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B. 1993, Bogotá D.C, Colombia 
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION 
2020 MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 
2017 BFA with Distinction and Honors in Communication Design (Focus in Illustration), 
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY 
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Disappearance of the Nearby, Pfizer Building, New York, NY Curated by Yuxuan Sun

Hilos, Sara June, New York, NY by Domingo Comms

2023
Sanctuary, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY
Cement, Tail of a Gecko, Tutu Gallery with Temple Gallery (Offsite Chinatown) New York, NY, Curated by  April Zhu and Li Jianrui, 
Siren: Reinterpreting the Temptress Song, NY Artists Equity Association, INC, New York, NY 
Trove (Works on paper), Deanna Evans Projects, Online exhibition
Object Lounge, Collar Works, Troy, NY, Curated by the Material Girls
DREAD/DREAM, School of Visual Arts Galleries, New York, NY Curated by Regine Basha 

2022 
A Tournament of Lies, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY 
By Visceral Effect, Starta Arta, New York, NY
The Patriot, O'Flaherty's, New York, NY

2021 
PLATFORM 2021 ONLINE, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY, Online exhibition 
The Holder, the Story, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY 
Phases, Dear Artists, Juried Online Exhibition 
Spring Forward, Revelation Gallery by International Women’s Art Salon, New York, NY
"To Hold, and Be Held" ARTFARE, Online exhibition , curated by Kat Chávez

2020 
Reclaiming Her (Solo Exhibition), 24 E Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 
Leftovers, Project for Empty Space, New Wark, New Jersey
Platform 2020,  Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
*We Interrupt This Program..., SVA Galleries, Online Exhibition
8 x 8 Flatfile, Flatfile Gallery, Juried Online Exhibition
Around the Fire, SVA Gramercy Gallery, Juried Online Exhibition
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Staying Afloat, Tutu Gallery, Online Exhibition
The Center Cannot Hold, New York Artists Equity Association, INC, New York, NY

2019 
Alice, Wake up, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY 
Gleam, Aura Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 
Court, Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY 
When Black Swallows Red, La Galleria at La Mama, New York, NY 
Identity Portrait, Squid Ink Gallery, Online Exhibition 

2017 
Pratt Design Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 

2016 
Fall Break Fine Arts Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY 

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
• Lambert, A. (2023, July 25). “Sanctuary” Offers Respite at The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center. Quiet Lunch. Retrieved July 29, 2023, from https://www.quietlunch.com/sanctuary-the-clemente/
• “The Body Remembers: Artist Investigates Trauma and Compassion Through Process,” Art Zealous, (October 2020). URL: LINK
• Nagai, J., & Amataya, B. (2021). Dear Artists Project Presents: Phases. Chicago, IL: Blurb.
978-1-03-490823-4 ISBN 
•  "Dialogue 001: Reclaim Her w/ Whiskery Squid (Memoirs)", 24EBroadway, (February 2021). URL: https://www.24ebroadway.com/maria-olakiitan
• James Duncan, Work Featured, Spectator Literary and Arts Magazine Vol. 53, (April 2013)
• Madeleine Kunkle, Work Featured in Spectator Literary and Arts Magazine Vol. 52. 2012 

AWARDS 
2021/22 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship Nomination: 2020
2020/21 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship Nomination: 2019
Squid Ink Gallery Identity Portrait Competition Double-Take Prize: 2019 
School of Visual Arts Competitive MFA Fine Arts Scholarship: 2018 
Ai - Ap Latin American Ilustración 6 Competition Chosen Illustrator: 2017 
Pratt Institute President's List: 2017, 2016 
Pratt Institute Dean’s List: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 
Pratt Institute International Scholarship: 2013 

COMMISSIONS
2022-2023 Theatrical fabrication for Laurie Anderson and Canal Street Communications INC., New York, NY, USA
2021 Fabrication assistance for Laurie Anderson’s Exhibition: “The Weather”, at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C, USA
2021 Prop Fabrication for Laurie Anderson and Canal Street Communications INC., New York, NY, USA
2017 Giclee print Fundraiser for Mexico earthquake, proceedings directed to Mexico’s Red 
Cross, Emotions Play, Puebla, Mexico 
2016 Illustration Commission for Political Digital magazine, Cycle of Corruption, Digital 
painting, Global Affairs Magazine, Bogota, Colombia 
2016 Illustration commission for political Digital magazine, Trimming America, Digital painting, Global Affairs Magazine, Bogota, Colombia 

TEACHING
Peer Arts Workshop: Disentangling Images and words
Howie The Harp Community Access 
05/2024

Peer Arts Workshop: Song to Poetry
Howie The Harp Community Access 
02/2024

Sculpture Fabrication and Finishing
Carole A. Feuerman Studios (2018 - Present)

Peer Arts Workshop: Meaning in Collage and Sculpture 
Howie The Harp in partnership with The International Women's Art Salon
09/2023

Introduction to Silicone/Rubber Mold-Making
Seven Windows Art Studios (03/2022)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 Jigsaw Snap, Starta Arta, New York, NY
2020 The Center Cannot Hold, Equity Gallery, New York, NY

CONFERENCES/LECTURES
“Curator and Artist Talk for ‘Sanctuary’” The Clemente Soto velez Institute, New York , NY Curated and Moderated by Hayley Ferber, July 19, 2023 in the Abrazo Gallery.
“DREAD/DREAM Alumni Panel, School of Visual Arts Galleries, New York, NY Curated by Regine Basha, Moderated by Mark Tribe, School of Visual Arts 21st street auditorium, Jan 5th, 2023
“Health and Healing - Art that rehabilitates body, place and space” Spring Forward Panel, Moderated by Artists Arantxa X. Rodriguez and Heidi E. Russel, Virtual conference, March 18th, 2021 
"School of Visual Arts 2020 MFA Fine arts Thesis Presentation", MFA FA School of Visual Arts, Moderated by Artists, Alison Kuo, Mark Tribe, Mark Ramos and Michelle Sumaray, Virtual conference, April 14th, 2020
“The Center Cannot Hold,” New York Artists Equity Association (NYAEA) The Center cannot Hold Curatorial Panel, Moderated by artist and curator Christopher Stout, New York, New York, February 26th, 2020









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