EDUCATION

1997-1998

Internship sculpture, Lucio Carusi marble quarry, Carrara, Italy

1991-1997

Self-taught short films and photography during a stay in the Amazon rainforest, Venezuela

1990-1991

Self-taught sculpture, Cementerio del Sur, Caracas

1985-1987

Drawing and painting, Art Students League of New York BA, the Fashion Institute of technology (FIT), 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

1989

Aqua que me muero de sé, Galería Vía, Caracas

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

The Future of America, Pan American Art Projects, Miami

2019

For Now: Contemporary Venezuelan Art of the Miami Diaspora, Coral Gables Museum, Miami

2019

Art Living, for the Delano Hotel, Miami Beach

2017

Collective Art Exhibition, TBBox Art & Ideobox Artspace, Miami

2015

Art on the Green, Winter Park, Florida

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
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 BienalArturo 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 Bienal 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 SCREENINGS & FILM FESTIVALS

2024

Always On My Mind, documentary screening, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Venezuela

2022

Always On My Mind, Tulum World Environment Film Festival
I Don’t Want to Watch Her Die, Miami New Media Festival

2021

Always on My Mind, Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival

2020

Always on My Mind, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Providence

2019

Heaven Can Wait, Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival
Heaven Can Wait, Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta
Heaven Can Wait, Best Short Fest, Ontario, Canada
Heaven Can Wait, Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival

2011

The Mermaid, Close Up International Film Festival, Puerto Vallarta

2010

Amazilias, Hip & Cool, II Picknic Film Festival, Botín Foundation, Santander, Spain
Porca Miseria, International Film Festival Cine a Contracorriente: Latinoamérica y España, Xcèntric, Barcelona

2009

Porca Miseria, Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

2008

Porca Miseria, Visionarios: Audiovisual Na América Latina, Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo

2006

Cuentos de Niños, 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 family private residence, Caracas

2007

La Dama y el Unicornio, private residence, Caracas

2000

Fountain, Oteros family private residence, Caracas

1994

Flight, Centro Ciudad Comercial Tamanaco, Caracas

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2022

Always On My Mind, film, Jury’s Award Winner, Tulum World Environment Film Festival

2020

Always On My Mind, film, Official Selection, Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival

2020

Always On My Mind, film, Semifinalist, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

2019

Heaven Can Wait film, 2019, Best Short Documentary, Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival
Heaven Can Wait film, Semifinalist, Best Short Documentary, Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta
Heaven Can Wait film, Semifinalist, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Fest, Ontario, Canada

2013

María Cristina Carbonell: Works 1990–2012 book, Gold Award, The Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsmen Gallery of Superb Printing competition

2006

The Art of Dealing video, First Prize, 63 Salón Bienal Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
Selected Artist for Diva Container New York

1996

Paisaje de un Paisaje installation, First Prize, I Bienal del Paisaje, Maracay, Venezuela
Landscapes photo series, Photography Award, V Edición Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

1994

Epicedio photo series, Sculpture Award, IV Edición Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

1991

Books, installation, Honorable Mention, VII Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas
Atormentada Yo?sculptural ensemble, Honorable Mention, I Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela