Lita Albuquerque
American, b. 1946
Lita Albuquerque is one of the most significant and internationally recognized artists associated with the California Light and Space movement. Born in Santa Monica and raised in Tunisia and Paris, she settled in Venice, California in the 1970s, where her practice developed in dialogue with the aftermath of the Light and Space movement and the broader experimental art scene of Los Angeles.
Albuquerque’s work is rooted in a profound engagement with cosmology, geological time, and the relationship between humanity and the universe. She is particularly celebrated for her large-scale, site-specific environmental installations — realized across deserts, salt flats, and remote landscapes worldwide — that create visual “maps” readable from above, connecting earthly experience to celestial scale.
Her paintings, works on paper, and prints translate these expansive conceptual concerns into intimate formats, often employing luminous pigments, saturated color fields, and imagery evoking stellar cartography, cosmic movement, and the passage of time. Her print works have been published by distinguished workshops including Cirrus Editions Ltd. and Self Help Graphics, both in Los Angeles.
Albuquerque’s work has been exhibited internationally and is represented in major museum and private collections worldwide, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Museum Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art • Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York