ABOUT ME

Originally from the Dominican Republic, LUSMERLIN is a multidisciplinary artist and chemical engineer with a background in textile and cement manufacturing management. She currently splits her time between Philadelphia, PA and Columbia, MD and exhibits her work nationally in museums, galleries and impromptu spaces. She is a 2024 Fellow at Mural Arts Philadelphia. LUSMERLIN’s professional background includes achieving record profit ($4.5MM) as plant manager of a slag cement plant, attaining a Project Management Certification (PMP), and being a recipient of the highly selective Global Undergraduate Exchange Program of the US Department of State. LUSMERLIN’s works across media share a thematic interest: womanhood, the immigrant body in space, and the scenes of daily life that accompany her journey of re-discovery in a new land, after she immigrated to the US in 2016. LUSMERLIN's approach to work borrows from Caribbean values, where it’s more important that a person “pops” in a room, rather than blend in. Deeply inclined to community involvement, she regularly volunteers with organizations that support immigrants, disadvantaged populations, and advocacy for the arts. 
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Awards:
2024 Fellowship for Black Artists – Mural Arts – Philadelphia, PA
 
Solo:
2022 Solo Show Together Alone - Delaplaine Arts Center – Frederick, MD
2022 Solo Show The Ink Dancer - TAG/The Artist's Gallery – Frederick, MD
2021 Solo Show In Search of Wings - Cowork Frederick Foundation – Frederick, MD
 
Group:
2024 Modern Day Monet – Juried Show at Hill-Stead Museum, Hartford, CT (Juried by William O’Riley)
2024 Blossoms of Hope – Invitational show at the Columbia Art Association, Columbia, MD
2024 2024 Free Your Mind v2.0 Juried Group Show – El Barrios ArtSpace - NYC
2023 HoCo Open Group Show– Ellicott City, MD
2023 Free Your Mind Juried Group Show – Jamaica Center for the Arts - NYC
2023 Center Stage Juried Group show – Red Wall Gallery NYC (curated by Danny Simmons)
2022 Naturalization - Live performance at Juried Show - Whiteboxny, NYC
2022 Phantasmagoria Juried Group Show - Carroll Arts Center – Frederick, MD
2022 National Juried Exhibit - Delaplaine Arts Center – Frederick, MD
2021 16th Annual Juried Exhibition - Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Words Words Words Juried Salon Show - The Plastic Club Philadelphia, PA
2021 National Juried Exhibit - Delaplaine Arts Center – Frederick, MD
2021 TAG Blooms group show - TAG/The Artist's Gallery Frederick – Frederick, MD
2021 "Up Market Revival" group show - TAG/The Artist's Gallery  – Frederick, MD
2021 Frederick County Art Association Member Show – Frederick, MD
2020 2da Bienal del 7 - Dominican International Biennial – Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep
2020 National Juried Exhibit - Delaplaine Arts Center – Frederick, MD
2020 Online Show National Juried Exhibit - Delaplaine Arts Center – Frederick, MD
2020 "Spring, Summer and Splendor" Juried Show - Crestwood Center (Frederick Women's Health Center) – Frederick, MD
2020 Frederick Coffee Company – Frederick, MD

Collections:
Mid-Atlantic Emergency Center at Frederick Community College (Frederick, MD)
​Olney Theater Center (Olney, MD)

Publications and Press:
2021 "Maryland: Visual Artists", book by First Lady of Maryland State Yumi Hogan, featuring two artists per county
2020 "The Actress", pastel, cover of the Delaplaine Arts Center Magazine
2020 Highlight of performance during Soul Market

Murals:
2020 Black Lives Mural Frederick - outdoor mural/installation
2020 Salon Champu - Frederick, MD

Social involvement:
2021 Art Director for Black Lives Mural
2021 Board Member of the Frederick Arts Council
2020 Pro-Bono Art Summer Camp "Lusmerlin and kids" at the Asian American Center of Frederick
2020 Juror for Centro Hispano's youth program "Exito"

Book covers:
2021 Ellas Narran
2019 - Sombrero para gatos - Taller Narradores de Santo Domingo
2019 - Cortos, corticos y no tan cortos

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