Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2010   Boca Raton Museum of Art, 59th All Florida Competion and Exhibition,  Boca Raton, Florida 

June 22 - August 8, 2010

Juror:  Linda Norden, curator, writer and art historian

 

2005   Palm Beach Community College, Central  Campus Gallery, Lake Worth, Florida, 

"1st Annual Juried National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Competition"

February 18-April 1, 2005

Juror:  Kim Lawson, Assistant Curator of Education, Norton Museum of Art,West Palm Beach, Florida

 

2004   The Art Gallery at  Government Center, Miami, Florida  "All Art Collections Start Small", Invitational

November 23, 2004-January 6, 2005

Curator:  Rem Cabrera, Chief of Cultural Development, Miami-Dade County Division of Cultural Affairs, Miami, Florida

 

2003   Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida, "17th Anniversary Show", April 11-May 7, 2003

Juror:  Peter Boswell, Assistant Director of Programs, Senior Curator, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida

 

2002   Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida, "Winter Juried Art Show 2002, December 5, 2002-January 19, 2003

Juror:  Arthur Dunkelman, Director/Curator, Jay I. Kislak Foundation, Miami Lakes, Florida

 

2002   Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs,Florida, "Tri-County Juried Exhibition", September 12-30, 2002

Juror:  Lamonte Anderson, Associate Professor, Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

 

1999   Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, City Link's Artfest/Best of Gallery, August 28-September 15, 1999

Juror:  Candice Russell, Art Critic, City Link Newspaper, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

 

1999   Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida  48th Annual All Florida Competition & Exhibition,

May 19-July 11, 1999

Juror:  Ronny Cohen, Ph.D., Art Critic and Lecturer

 

1998   The Atrium Gallery, St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida  "From Bliss to Anguish",

three-person exhibition invitational, November 18-December 29, 1998

Curator:  Jorge Sardinas, Rev., Director of Galleries, St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida

 

1997   The Santender Gallery and Americas Collection, Miami, Florida, "In the Floral Tradition", May, 1997

Curator:  Dora Valdez-Fauli, Director of Galleries, Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida

 

1992   Museo de Bellas Artes  Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina  Salon latinoamericano de pintura religiosa

"Fraternitas '92, September 1992

Exhibition travelled:  Salon de la feria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October-December, 1992

Curator:  Exhibition Committee

 

1992   Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland

"Towards ' 92 and Beyond", October 23 - November 23, 1992

Curator:  Jose Rodeiro, Ph.d., Professor of Art History, Frostburg State University, Frostburg,Maryland

 

1992   Goucher College, Towson, Maryland

"Approaching the Quincentary, October 1992

Curator:  Jose Rodeiro, Ph.d., Professor of Art History, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland

 

1992   Arizona State University West,Glendale, Arizona

"The Hispanic Experience in the Southwest", April 1-May1, 1992

Curator:  Asela Sanchez, Art Education and Criticism and Education, Director and Chief Curator,

Museo Chicano, Phoenix, Arizona

 

1991   Museo Chicano, Phoenix, Arizona,  "2001:  Hispanic Odyssey, May 1-June 23, 1991

Jurors:

Jose Colchado, Ph.d., Art Education, Associate Dean of Fine Arts, Southern Arizona Univeristy

Ramon Fabela, Ph.d., Art Historian, Dept. of Chicano Studies, University of CA at Santa Barbara

Luis Jimenez, Chicano artist, Hondo, New Mexico

Jacinto Quirarto, Ph.d., Art Historian, Research Center for the Visual Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio

Asela Sanchez, Art Education and Criticism and Education, Director and Chief Curator,

Museo Chicano, Phoenix, Arizona

 

1990   Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland

"Latino Art of the 90's", February 18-March 7, 1990

Exhibition traveled:

Bausch and Lomb Gallery, Garrett Community College, McHenry, Maryland, March 15-April 8, 1990

Delaware State College Gallery,Dover, Delaware, April 12-30, 1990

P.A. Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, May 11-31, 1990

Washington County Museum,Hagerstown, Maryland, November 3-24, 1991

Curator:  Jose Rodeiro, Ph.d., Professor of Art History, Frostburg State University,Frostburg, Maryland

 

Curator:  Exhibition Committee

 

1988   Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida  "1988 Annual Juried Exhibition, May 21-June 15, 1988

Juror:  Kim Levin, Art Critic, The Village Voice, New York, New York

 

1988   Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

American Herstory:  Woman and the U.S. Constitution, January 27-March 5, 1988

Exhibition traveled:

Dance Gallery, University of North Carolina, March 21-May 1, 1989

University of Tennessee Art Gallery, Martin, TN  October 25-December 5, 1989

Curator:  Eleanor Tufts, Ph.D., Professor of Art History and author, Southern Methodist University

 

1987   Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida "Homage to Georgia O'Keeffe", juried exhibition

November 6-December 4, 1987

Juror:  Betsy Damon, Artist

 

1987   The Continium Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida  "Women Explore the 80's", May 1-30, 1987

Juror:  Robert Frankel, Director of Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida

 

Artists Residencies

 

The Bakehouse Art Complex

561 NW 32 Street

Miami, Florida   33127

April 2007 - March 2008

January 2009 - Present

 

Special Projects

 

2005   Abanico Theatre, Coconut Grove, Florida and El Circulo Multicultural Center

Stage set design project (together with artist Emilio Fernandez de la Vega) for the Spanish presentation of

"Las galas del difunto", author Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936)  December 2-17, 2005

Directed by Barbara Safille, Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 

Selected Bibliography

 

2010   Gretel Sarmiento, "All-Florida show at Boca Museum rich and rewarding", review of

59th All Florida Competition and Exhibition, Palm Beach Arts Paper, July 1, 2010

 

2007   Faye Whitebeck, "RRCC hosts Cuban artist's exhibition", Rainy River Community College,

The Daily Journal, International Falls, Minnesota, February 8, 2007  page 1B

 

2003   Candice Russell, "Shakin' Bakehouse" Review of exhibition, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida,

Gallery, City Link News, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida  January 2003, Page 60

 

1999   Candice Russell, "Piano Bob, Teletubbies and the Incredible Hulk", review of exhibition

at Artserve,Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Gallery, City Link News, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida  September 1999

 

1999   Candice Russell, "Florida 48" Annual all Florida Competition & Exhibition, review of exhibition

at Boca Raton Museum, Gallery, City Link News, Ft.Lauderdale, Florida, May, 1999

 

1998   Armando Alvarez Bravo, "El mundo ensimismado de Maria Sonia Martin", El Nuevo Herald,

Miami Herald, review of exhibition at Miami-Dade Community College Gallery North,

October 18, 1998 p 11F

 

1990   Joanne Milani, "Where's the Beach", Tampa Tribune, January 20, 1990, review of exhibition at

Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida p. 5F

 

1989   Sheldon Lurie, "Known/Unknown V:  Gary Feinberg/Maria Sonia Martin", December 1989,

catalog of exhibition at InterAmerican Art Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida

 

1990   Silvio Gaggi, Ph.d. "The Latin Spirit", The Art Papers, Atlanta, Georgia, March/April 1990, review of

exhibition at Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida   p. 39-40

 

1989   Joanne Milani, "Show Spotlights Hispanic Artists", Tampa Tribune, November 20, 1989, review of

exhibition "The Latin Spirit" at Clayton Galleries,Tampa, Florida   p. 3F

 

1989   Brad Beahan, "2 artists from different cultures share much in common", The Ledger, Winter Haven,

Florida, June 9, 1989, review of exhibition at Polk Community College, Winter Haven, Florida

 

1988   Laura Stewart, "Quality gets lost in crowd", Orlando Sentinel, May 30, 1988, review of exhibition at

Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando,Florida

 

1988   Eleonor Tufts, Ph.d., "American Herstory:  Women and the U.S. Constitution", catalog of exhibition,

Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1988, page 3

 

Publications

 

2009   Miscelaneas de Cuba, Revista de Asignaturas Cubanas, No. 2, Año V, abril - junio 2009

Stockholm, Sweden

 

2005   Casa y Estilo Internacional, Miami, Florida  June 2005 Edition Ano XI, No. 62, p 32,

Text by Lidia Sanchez Amores

 

1998   Salt Hill Press, Salt Hill Literary Association, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York,

June 1998, front and back covers and pages 99, 100

 

1988   The Bulletin, Hillsborough County Medical Association, Tampa, Florida, October, 1988, front cover