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© Maria Martínez-Cañas
Hortus I, 2001


Maria Martínez-Cañas
Born: Havana, Cuba
Resides: Miami, FL


Heritage:
Cuban

Selected Exhibitions:
Julie Saul Gallery, NY
El Museo del Barrio, NY
Sara Meltzer Gallery, NY
Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, FL
Catherine Edelman Gallery, IL
National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM


Education:
B.F.A from the Philadelphia College of Art
M.F.A the School of the Art Institute of Chicago


Awards:
National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship
Cintas Foundation Fellowship
Fullbright-Hays Grant


Residencies:
Light Work


Publications:
Nueva Luz, vol 9#3

“...the photos of Martínez-Canas are among the most visually and semiotically complex images of our time... and even, one could argue, of the entire history of the photographic medium.“ --Andy Grundberg, A Storm of Images, Catalog for Maria’s show at the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum

Website:

http://www.mariamartinez-canas.com


 

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