Born in Havana, Cuba 1951
 

BIOGRAPHY

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Artist Maria Lino works in a variety of media, describes her two most recent series, Working Hands & Water. “I experiment with the interdisciplinary fusion of the visual arts and the documentary mode by combining drawing, video, digital media and animation with material that is traditionally considered documentary: interviews, still images, recorded sound and archival and appropriated footage.” She has shown her work in multiple galleries in the United States, Latin America and Europe. Her work was part of the traveling exhibition Cuba/USA: First Generation, and has been included in museum exhibitions such as Ancient Roots/New Visions, Contemporaries: Juxtaposing Perceptions, at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art in New York, Ten Contemporary Hispanic Artists, at the Brooklyn Museum, and Resurgimiento, at the Museo del Barrio in New York, among others. She is the winner of a Women in the Visual Arts scholarship and received a Fulbright Award to work in Peru in 2011. Lino has a Bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Florida International University. Cintas for Art (1975-1976) & (1976-1977).

 

 

EDUCATION

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2008 

Florida International University Miami, FL Master of Fine Arts

1974 

New York University NewYork, NY Bachelor of Science in Studio Arts, Cum Laude

1972 - 73 

Université de Paris: Junior Year Abroad, Paris, France

 

AWARDS

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2011 

Fulbright US Scholar: Peru

2007 

Women in the Visual Arts Scholarship

1975-1976 &  1976 -1977

Oscar B. Cintas Fellowship

1974 

Stanley Cohen Memorial Award, New York University

1970 - 1974 

Full Tuition Scholarship, New York University

 

SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2017

La Galeria Fine Art, Miami, FL 

Cuba Nostalgia, Plaza de los Artistas, Miami, FL

Cuban American Art: Miami’s Early Trailblazers, Miami, FL American Museum for the Cuban Diaspora (May) Curators: Jesús Rosado and Ileana Fuentes

You Are Here (Traveling Exhibition)

Baustelle/Schaustelle Cooperation: Folkwang University, Essen, Germany (Date: TBD)

SCRUTINY - a world gone astray Miami, FL A Video/Dance Performance Interdisciplinary collaboration with Karen Peterson & Dancers Creative concept/development/production Performance: Miami Dade County Auditorium (May 22 and 12)

 

2016 

You Are Here (Traveling Exhibition)

Glerie Schuster Berlin HardenbergstraBe 9 10623, Berlin, Germany (Opening: June 18)

Mother Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL (May 6 - 8) 

Bread Work (Solo Exhibit) Miami Beach Urban Studios Miami Beach, FL (Opening: February 2)

 

2015

You Are Here (Traveling Exhibition) 

Spokojna Gallery Faculty of Media Arts Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, W Warsaw, Poland (Oct. 26 - Nov. 13)

XII Festival Documental Peruano Lima, Peru Ministerio de Cultura/Ministry of Culture Organized by DocuPerú (November 13 - 21)

Ifé-Ilé Afro-Cuban Dance Company Miami, FL Video Producer, Camera, Editor “Under Heaven & Earth/Entre Cielo y Tierra” Dade County Auditorium (August 22)

Southeastern Louisiana University New Orleans, LA Dept. of Fine and Performing Arts New Media & Animation: Invited Visiting Artist (April 13)

Digital Native Film Festival New Orleans, LA The Front Gallery (April 11)

Miami Dade Public Library System (Main) Miami, FL Panelist & Presenter: "Influential Women at Work" (May 23)

 

2014 

BreadMatters Crossing Boundaries: Intersecting the Grain Nicosia, Cyprus Curated by Inês Amado & Achilleas Kentonis, ARTos Foundation (Opening: Nov. 12)

Baquiana Anuario Miami, FL Centro Cultural Español Manos Trabajadoras: Screening & Discussion (October 24)

Working Hands/Manos Trabajadoras New York, NY Screening and Discussion La Casa Azul Bookstore (September 13)

Mujeres al borde de una isla Miami, FL (Women on the Edge of an Island) Aluna Art Foundation & Museo Cubano Inc. (June 26 – August 8)

Digital Oculus Miami Beach, FL Catalogue (Pages 81 - 89) Miami Beach Urban Studios (FIU) (April 9 – June 1)

“Text to Textile” New Orleans, LA The Front Gallery (April 12 – May 4)

 

2013 

Human Rights/Human Wrongs Miami, FL The Artisan Lounge (May 3 – June 28)

Artist Panel for Wari: Lords of Ancient Peru Fort. Lauderdale., FL Fort Lauderdale Art Museum: Artist Panelist (May 2)

IV Muestra ItinerARTE por el Patrimonio Lima, Peru Natural, Cultural y Humano/IV ItinerART Exhibit for Natural, Cultural & Human Patrimony Curated by: Colectivo ItineARTE

Construcciones: MujerImagen/Construction: WomanImage, Ayacucho, Peru Centro Cultural de la Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal; curated by Colectivo Kión (March 5–16) 

 

2012 

Shared Threads: María Lino’s Portrait of a Shipibo Healer (Solo exhibit) Miami, FL Patricia & Philip Frost Art Museum Florida International University (July 18 – Sept. 30)

RAW @ HomeSpace New Orleans, LA Curators: Luis C. Azaceta & Sharon Jacques

Passages I and II (2-person exhibit) Coconut Grove, FL Hunter Gallery (Oct. 6 – 27)

Café XV: The Journeys of Cuban Artists Barbados, WI Gallery NuEdge (Cave Hill Campus) The University of the West Indies (Oct. 26 – Nov. 10)

 

2011 

All About Water (Solo exhibit) Miami, FL 6th Street Container Gallery

 

2010 

Buoyant Dreams: A Video/Dance Performance Interdisciplinary collaboration with Karen Peterson & Dancers Creative concept/development/production Segments:Excello Dance Space Miami, FL Byron Carlyle Theater Miami Beach, FL

Exodus: Digital Media Exhibition Miami, FL (One-person show); Diaspora Vibe Gallery

International VSA Arts Festival, Washington, D.C "Mano a Mano" - Interdisciplinary performance: live & pre-recorded video collaboration: KP Dancers Creative concept, production & post-production. Segment:Shakespeare Theater Company’s Harman Hall

Love, Infatuation, or Lust Miami, FL Hardcore Art Contemporary Space

9 at 12th and 6, Miami, FL 12th & 6th Gallery

Guerrilla Video Lima, Peru La Ex-Culpable Gallery

 

2009 

Selective Group Show: Walking on Air Miami, FL Chelsea Galleria; curator: Tina Spiro

Implied Ageism Miami, FL CAF + CAS Festival

Mano a Mano Interdisciplinary performance collaboration with KPD Live & pre-recorded video Creative concept, production & post-production Performances: 

Murray Theater Clearwater, FL

Excello Dance Space Miami, FL

Byron Carlyle Theater Miami Beach, FL

IV New Media Festival Miami, FL Hardcore Art Contemporary Space

9 Exhibition, Miami, FL Miami Arts Space, Arts 4 Learning 

 

2008

III New Media Festival, Miami, FL Hardcore Art Contemporary Space

Festival Optica 2008:

Optica Paris: “Nuit Blanche” Paris, France

Optica Madrid: Casa America, Madrid, Spain

Optica Gijon, Gijon, Spain

“Artist Shorts ” Pyramid Studios, Miami, FL

“Works of Art” Frost Art Museum, Florida International University. Miami, FL

“Pin-Up Show” City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA

“Paths” – MFA Thesis Exhibition Miami, FL Frost Art Museum, Florida International University.

 

2007 

“Beads” Bakehouse Art Complex Miami, FL

San Francisco Short Film Festival San Francisco, CA

New York International Independent New York, NY Independent Film/Video Festival 

“Conceptual Chronicles 1: Video” Miami, FL Fire Haus Project

Field Day/Fieldwork Summer, Miami, FL

"Witches, Bitches, and Saints" Miami, FL Martin & Pat Fine Center for the Arts

"Altered Arts, " Miami, FL Fire Haus Project

"Inter-sections: Art and the City" Miami, FL Art Miami

 

2006 

"The Eight" Miami, FL Off the Map Gallery

"Zero Gravity CyberArt @Miami" Miami, FL Martin & Pat Fine Center for the Arts

 

2005 

"The Work of Maria Lino" (Solo Exhibit) Miami, FL Frances Wolfson Art Gallery

"Omni Art Miami, Video" Miami, FL Omni Art during Art Basel Miami

 

2002 

"Foundry Guild Group Show" Miami, FL Borders Gallery

 

2001 

"Foundry Guild Group Show" Miami, FL Florida International University

 

1994 

"Artists Select: Part 1" Artist Space New York, NY

 

1992 - 1991 

"Cuba/USA: First Generation" (Traveling Exhibition):

Contemporary Art Gallery, USF Tampa, FL

Florida International University Art Museum Miami, FL

Minessota Museum of Art St. Paul, MN

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

Fondo del Sol Washington, DC

 

1991 

"The Rage of Children" Miami, FL Center Gallery, Miami-Dade College

"Latin American Women: Beyond Labels" Atlanta, GA New Visions Gallery

 

1989 

"Contemporaries: Juxtaposing Perceptions" NY, NY Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art

 

1988 

"Art is Politics: Ten South Florida Sculptors" Miami, FL Inter-American Art Gallery

 

1988 

"In-Between" Inter-American Art Gallery Miami, FL

 

1987 

"Maria Lino & Sharon Jacques" Miami, FL Le Musee Francais Gallery

"Maria Lino & Emilio Falero" Miami, FL Le Musée Francais Gallery

 

1986 

"New Images: Maria Lino & Carol Levy" Miami, FL Frances Wolfson Art Gallery

 

1985 

"From East to West" New York, NY Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art

"Florida Figures" Miami, FL Frances Wolfson Art Gallery

 

1984 

"New Figure Drawing: Twelve Latin Miami, FL American Artists”; Frances Wolfson Art Gallery

 

1982 

"Florida Artists See Themselves" Miami, FL Frances Wolfson Art Gallery

 

1981 

"Maria Lino" (Solo Exhibit) New York, NY INTAR Gallery

 

1981 - 1977 

"Ancient Roots: New Visions" (Traveling Exhibition)

Palacio de Minerias, Mexico City

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

San Antonio Museum San Antonio, TX

The Everson Museum Syracuse, NY

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA

El Paso Museum of Art El Paso, TX

The Museum of Albuquerque Albuquerque, NM

National Collection of Fine Arts Washington, DC

Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, AZ

 

1981 

"Voices Expressing What Is" New York, NY Westbeth Gallery

 

1979 

"Maria Lino: Enclosures/Incidents" (Solo Exhibit) Cayman Gallery New York, NY

 

1978 

"Resurgimiento" New York, NY Museo del Barrio

 

1976 

"Maria Lino" (Solo Exhibit) Cayman Gallery New York, NY

"Ñam: Ten Contemporary Artists" Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY