Popliteo is the name of an artistic duo: Luis Montoya and Leslie Ortiz.

LUIS MONTOYA

BORN:

Madrid, Spain

EDUCATION:

School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain, BFA, MFA
Castellblach Foundation Independent Study in Florence, London, New York
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Post-graduate studies in sculpture

AWARDS:

1991
33rd Annual Hortt Memorial Competition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1986
28th Annual Hortt Memorial Competition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1976
James J. Akston Foundation Award
1971
Francisco Alcantra Award, Spain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2002
Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, TX
1993
Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1993
The Bird Museum, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1991
Retrospective, Cultural Center, Stuart, FL
1990
Eastbourne Clark Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
1985
Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL
1984
Galleria Novita, Miami, FL
1982
Gallery VII, Boca Raton, FL
1979
Norton Museum of 2002 Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2001
Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA
2001
Ivo Bouman Kunsthandel b.v., The Hague, The Netherlands
2001
Galerie Guillon-Lafaille, Paris, France
2001
Theo Waddington Gallery, London, England
2001
Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2001
Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2000
Galeria Acquavella, Caracas, Venezuela
2000
Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA
2000
Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
1999
Ivo Bouman Kunsthandel b.v., The Hague, The Netherlands
1999
Galerie Guillon-Lafaille, Paris, France
1999
Soomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1999
Theo Waddington Gallery, London, England
1999
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, WI
1999
Henoch Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Corbino Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1999
Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, TX
1999
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charleston, SC
1999
Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, OH
1999
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1998
Corbino Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1998
Arij Gasiunasen Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1998
Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
1998
Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998
Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1998
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, WI
1997
Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1997
Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1996
Buschlen-Mowatt, Vancouver, Canada
1996
Brinkerhoff & Co. Fine Art, Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL
1996
Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996
Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1996
Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1994
Russeck/O'Hara Gallery, Palm Beach, FL Art, West Palm Beach, FL
1979
Galeria Bryna, Palm Beach, FL
1978
Galeria Altex, Madrid, Spain
1977
Galeria Frontera, Madrid, Spain
1976
Gloria Luria, Miami, FL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2002
San Francisco Art Fair, Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA
2002
ARTChicago, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2002
ARTPalm Beach, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2002
ARTMiami, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2001
ARTPalm Beach, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2001
FIA, Caracas, Venezuela, Galeria Acquavella, Caracas, Venezuela
2001
ARCO, Madrid, Spain, Galeria Acquavella, Caracas, Venezuela
2001
ARTChicago, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2001
ARTMiami, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2001
ARTPalm Beach, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2000
Toronto Art Fair, Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
2000
Cologne, Germany Art Fair, Ivo Bouman Kunsthandel b.v., The Hague, The Netherlands
2000
Dallas Art Fair, Arij Gasiunasen, Palm Beach, FL
2000
San Francisco Art Fair, Waddington & Tribby Boca Raton, FL
2000
Brussels Art Fair, Ivo Bouman Kunsthandel b.v., The Hague, The Netherlands
2000
ARTChicago, Theo Waddington, London & Boca Raton, FL
2000
ARTPalm Beach, Waddington & Tribby, Boca Raton, FL
2000
Los Angeles Art Fair, Arij Gasiunasen, Palm Beach, FL
2000
ARTMiami, Theo Waddington, London & Boca Raton, FL
1999
Still Life: Rembrandt to the Millenium, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1999
To Nourish and Nurture, University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
1999
FIA, Caracas, Venequela, represented by Galeria Acquavella
1999
ARTChicago, represented by Theo Waddington, London, England
1999
ARTMiami, represented by Theo Waddington, London, England
1999
SOFA New York represented by Theo Waddington, London, England
1998
Jerald Melberg Galleries, Charleston, SC
1998
SOFA Chicago, represented by Portals Gallery, Chicago IL
1998
Art Chicago, represented by Theo Waddington, London, England
1998
Vancouver Art Fair, represented by Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
1998
Palm Beach Contemporary Art Fair, Theo Waddington Gallery, London, England
1998
USArtists, Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts, represented by Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997
USArtists, Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts, represented by Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997
USArtists, Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts, represented by Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1997
Cerillos Cultural Center, Cerillos, NM
1997
Washington DC Art Expo, represented by Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
1997
Singapore International Art Fair, represented by Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
1997
Five Sculptors, Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
1997
SOFA, Chicago, represented by Portals Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
Seattle Art Fair, represented by Buschlen Mowatt, Vancouver, BC
1996
Corbino Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1996
Lizan-Topps Gallery, Southampton, NY
1996
SOFA, Portals Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
Ron Hall Gallery, Architectural Arts 1st Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas, TX
1996
Ron Hall Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996
Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1996
O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1995
Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1995
FIA International, Caracas, Venezuela
1994
Ron Hall Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL,
1990
Florida Artist's Series #12, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1980
Bienalle de Paris, Paris, France
1976
Florida Sculptors, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miami, FL
1975
Huntington Hartford Museum, New York City Cultural Center
1974
Invitational Sculpture Competition, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1972
International Biennale de Ibiza, Ibiza, Spain

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid, Spain
Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI

SPECIAL COMMISSIONS:

1999
The Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1994
Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, FL
1994
Esperante Building, West Palm beach, FL
1993
Tokyo/Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1991
Sofia University, Tokyo, Japan
1990
Forest Ridge, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1989
Phillips Point, West Palm beach, FL



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