MARIA CRISTINA CARBONELL
VISUAL ARTIST
MARIA CRISTINA CARBONELL
VISUAL ARTIST
MARIA CRISTINA CARBONELL
EDUCATION
1997 – 1998
Internship sculpture, Lucio Carusi marble quarry, Carrara, Italy
1991 – 1997
Self-taught short films and photography in the Amazonia rainforest, Venezuela
1990 – 1991
Self-taught marble sculpture, Cemetery del Sur, Caracas
1985 – 1987
Drawing and Painting, Art Student League of New York
BA 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 Space, Miami
2017
Like Ether, TBBox Art Space, Miami
2010
An Idyllic World, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Miami
2007
Amazilias, Galería La Cuadra, Caracas
2006
The Art of Dealing, Diva Container, New York
1989
Aqua que me muero de sé, Galería Via, Caracas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Endangered and Unseen, Aluna Art Foundation, Miami
2024
The Future of America, Pan American Art Projects, Miami
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 Space, Miami
2015
Art on the Green, Winter Park, Florida
2013
Whisky & Rye, The Nightclub, one night venue, Miami
2012
Olivier Mestre and María Cristina Carbonell, Ricard Gallery, Miami
2010
In Wolves Clothing: Re-imagining the Doll, SHOWstudio-Home of Fashion Film, London
Hip & Cool, II Picknic Festival, Santander, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Spain
2009
Visionarios: Video y Cine Experimental Latinoamericano; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
A time to Bloom, VideoArtWorld, Basilea Foundation, Hot Art Fair, Basel
2008
Visionarios: Audiovisual Na América Latina, Instituto Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo
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
2004
Retomando el Volumen, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
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
2000
IV Bienal Barro de América, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
X Edición 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, 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.
II Bienal del Caribe y Latino America, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
1996
249 Projets pour Uni Dufour, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Genève
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 Bolivar, 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 Bolivar
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, Habana; Museo de
Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile; Galería Praxis, Buenos Aires; Galería Carre D’or
Paris, Centro Cultural Jaques Prevert, Harnes (Lille) Centro Cultural de la
Visitación, Perigeaux; Casa de la América Latina, Bruselas
VIDEO SCREENING & FILM FESTIVALS
2026
Tripping, BNP Paribas Green Film Festival, Kraków, Poland
2024
Always On My Mind, Documentary screening, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, (UCAB), Caracas, 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, Official selection Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival
2020
Always On My Mind, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), Providence
2019
Heaven Can Wait
Category Documentary, Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film FestivalGeorgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
Best Short Fest, Ontario, Canada
Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival
2011
Close Up, International Video Festival 1a Edición, Puerto Vallarta, México
The New Media Festival, Miami, FL.
2006
Close Up, 2a Edición, Centro de Arte Casa Vecina, México D.F.
The Art of Dealing, Diva Video and Art Festival, New York
PUBLIC ART & PRIVATE INSTALLATIONS
2019
Art Living, The Delano Hotel Miami Beach
2015
Art on the Green, Winter Park, FL.
2004
Spiral, Nadder family private residence, Caracas
2003
La Dama y EL Unicornio, Private residence, Caracas
1997
Fountain, Otero family private residence, Caracas
1993
Flight, mobile sculpture, Centro Ciudad Comercial Tamanaco, Caracas
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2022
Always On My Mind, Jury’s Award Winner, Tulum Environmental Film Festival
2020
Always On My Mind, Semi-Finalist Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), Providence
2019
Heaven Can Wait
Best Short Documentary, Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival
Semi -Finalist, Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta
Semi -Finalist Short Documentary, Best Short Fest, Ontario, Canada
Finalist, Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival
2006
First Prize, 63 Salón Bienal Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela.
Selected Artist for Diva Container New York with the video The Art of Dealing
1996
First Prize, I Bienal del Paisaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela
V Edición Bienal Nacional de Guayana Award, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
1994
IV Edición Bienal Nacional de Guayana Award, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Honorable Mention, VII Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas
1991
Honorable Mention, I Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela