Curriculum Vitae

Mari Claudia García Ruiz.

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, USA.  
  • 2019-2021 – Manager at BRIGADE Art Residency. Havana, Cuba.
  • 2013-2017 – Instructor of the Creation Workshop, the main studio course for Sophomore 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:

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”. 6th 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:

  • 2021– Society of Presidential Fellows. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, USA.
  • 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, USA.
  • 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:

  • 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. 

Bibliography:

  • Frency. Jacks. Revista ArteCubano. No. 1/2. 2016.
  • Hospido, Gema. The new art from Cuba. Glamour Magazine. July 2016.   
  • Espinosa, Magaly. Talking about Cuban art: Relational practices in the 6th Cuban Contemporary Art Salon. Art Chronic Magazine. Year III. No. 6. 2015.
  • Espinosa, Magaly. Weakness and strength. C de Cuba Magazine. No. 10. 2012. www.cdecuba.org