educator, and independent curator.
Her work resides in permanent collections in Puerto Rico at Museo de Arte de Caguas, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Univ. de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, and Instituto de Cultura, Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California.
She graduated from City College of New York in 2005 (MFA in painting and Printmaking) and the University of Puerto Rico in 1996 (BFA in drawing and Printmaking).
Juanita Lanzo, born in Puerto Rico, moved to NYC in 1999 and currently lives in East Harlem, NY.

Featured Artwork

Two large organic vegetation shapes, seemingly splinting or coming apart, intertwined with blueish, sinuous shapes. Rendered with blue lines and orange tones
Juanita Lanzo. The Split, 2021. Watercolor pencil on Watercolor paper, 18" x 24". Image courtesy of the artist.
Crowding of various organic shapes rendered in orange and earth tones.
Juanita Lanzo. Untitled (Populating or Crowding Spaces), 2020. Watercolor pencil or watercolor paper, 18" x 24". Image courtesy of the artist.
A large pod-like shape seems suspended, embraced or surrounded by various sinuous shapes, rendered in earth tones.
Juanita Lanzo. Untitled, 2023. Watercolor pencil on paper, 11" x 15". Image courtesy of the artist.

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Review: ‘RicanVisions’ exhibits the rich artistic traditions of Puerto Rican artists. The NYU Latinx Project exhibition features 19 artists from Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Katherine Welander, Deputy Managing Editor

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RicanVisions: Mapping Diasporican Pasts, Futures & the Present Through Community at The Latinx Project, NYC, Marlin Ramos, 04/28/2025

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September 9 – December 6, 2025 Vaivén: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora Saturday, September 13, 2025 Public Program & Reception | 7:00 - 10:00 PM

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