MARIA CRISTINA CARBONELL

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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

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RESIDENCIES & ARTISTIC RESEARCH

2024

Losar Batik Foundation, Jakarta and the village of Gnawing, Jambu,

Central Java, Indonesia

2023

Peruvian Movement Without Water with founder Abel Cruz, Learning

how to create and install his fog catchers, Pamplona Alta, Peru

1995

Travesia, artistic expedition through the Alto Orinoco-Casiquaire

Biosphere Reserve, Venezuela, with seven artists from Venezuela,

England, Japan, and France. Curated by Luis Angel Duque

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

The Space Beyond, Chapel of La Merced, Miami

2018

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall,  Tanya Brillembourg C. - TBBBOX Art, 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

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

Endangered and Unseeing, 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, Tanya Brillembourg C. - TBBBOX Art, Miami

2015

Art on the Green, City of Winter Park, Florida

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. Aproximaciones a la nueva escultura en Venezuela, 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

2001

IV Bienal Barro de América, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber

2000

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

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

1997

V Bienal Nacional de Arte de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela 

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 Arte 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 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

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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 Festival

Georgia 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

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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

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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 Award, 63 Salón Bienal Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela.

Selected Artist for Diva Container New York with the video The Art of Dealing

1998

Guayana Award, V Bienal Nacional de Arte de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela 

1996

First Prize Award, I Bienal del Paisaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela

1994

Honorable Mention, VII Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas

Three Dimensional ArtWork Award, IV Bienal Nacional de Arte de Guayana, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela 

1991

Honorable Mention, I Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela