Venezuelan, born in Puerto Rico, 1964.
Multimedia Visual Artist.
Lives and works in Miami, Florida.
EDUCATION
1991–1997 Self-taught Short films and Photography in the Amazonian rainforest, Venezuela.
1997–2000 Sculpture, Quarry in Carrara, Italy.
1990–1991 Self-taught sculpture, Cementerio del Sur, Caracas, Venezuela.
1985–1987 Drawing, Art Students League of New York, USA.
1985–1987 BA Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
1982–1984 Drawing, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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1997–2000 |
Sculpture, Quarry in Carrara, Italy. |
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1991–1997 |
Self-taught Short films and Photography in the Amazonian rainforest, Venezuela. |
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1990–1991 |
Self-taught sculpture, Cementerio del Sur, Caracas, Venezuela. |
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1985–1987 |
Drawing, Art Students League of New York, USA. |
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BA Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. |
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1982–1984 |
Drawing, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Space Beyond, Chapel of La Merced, Miami, FL.
2018 Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, TBBox Art Space, Miami, FL.
2017 Like Ether, TBBox Art Space, Miami, FL.
2010 An Idyllic World, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Miami, FL.
2007 Amazilias, Galería La Cuadra, Caracas, Venezuela.
2006 The Art of Dealing, Diva Container, New York City.
1989 Aqua que me muero de sé, Galería Via, Caracas, Venezuela.
| 2019 | The Space Beyond, Chapel of La Merced, Miami, FL. | |||||
| 2018 | Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, TBBox Art Space, Miami, FL. | |||||
| 2017 | Like Ether, TBBox Art Space, Miami, FL. | |||||
| 2010 | An Idyllic World, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Miami, FL. | |||||
| 2007 | Amazilias, Galería La Cuadra, Caracas, Venezuela. | |||||
| 2006 | The Art of Dealing, Diva Container, New York City. | |||||
| 1989 | Aqua que me muero de sé, Galería Via, Caracas, Venezuela. | |||||
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 For Now, Contemporary Venezuelan Art of the Miami Diaspora, Coral Gables Museum, Miami
2019 Art Living for the Delano Hotel, Miami Beach, FL.
2017 Collective exhibition, TB Box Art Space, Miami, FL.
2015 Art on the Green, Winter Park, FL.
2013 Whisky & Rye, The Nightclub, one night venue, Miami, FL.
2012 Olivier Mestre and María Cristina Carbonell, Ricard Gallery, Miami,
2010 In Wolves Clothing: Re-imagining the Doll, SHOWstudio-Home of Fashion Film, London, England.
2010 Hip & Cool, II Picnic Festival, Santander, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Spain.
2009 Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2009 A time to Bloom, VideoArtWorld, Basilea Foundation, Hot Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland.
2008 Visionarios: Audiovisual Na América Latina, Instituto Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
2006 63 Edición del Salón Bienal Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela.
2006 Perfect Timing, Douz & Mille Gallery, Art Taipei & Ela-Asia, Taipei
2006 Itinerantes, Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela.
2004 Retomando el Volumen, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
2004 V Bienal Barro de América, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Lia Bermudez, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
2003 Arte Venezolano Siglo XX. Década de los 90, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela.
2001 IV Bienal Barro de América, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela.
2000 X Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
1998 III Biennial Barro de América, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela.
1998 El Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art today, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1998 V Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.
1998 Así Está la Cosa: Instalación y Arte Objeto en América Latina, Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo A.C., México,D.F.
1998 III Biennial del Caribe y Latino America, Museo de Arte Moderno,Santo Domingo.
1996 249 Projets pour Uni Dufour, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Genève, Switzerland.
1996 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, Venezuela.
1995 II Biennial Barro de América, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela.
1994 IV Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.
1994 VII Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
1993 II Edición Salón Pirelli, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela.
1992 Memorias de la Visión, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela
1992 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 to: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba; Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile; Galería Praxis, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Galería Carre D’or Paris, Francia Centro Cultural Jaques Prevert, Harnes (Lille), Francia Centro Cultural de la Visitación, Perigeaux; Casa de la América Latina, Bruselas, Bélgica.
| 2019 | For Now, Contemporary Venezuelan Art of the Miami Diaspora, Coral Gables Museum, Miami. |
| Art Living for the Delano Hotel, Miami Beach, FL. | |
| 2017 | Collective exhibition, TB Box Art Space, Miami, FL. |
| 2015 | Art on the Green, Winter Park, FL. |
| 2013 | Whisky & Rye, The Nightclub, one night venue, Miami, FL. |
| 2012 | Olivier Mestre and María Cristina Carbonell, Ricard Gallery, Miami. |
| 2010 | In Wolves Clothing: Re-imagining the Doll, SHOWstudio-Home of Fashion Film, London, England. |
| Hip & Cool, II Picnic Festival, Santander, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Spain. | |
| 2009 | Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. |
| A time to Bloom, VideoArtWorld, Basilea Foundation, Hot Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland. | |
| 2008 | Visionarios: Audiovisual Na America Latina, Instituto Itau Cultural, Sao Paolo, Brasil. |
| 2006 | 63 Edición del Salón Bienal Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela. |
| Perfect Timing, Douz & Mille Gallery, Art Taipei & Ela-Asia, Taipei. | |
| Itinerantes, Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela. | |
| 2004 | Retomando el Volumen, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela |
| V Bienal Barro de América, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Lia Bermudez, Maracaibo, Venezuela. | |
| 2003 | Arte Venezolano Siglo XX. Década de los 90, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela. |
| 2001 | IV Bienal Barro de América, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela. |
| 2000 | X Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela. |
| 1998 | III Biennial Barro de América, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela. |
| El Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art today, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. | |
| V Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. | |
| Así Está la Cosa: Instalación y Arte Objeto en América Latina, Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo A.C., México,D.F. | |
| III Biennial del Caribe y Latino America, Museo de Arte Moderno,Santo Domingo. | |
| 1996 | 249 Projets pour Uni Dufour, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Genève, Switzerland. |
| 1995 | Seis formas de Mirar, Sala Uno, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela. |
| II Biennial Barro de América, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela. | |
| 1994 | IV Bienal Nacional de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. |
| VII Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela. | |
| 1993 | II Edición Salón Pirelli, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela. |
| 1992 | Memorias de la Visión, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela. |
| 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 to: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba; Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile; Galería Praxis, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Galería Carre D’or Paris, Francia Centro Cultural Jaques Prevert, Harnes (Lille), Francia Centro Cultural de la Visitación, Perigeaux; Casa de la América Latina, Bruselas, Bélgica. |
VIDEO SCREENING & FILM FESTIVALS
2022 Always On My Mind, Jury’s Award Winner Tulum World Environmental Film Festival
2022 I Don’t Want To Watch Her Die, Miami New Media Festival, Fl
2021 Heaven Can Wait, Official Selection for Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival
2020 Always On My Mind, Official selection Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
2019 Heaven Can Wait, Award Winner May 2019 Indie Short Fest, International Film Festival, Los Angeles
——-Semi-Finalist Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta
——-Semi-Finalist BEST SHORT FEST, Ontario, Canada
——-Official Selection Lift-Off Global Network Tokyo
2011 Close Up, International Video Festival 1a Edición, Puerto Vallarta, México.
2011 Miami New Media Festival, Florida
2010 Hip & Cool, II Picnic Festival, Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander, Spain
2010 International Film Festival Cine a Contracorriente: Latinoamérica y España, Xcèntric, Barcelona, Spain.
2009 Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
2008 Visionarios: Audiovisual Na America Latina, Instituto Itau Cultural, Sao Paolo, Brasil
2006 Close Up, 2a Edición, Centro de Arte Casa Vecina, México D.F.
2006 The Art of Dealing, Selected video for Diva Container, Video and Art Festival, New York.
| 2022 | Always On My Mind, Jury’s Award Winner Tulum World Environmental Film Festival | ||||||||
| 2022 | I Don’t Want To watch Her Die, Miami New Media Festival, Fl | ||||||||
| 2021 | Heaven Can Wait, Official Selection for Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival | ||||||||
| 2020 | Always On My Mind, Official selection Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival | ||||||||
| 2019 | Heaven Can Wait, Award Winner May 2019 Indie Short Fest, International Film Festival, Los Angeles | ||||||||
| Semi-Finalist Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta | |||||||||
| Semi-Finalist BEST SHORT FEST, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||
| 2011 | Close Up, International Video Festival 1a Edición, Puerto Vallarta, México. | ||||||||
| 2011 | Miami New Media Festival, Florida | ||||||||
| 2010 | Hip & Cool, II Picnic Festival, Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander, Spain. | ||||||||
| 2010 | International Film Festival Cine a Contracorriente: Latinoamérica y España, Xcèntric, Barcelona, Spain. | ||||||||
| 2009 | Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. | ||||||||
| 2008 | Visionarios: Audiovisual Na America Latina, Instituto Itau Cultural, Sao Paolo, Brasil | ||||||||
| 2006 | Close Up, 2a Edición, Centro de Arte Casa Vecina, México D.F. | ||||||||
| 2006 | The Art of Dealing, Selected video for Diva Container, Video and Art Festival, New York. | ||||||||
PUBLIC ART & PRIVATE ART INSTALLATIONS
2019 Art Living for The Delano Hotel, Miami Beach , FL
2015 Art on the Green, Winter Park, FL.
2014 Spiral, Nadder’s Private Home, Caracas, Venezuela.
2007 La Dama y EL Unicornio, Private Home, Caracas, Venezuela.
2000 Fountain, Private Home, Caracas, Venezuela.
1999 Flight (En Vuelo), mobile sculpture, Centro Ciudad Comercial Tamanaco, Caracas, Venezuela.
| 2019 | Art Living for The Delano Hotel, Miami Beach , FL | ||||||
| 2015 | Art on the Green, Winter Park, FL. | ||||||
| 2014 | Spiral, Nadder’s Private Home, Caracas, Venezuela. | ||||||
| 2007 | La Dama y EL Unicornio, Private Home, Caracas, Venezuela. | ||||||
| 2000 | Fountain, Private Home, Caracas, Venezuela. | ||||||
| 1999 | Flight (En Vuelo), mobile sculpture, Centro Ciudad Comercial Tamanaco, Caracas, Venezuela. | ||||||
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
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2022 2020 2020 |
Always On My Mind, 30’50”, Jury’s Award Winner, Tulum Environment Film Festival Heaven Can Wait, Official Selection Berlin Lift Off Film Festival Always On My Mind, 34’50” Semi-Finalist Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival |
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| 2019 | Heaven Can Wait, 2019, Orig. HD, 20’25″ Award Winner May 2019, Best Short Documentary, Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival | ||||||||
| Selected Documentary, Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia. | |||||||||
| Semi-Finalist Best Short Fest, Ontario, Canada. | |||||||||
| 2013 | The International Gallery 39th Annual’s Gold Award. | ||||||||
| 2013 | Issued by IAPHC, Superb Craftsmanship 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 BookCarbonell Art Book | |||||||||
| 2006 | First Prize, 63 Salón Biennial Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela. | ||||||||
| Selected Artist for Diva Container New York 2006 with the video The Art of Dealing | |||||||||
| 1996 | First Prize, I Biennial del Paisaje, Maracay, Venezuela | ||||||||
| V Edition Biennial Nacional de Guayana Award, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. | |||||||||
| 1994 | IV Edition Biennial Nacional de Guayana Award, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. | ||||||||
| Honorable Mention VII Edition Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela. | |||||||||
| 1991 | Honorable Mention I Biennial de Artes Plásticas de Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. | ||||||||
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