Curriculum Vitae

Mari Claudia García.

Havana, Cuba, 1989.
mclaudiagr75@gmail.com

Education:

  • 2021-2023 – MFA in Sculpture. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, United States.
  • 2016-2018 – MA in Formative Processes in Art Education. University of the Arts (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
  • 2008-2013 – BFA in Visual Arts (with Honors). University of the Arts (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
  • 2004-2008 – Diploma. San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy. Havana, Cuba.

Professional experience:

  • 2023 – Graduate Instructor,  “Out Loud! Language meets Objects in the Public Space”, a self-designed course for Wintersession. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, United States.
  • 2021-2023 – Teaching Assistant for Sophomore and Senior Sculpture Studio.  Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, United States.  
  • 2019-2021 – Manager at BRIGADE Art Residency. Havana, Cuba.
  • 2013-2017 – Instructor of the Creation Workshop, the main studio course for Junior students. Visual Arts School, University of the Arts (ISA). Havana, Cuba.

Solo shows:

  • 2018 – “Vanidades”. Servando Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
  • 2015 – “Compilación temporal”. Ludwig Foundation. Havana, Cuba.
  • 2013 – “Zoom”. Visual Arts Development Center (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.

Selected group shows:

2025

  •  “De la Isla a la Luna 2.0”. Presidio Modelo (Model Prison), Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

2024

  • “The Way You Want It”. EFA Project Space. New York, United States.
  • “Free Expression and the Inexpressible”. A.I.R Gallery. New York, United States.

2023

  • “There Are No Strangers”. Hera Gallery. Rhode Island, United States.
  • Thesis Show of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, United States.

2022 

  • “Home and Hope”. Brigade Gallery. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • “A Cloud Passes Overhead”, RISD Sculpture Biennial. Sol Koffler Gallery at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, United States.
  • “A Moment That Lasts Beyond Now”. Sol Koffler Gallery at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, United States.
  • “Opposing Fictions. Women Provoking Fact and Fabrication”. Koppel X. London, United Kingdom.

2019 (all collateral to the XIII Havana Biennial)

  • “Illness has a color”. Estudio 50. Havana, Cuba. 
  • “Seamos realistas, pidamos lo imposible”. Arsenal Habana. Havana, Cuba.
  • “Obra en ejecución”. Centro A+. Havana, Cuba.

2017

  • “Un ensayo de colaboración”. 7th Cuban Contemporary Art Salon (SACC). Visual Arts Development Center. Havana, Cuba.
  • “De donde crece la Palma”. LatLab. Los Angeles, United States. 
  • “Archivo XX”. La Acacia Gallery. Havana, Cuba.

2016

  • “El Yuma”. AREA Gallery. Boston, United States. 
  • “Señales de Cuba. Propuestas femeninas”. European Parliament and BOZAR Museum, Brussels, Belgium; UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France.

2015

  • “Ojalá”. Künstlerforum Bonn. Bonn, Germany.
  • “Puntos suspensivos”, collateral to the XII Havana Biennial. Gallery of the Rum Museum. Havana, Cuba.
  • “Sin oficio ni beneficio”, collateral to the XII Havana Biennial. La Moderna Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
  • “Uno para unos, unos para uno”, collateral to the XII Havana Biennial. Miramar Gallery. Miramar Trade Center. Havana, Cuba.

2014

  • “Sans Serif”. Kesselhaus. Berlin, Germany.
  • “X´l 2”. 6th Cuban Contemporary Art Salon (SACC). Visual Arts Development Center. Havana, Cuba.
  • “Pan y circo”. Ballet School Ruins (actually known as Circus Ruins). University of the Arts (ISA). Havana, Cuba.

2014 / 2013

  • “Feminine voices and poetics. 1990-2013”. SOMArts Gallery / Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. San Francisco, United States.

2012

  • “Layers”, XI Havana Biennial. University of the Arts (ISA). Havana, Cuba.

2011

  • “Cripsis”. University of the Arts (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
  • “Torbellino II”. Havana Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
  • “Sotto Voce”. Visual Arts Development Center (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.

2010

  • “Viene el lobo (el verdadero loop)”. Factoría Habana Gallery. Havana, Cuba.

2009

  • “Cambio y fuera”, collateral to the X Havana Biennial. University of the Arts (ISA). Havana, Cuba.

Fellowships:

  • 2023/2024 – Nomination to the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship. United States.
  • 2021– Society of Presidential Fellows. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, United States.
  • 2017/2018– Finalist at CINTAS-Knight Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts. Miami, United States. 

Grants / Awards:

  • 2022– Graduate Commons Grant. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, United States.
  • 2020– Grant Program for Cultural Projects, funded by the Royal Embassy of Norway. Havana, Cuba. 
  • 2019– Nominated to CIFO’s Grants & Commissions Program, 2020 cycle. Miami, United States. 
  • 2018– Grant Program for Cultural Projects, funded by the Royal Embassy of Norway. Havana, Cuba.
  • 2015- Juan Francisco Elso, grant awarded by the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS), and the Visual Arts National Council (CNAP). Havana, Cuba.
  • 2013- Havana Cultura, grant awarded by Havana Club International. Havana, Cuba. 
  • 2012- Estudio 21, grant awarded by Visual Arts Development Center (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.

Art Residencies:

  • Upcoming 2026– Sculpture Space Residency. New York, United States.
  • Upcoming 2026– Vermont Studio Center Residency. Vermont, United States.
  • 2024– Shift Residency, hosted by The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. New York, United States.
  • 2022– Amalgama-Barcú Residency (online), hosted by Amalgama Art LTD and Barcú Festival.
  • 2017– La Isla Residencia, funded by Ser CasaSandra and the Culture Council of Quintana Roo State. Holbox, Mexico. 

Public Collections:

  • 2018- Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Boston, United States.  
  • 2018- Cisneros-Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO). Miami, United States. 

Invited talks:

  • 2023 – Guest speaker in ‘Graduate Artist Talks.’ RISD Museum, Rhode Island, United States.
  • 2017 – Guest speaker in ‘Relational Practices in the 6th Cuban Contemporary Art Salon,’ as part of the lecture series ‘Let’s Talk about Contemporary Art,’ leaded by art critic Magaly Espinosa. Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
  • 2015 – Artist talk in the context of ‘Compilación temporal’ solo show. Ludwig Foundation, Havana, Cuba.
  • 2014 – Artist talk as part of ‘Showroom,’ a series of presentations coordinated by art historian and activist Carolina Barrero. Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art
    Center, Havana, Cuba