Born in 1967 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Since she was 2 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, former member of the Art House Cooperative aka The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY, and member of the Museum of the Americas.

Women Painters Association, and a former 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, San Diego, Texas, New York City, Japan, Egypt, Netherlands, and Dubai. A series of sketchbooks have toured many U.S. Cities via the Art House Cooperative in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibits:


Ongoing Exhibitions:
 

Feb 8-14, 2024 When Art Meets Carnival, supported by Intituto Bienal Amazonia and New York International Contemporary Art Society, Shopping Cassino Atlantico, Copacabana, Brazil

March 13-22, 2024 – Artists Love NYC, Saphira Ventura Gallery, NY, NY

March 16-30, 2024 – Women In Art, Impulse Art Gallery Inc., Houston, TX


 

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Born in 1967 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Since she was 2 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, former member of the Art House Cooperative aka The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY, and member of the Museum of the Americas.

Women Painters Association, and a former 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, San Diego, Texas, New York City, Japan, Egypt, Netherlands, and Dubai. 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 - 7th 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”) 9th 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
  • May 20-24, 2023, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt in collaboration with Saphira and Ventura Gallery
  • Aug 16-22, 2023, Guest: Maria T Ason, Saphira and Ventura Gallery, New York, NY
  • Sep 15-22, 2023, Mural for Peace / PhotoFest, MJ Portilla Art Gallery, Hilversum Netherlands
  • Nov 2-29, 2023 - Small is Beautiful at International Studio of Art & Galleries Dubai, Shop 1-Bldg A5, Safa Park Complex, A1 Safe 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Nov 17, 2023 -Annual Dr. William Schiff Art Exhibit at the Coral Gables Adult Center, Florida
  • Dec 6-10, 2023 - Red Dot Miami Art Festival, Mana Wynwood, Miami Florida
  • Dec 9 - Jan 6, 2024 - Heights Art Studios and Gallery, sponsored by Museum of the Americas, Houston, Texas

Ongoing Exhibitions:
 

Feb 8-14, 2024 When Art Meets Carnival, supported by Intituto Bienal Amazonia and New York International Contemporary Art Society, Shopping Cassino Atlantico, Copacabana, Brazil

March 13-22, 2024 – Artists Love NYC, Saphira Ventura Gallery, NY, NY

March 16-30, 2024 – Women In Art, Impulse Art Gallery Inc., Houston, TX


 

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