Luisa Duarte is a Venezuelan-American visual artist based in Houston, Texas. She received her Bachelor in Architecture from the Universidad del Zulia, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 1987. Duarte's work has been exhibited in various institutions around the world, including the the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas; The Museum of Geometric and Madi Art in Dallas, Texas; The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, Maczul in Maracaibo, Venezuela; The Museo of Miranda in Los Teques, Venezuela; the Galveston Arts Center in Galveston, Texas; and the 2017 Texas Biennial in Austin, Texas.

Most recently, Duarte’s work was selected for inclusion in a major exhibition at the Art Museum of South Texas, Texas Artists - Women in Abstraction (2022); and a solo exhibition of her work, Inseparable Ties, was curated by Kinzelman Art Consulting, and exhibited in the TC Energy Building, Houston Texas (2021).

In 2019, Duarte was a recipient of the Houston Art Alliance’s “City’s Initiative Grant; and she received first place in the 10th Annual Visual Arts Alliance juried invitational in 2016.

Duarte was recently an Artists on Site Series 3 artist-in-residence at the Asia Society Texas Center, and is currently an artist-in-residence at P.A.C. Art Residency in Houston.

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I am a multidisciplinary artist with a foundation in architecture, which deeply informs my work. My practice is rooted in abstract geometry, a direct extension of my architectural training. I approach this geometry with a sense of liberation, relying on memory and intuition rather than precise measurements. The resulting forms are a testament to years of controlled design, now transformed into free-flowing spaces that invite exploration.

As an immigrant from Venezuela, I experience a blend of nostalgia and the joy of discovering new surroundings. This duality fuels my work, driving my exploration of themes such as place, belonging, fragility, identity, memory, and the tension between public and personal boundaries. My art is a quest for an ideal state—a space that transcends the physical to delve into emotional and spiritual realms. Through my work, I strive to capture those delicate, sometimes ephemeral places where these themes converge.