Luisa Basnuevo received a BFA from Florida International University, and an MFA from Yale University School of Art in 1991.

Her paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and abroad, including solo shows at the Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL; and the Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL. Basnuevo’s work has been included in presentations at the Musée de Luxembourg in Paris, France; the Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, among others. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Southeastern Arts Federation, South Florida Consortium, the Division of Cultural Affairs, and Florida Department of State. Her work is included in the permanent collections of Frost Art Museum, Miami; Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami; Miami-Dade College, Miami; NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Fl; Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington, DC; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fl among others.