Kyra Belan

Kyra Belan ( born 1947) is a visual artist, author and women's rights advocate known for her visual language and artistic political activism.

Life and education

Belan's doctoral dissertation, completed in 1992, is entitled "The Effect of Sexist Attitudes on the Perception of Visual Artists by Community College and University Students."

Exhibitions

Selected individual exhibitions since 2015

• Kyra Belan,Love Mother Earth, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NY,NY May 24 – June 16, 2022
• Kyra Belan, From Myth to Reality, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NY,NY  April 2019
• Kyra Belan, Resist, CAA Artspace, Los Angeles Convention Center CAA Annual Conference, February 2018
• Kyra Belan Symbolic Magic: Installation, SBDAC Fort Myers, FL April 2017
• Kyra Belan Solo Exhibition, Spectrum Miami 2016, December 2016
• Kyra Belan: Magical Paradise, Broadway Palm Fine Art Gallery,April–May 2016
• Kyra Belan, Installation: Rosa Sinensis, Arts for ACT main Gallery, November 2015

Selected art in public collections

• Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
• ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
• Broward Art in Public Places, South Regional Courthouse, Hollywood, FL
• Broward College, Pembroke Pines, FL
• Lake Eustis Museum of Art: LEMA, Eustis, FL
• Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
• Museum of the Americas, Doral, FL
• Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
• Metro-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
• Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs Art Collection, Orlando, FL
• University of Central Florida, School of Performing Arts, Orlando, FL
• Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
• Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myrs, FL

Books authored

• THE VIRGIN AND CHILD (Parkstone Press, translated to French and German), 2018.
• DIVINE LADIES IN AMERICA, Astarte Books, 2016.
• EARTH, MYTHS, AND ECOFEMINIST ART, Createspace Independent Publishing, 2015.
• ART, MYTHS, AND RITUALS, BENT TREE PRESS, 2007.
• LA VIRGEN EN EL ARTE, PANAMERICANA PRESS, 2007.
• THE VIRGIN IN ART: FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN, BARNES & NOBLE PRESS, 2005, Second edition, Parkstone Press, 2018.
• EARTH, SPIRIT AND GENDER: VISUAL LANGUAGE FOR THE NEW REALITY.
• MADONNAS: From Medieval to Modern, Parkstone Press (translated to French and German) 2001.