Bio
Education
1997–2000
Sculpture, Quarry in Carrara, Italy.
1991–1997
Self-taught Short films and Photography in the Amazonian rainforest, Venezuela.
1990–1991
Self-taught sculpture, Cementerio del Sur, Caracas, Venezuela.
1985–1987
Drawing, Art Students League of New York, USA.
BA Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
1982–1984
Drawing, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
solo exhibitions
2019
The Space Beyond, Chapel of La Merced, Miami
2018
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, TBBox Art & Ideobox Artspace, Miami
2017
Like Ether, TBBox Art & Ideobox Artspace, Miami
2010
An Idyllic World, Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami
2007
Amazilias, Galería La Cuadra, Caracas
2006
The Art of Dealing, DiVA, Container, Digital Video & Art Fair, New York City
1989
Aqua que me muero de sé, Galería Vía, Caracas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
For Now: Contemporary Venezuelan Art of the Miami Diaspora, Coral Gables Museum, Miami
Art Living, for the Delano Hotel, Miami Beach
2017
Collective exhibition, TBBox Art & Ideobox Artspace, Miami
2015
Art on the Green, Winter Park, Florida
2013
Whisky and Rye, The Nightclub itinerant venue, Miami
2012
Olivier Mestre and María Cristina Carbonell, Ricard Gallery, Miami
2010
In Wolves Clothing: Re-imagining the Doll, SHOWstudio, London
Hip & Cool, II Picknic Film Festival, Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain
2009
Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
A Time to Bloom, VideoArtWorld, Basilea Foundation, Hot Art Fair, Basel
2008
Visionários: Audiovisual Na América Latina, Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo
2006
63 Edición del Salón Bienal Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
Perfect Timing, Douz and Mille Gallery, Art Taipei & Ela-Asia, Taipei
Itinerantes, Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas
2004
Retomando el Volumen, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
V Bienal Barro de América, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Lía Bermúdez, Maracaibo, Venezuela
2003
Arte Venezolano Siglo XX, Década de los 90, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
2001
IV Bienal Barro de América, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
2000
X Edición del Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas
1998
III Bienal Barro de América, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
El Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art Today, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
V Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Así Está la Cosa: Instalación y Arte Objeto en América Latina, Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
III Bienal del Caribe y Latino America, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
1996
249 Projets pour Uni Dufour, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva
I Biennial Nacional del Paisaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela
1995
Seis formas de Mirar, Sala Uno, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
II Bienal Barro de América, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
1994
IV Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
VII Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas
1993
II Edición Salón Pirelli, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
1992
Memorias de la Visión, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber
III Bienal Nacional de Arte de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
1991
I Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Puerto La Cruz, Galería Municipal de Arte Moderno, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
1990
Salón del Encuentro Americano, Galería Espacios Cálidos, Ateneo de Caracas: traveling exhibition presented in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba, Havana; Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile; Galería Praxis, Buenos Aires; Galería Carré D’or Paris; Francia Centro Cultural Jacques Prévert, Harnes, France; Centre Culturel de la Visitation de Périgueux, Fance; Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Brussels
video screening & film festivals
2024
Always On My Mind, Documentary screening, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
2022
Always On My Mind, Tulum World Environment Film Festival
I Don’t Want to Watch Her Die, Miami New Media Festival
2021
Heaven Can Wait, Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival
2020
Always On My Mind, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
2019
Heaven Can Wait, May 2019 Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival
Atlanta Documentary Film Festival
Best Short Fest, Ontario, Canada
Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival
2011
Close Up International Film Festival, Puerto Vallarta
Miami New Media Festival
2010
Hip & Cool, II Picknic Film Festival, Botín Foundation, Santander, Spain
International Film Festival Cine a Contracorriente: Latinoamérica y España, Xcèntric, Barcelona.
2009
Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
2008
Visionários: Audiovisual Na América Latina, Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo
2006
Close Up International Film Festival, Centro de Arte Casa Vecina, Mexico City
The Art of Dealing, Selected video for Diva Container, Video and Art Festival, New York.
PUBLIC ART & PRIVATE ART INSTALLATIONS
2019
Art Living, the Delano Hotel, Miami Beach
2015
Art on the Green, Winter Park.
2014
Spiral, Nadder’s family private residence, Caracas
2007
La Dama y el Unicornio, private residence, Caracas
2000
Fountain, private residence, Caracas
1999
Flight (En Vuelo), Centro Ciudad Comercial Tamanaco, Caracas
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2022
Always On My Mind, 30’50”, Jury’s Award Winner, Tulum Environment Film Festival
2021
Heaven Can Wait, Official Selection Berlin Lift Off Film Festival
2020
Always On My Mind, 34’50” Semi-Finalist Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
2019
Heaven Can Wait, 2019, Orig. HD, 20’25″ Award Winner May
Best Short Documentary, Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival
Semi-Finalist, Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia.
Semi-Finalist Best Short Fest, Ontario, Canada.
2013
The Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsman’s Gold Award. Issued by Gallery of Superb Printing in the Production of María Cristina Carbonell Art Book
The Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsman’s Gold Award. Issued by Gallery of Superb Printing in the Production of María Cristina Carbonell Art Book
2006
Award Winner, 63 Salón Biennial Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela.
Selected Artist for Diva Container New York 2006 with the video The Art of Dealing
1996
Award Winner, I Bienal del Paisaje, Maracay, Venezuela.
Photography Award, V Edition Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.
1994
Sculpture Award, IV Edition Biennial Nacional de Guayana Award, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.
Honorable Mention VII Edition Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
1991
Honorable Mention I Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.