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