MARIA ASON Portfolios

Born in 1967 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Since she was 7 years old, drawing was her passion. In 1990, she earned a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Printmaking and (awarded) Graphic Design at the Art School of University of Hartford, CT. Freelanced graphic design and illustration from 1991 to 1996.

She is a member of the Puerto Rican Women Painters Association, and an active member of the Art House Cooperative aka The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY.

In 2012, was a member of Arte City Group, a group of local artists that are City of Miami employees.

Her artwork has been exhibited in Puerto Rico, Miami, Los Angeles, and NYC. A series of sketchbooks have toured many U.S. Cities via the Art House Cooperative in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibits:

January 1987 – Editorial Sin Nombre Exposition at the Student Art League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
June 1987 – Young Puerto Rican Artist Award issued by the Puerto Rican Youth Commission, San Juan, Puerto Rico
February 1990 - Young Art Exposition, Professional Engineers and Surveyors Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
October 2009 - Third Annual Alumni Small Works Exhibition, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
November 2009 - Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, California
March 2010 - The Heart of Giving (Silent Auction), Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Florida
April 2010 - The Space Between Us Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
April 2010 - Self Portrait Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
May 2010 - The Color Project (Blue), Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
May 2010 - The Scavenger Project 2, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
June 25, 2010 - The Sorry Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
June 25, 2010 - The Fiction Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
September 10, 2010 - RUTA2010, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida
Oct 1, 2010 – UHA Alumni Art Show, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Oct 2010 – Open Studio, Open Studio Gallery, Hartford, CT
Nov 1, 2010 - Puerto Rican Women Painters Association Exhibit, Universidad Interamericana, Recinto de San Germán, San German, Puerto Rico (*Acrylic painting)
Nov 11, 2010 - 7^th Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2011 The Sketchbook Project Tour, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY. A group of artists’s sketchbooks will be touring the following cities: Brooklyn NY; Austin, TX; San Francisco, CA; Portland, ME; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; Rochester, NY; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL ; and Winter Park, FL.
Dec 3, 2010 - The Canvas Project 3, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY
Dec 18, 2010 – GROUP EXHIBIT Aperture Studios, Miami, FL
Dec 4, 2011, Puerto Rican Women Fine Artists Exhibit, Museo de los Proceres, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Dec 8, 2011 to Dec 30, 2011, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2012 The Sketchbook Project World Tour, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY. A group of artists’s sketchbooks will be touring the following cities: Brooklyn NY; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA.
June 29, 2012, Viernes Culturales Calle 8, Arte City Group Exhibition – Rooster, Little Havana District, Miami, FL
August 31, 2012, City Arte Group Expo, Theme: Fire, Viernes Culturales Calle 8, 1672 SW 8 St., Little Havana District, Miami, FL
September 14, 2012, Puerto Rican Women Painters Association Exhibit Expo, Arte en Verano, Museo de los Proceres, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
October 2012, Art in the Tropics – Cuban American Bar Association Event, Tropical Fairchild Gardens, Coral Gables, FL
October 26, 2012, Viernes Culturales Calle 8, Arte City Group Exhibition – Air theme, Little Havana District, Miami, FL
October 26, 2012, Cuban American Foundation (“CABA”), Jungle Island, Key Biscayne, FL
November 2012, Art Exhibit, US Centurion Bank, Kendall Branch, Miami, Fl
Jan 10, 2012 to Feb 2, 2013, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2013 Sketchbook Summer Tour: Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Toronto, ON; Providence, RI; Portland, ME; Raleigh and Kernersville, NC; Montreal, QB; Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL; Chattanooga, TN; Louisville, KY; Chicago, IL; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Kansas City and St Louis, MO; Baltimore, MD’ Richmond, VA; Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, TN; Indianapolis, IN; Washington D.C.; Alexandria, VA; Milwaukee, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Rapid City, SD; Wichita, KS; Santa Fe, NM; Boulder, CO; New Albany, In; Columbus, OH; and Pittsburgh, PA;
July 25, 2013 – 10, 2013 Digital Exhibit sponsored by See.Me, “The Story of the Creative”, at 26-19 Jackson Ave, Long Island, NY
Oct 19, 2013 Cuban American Bar Association (“CABA”) 9^th Annual Art in the Tropics Exhibition at the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami, FL
Dec 12, 2013 to Jan 4, 2014, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2014 Sketchbook Tour: Richmond, VA; Asheville, NC; Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL; Nola, LA: Houston, Austin, and Fort Worth, TX; Norman, OK; Santa Fe, NM; Flagstaff, AZ; Newport Beach, CA; Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC; Steamboat Springs, CO; Laramie, WY; Madison, WI; Chicago, IL; Morris and Moorhead, MN; Toronto, ON; Rochester, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Salem, MA
2015 Sketchbook Tour: Brooklyn and New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Miami, FL; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Oakville and Toronto, ON; Roselle, NY; and New York, NY.
Dec 10 2015 to Jan 2, 2016, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
October 3, 2015, Cuban American Foundation (“CABA”) Art in the Tropics Exhibit, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
2016 Sketchbook Tour: Brooklyn, NY at Brooklyn Art Library; Chicago, IL; Cedar Rapids, IA @Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Museum of Art; Boulder, CO; Los Angeles, CA; Fort Smith, AR @Fort Smith Regional Art Museum; Memphis, TN at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; and Brooklyn, NY.
Dec 8 to Dec 31, 2016, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
Dec 14, 2017 to Jan 6, 2018, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
Dec 12, 2019 to Jan 4, 2020, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
Oct 28-31, 2021, NYC SPECTRUM Art Exhibit, Pier 36, Lower East Side, NYC
Nov 19-21, 2021, Dr. William M. Schiff Annual Art Exhibit, Coral Gables Recration Center, Coral Gables, FL
Dec 1-5, 2021, Miami Red Dot (Art Basel Festival), 2217 NW 5 Ave, Miami, FL
Feb 12, 2022 to May 31, 2022, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC
June 11 - Sept 30, 2022, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC
Sept 9-11, 2022, San Diego Art Fair World Wide Art Artavita, CA
Nov 18, 2022, 14th Annual Dr. William Schiff Art Exhibit - at the Coral Gables Adult Activity Center, FL
Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2022, Spectrum - Red Dot Miami World Wide Art Artavita - Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2022, Wynwood Miami, FL
Feb - May 15, 2023, Moulin Rouge-Valentine’s - Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC
Mar 10 - Mar 12, 2023, Tokyo Tower Art Fair - Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Ongoing Exhibition: Amsterdam Whitney Gallery

BIOGRAPHY

She is a member of the Puerto Rican Women Painters Association, and an active member of the Art House Cooperative aka The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY.

In 2012, was a member of Arte City Group, a group of local artists that are City of Miami employees.

Her artwork has been exhibited in Puerto Rico, Miami, Los Angeles, and NYC. A series of sketchbooks have toured many U.S. Cities via the Art House Cooperative in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibits:

January 1987 – Editorial Sin Nombre Exposition at the Student Art League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
June 1987 – Young Puerto Rican Artist Award issued by the Puerto Rican Youth Commission, San Juan, Puerto Rico
February 1990 - Young Art Exposition, Professional Engineers and Surveyors Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
October 2009 - Third Annual Alumni Small Works Exhibition, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
November 2009 - Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, California
March 2010 - The Heart of Giving (Silent Auction), Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Florida
April 2010 - The Space Between Us Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
April 2010 - Self Portrait Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
May 2010 - The Color Project (Blue), Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
May 2010 - The Scavenger Project 2, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
June 25, 2010 - The Sorry Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
June 25, 2010 - The Fiction Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, New York
September 10, 2010 - RUTA2010, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida
Oct 1, 2010 – UHA Alumni Art Show, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Oct 2010 – Open Studio, Open Studio Gallery, Hartford, CT
Nov 1, 2010 - Puerto Rican Women Painters Association Exhibit, Universidad Interamericana, Recinto de San Germán, San German, Puerto Rico (*Acrylic painting)
Nov 11, 2010 - 7^th Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2011 The Sketchbook Project Tour, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY. A group of artists’s sketchbooks will be touring the following cities: Brooklyn NY; Austin, TX; San Francisco, CA; Portland, ME; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; Rochester, NY; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL ; and Winter Park, FL.
Dec 3, 2010 - The Canvas Project 3, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY
Dec 18, 2010 – GROUP EXHIBIT Aperture Studios, Miami, FL
Dec 4, 2011, Puerto Rican Women Fine Artists Exhibit, Museo de los Proceres, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Dec 8, 2011 to Dec 30, 2011, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2012 The Sketchbook Project World Tour, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY. A group of artists’s sketchbooks will be touring the following cities: Brooklyn NY; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA.
June 29, 2012, Viernes Culturales Calle 8, Arte City Group Exhibition – Rooster, Little Havana District, Miami, FL
August 31, 2012, City Arte Group Expo, Theme: Fire, Viernes Culturales Calle 8, 1672 SW 8 St., Little Havana District, Miami, FL
September 14, 2012, Puerto Rican Women Painters Association Exhibit Expo, Arte en Verano, Museo de los Proceres, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
October 2012, Art in the Tropics – Cuban American Bar Association Event, Tropical Fairchild Gardens, Coral Gables, FL
October 26, 2012, Viernes Culturales Calle 8, Arte City Group Exhibition – Air theme, Little Havana District, Miami, FL
October 26, 2012, Cuban American Foundation (“CABA”), Jungle Island, Key Biscayne, FL
November 2012, Art Exhibit, US Centurion Bank, Kendall Branch, Miami, Fl
Jan 10, 2012 to Feb 2, 2013, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2013 Sketchbook Summer Tour: Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Toronto, ON; Providence, RI; Portland, ME; Raleigh and Kernersville, NC; Montreal, QB; Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL; Chattanooga, TN; Louisville, KY; Chicago, IL; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Kansas City and St Louis, MO; Baltimore, MD’ Richmond, VA; Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, TN; Indianapolis, IN; Washington D.C.; Alexandria, VA; Milwaukee, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Rapid City, SD; Wichita, KS; Santa Fe, NM; Boulder, CO; New Albany, In; Columbus, OH; and Pittsburgh, PA;
July 25, 2013 – 10, 2013 Digital Exhibit sponsored by See.Me, “The Story of the Creative”, at 26-19 Jackson Ave, Long Island, NY
Oct 19, 2013 Cuban American Bar Association (“CABA”) 9^th Annual Art in the Tropics Exhibition at the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami, FL
Dec 12, 2013 to Jan 4, 2014, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
2014 Sketchbook Tour: Richmond, VA; Asheville, NC; Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL; Nola, LA: Houston, Austin, and Fort Worth, TX; Norman, OK; Santa Fe, NM; Flagstaff, AZ; Newport Beach, CA; Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC; Steamboat Springs, CO; Laramie, WY; Madison, WI; Chicago, IL; Morris and Moorhead, MN; Toronto, ON; Rochester, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Salem, MA
2015 Sketchbook Tour: Brooklyn and New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Miami, FL; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Oakville and Toronto, ON; Roselle, NY; and New York, NY.
Dec 10 2015 to Jan 2, 2016, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
October 3, 2015, Cuban American Foundation (“CABA”) Art in the Tropics Exhibit, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
2016 Sketchbook Tour: Brooklyn, NY at Brooklyn Art Library; Chicago, IL; Cedar Rapids, IA @Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Museum of Art; Boulder, CO; Los Angeles, CA; Fort Smith, AR @Fort Smith Regional Art Museum; Memphis, TN at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; and Brooklyn, NY.
Dec 8 to Dec 31, 2016, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
Dec 14, 2017 to Jan 6, 2018, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
Dec 12, 2019 to Jan 4, 2020, Annual Snap to Grid Exhibit, Los Angeles Digital Center (“LACDA”), Los Angeles, CA
Oct 28-31, 2021, NYC SPECTRUM Art Exhibit, Pier 36, Lower East Side, NYC
Nov 19-21, 2021, Dr. William M. Schiff Annual Art Exhibit, Coral Gables Recration Center, Coral Gables, FL
Dec 1-5, 2021, Miami Red Dot (Art Basel Festival), 2217 NW 5 Ave, Miami, FL
Feb 12, 2022 to May 31, 2022, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC
June 11 - Sept 30, 2022, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC
Sept 9-11, 2022, San Diego Art Fair World Wide Art Artavita, CA
Nov 18, 2022, 14th Annual Dr. William Schiff Art Exhibit - at the Coral Gables Adult Activity Center, FL
Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2022, Spectrum - Red Dot Miami World Wide Art Artavita - Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2022, Wynwood Miami, FL
Feb - May 15, 2023, Moulin Rouge-Valentine’s - Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC
Mar 10 - Mar 12, 2023, Tokyo Tower Art Fair - Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Ongoing Exhibition: Amsterdam Whitney Gallery

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