MARIA BRITO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 “Las Goyescas.” Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2005 “Realizations.” Perkins Gallery, Polk Museum
of Art, Lakeland, FL
“Reflections on the Human Condition.” Everett & Stanley Galleries,
The Arts Center, St.Petersburg, FL
2004 “Maria Brito: Projects Room.” Bernice Steinbaum Gallery,
Miami, FL
2002 “Cutouts and Painted Surfaces.” Bernice Steinbaum
Gallery, Miami, FL
2000 "...pero sin amo." Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community
College, Davie, FL
1999 “…pero sin amo.” Second Iberoamerican Biennial
of Lima, Lima, Peru
1998 "Rites of Passage. Sculpture and Painting 1988-1998." Museum
of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1994 "Maria Brito: Cuatro Pilares." Gutierrez Fine Arts,
Miami Beach, FL
1991 The Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbour, FL
"Maria Brito: A Retrospective." Barry University, Miami Shores,
FL
1990 "Cabinet of Wonders: Sculpture by Maria Brito." Middleton-McMillan
Gallery, Spirit Square
Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
1989 "Recent Sculpture." Museum of Contemporary Hispanic
Art, NY and Inter-American Gallery,
Miami, FL
1988 The Anne Jaffe Gallery. Bay Harbour, FL
1987 "Architecture of the Mind." Kennesaw College, Marietta,
GA
1985 The Gallery of 24. Bay Harbour, FL
1982 The Gallery at 24. Miami, FL
1980 The Gallery at 24. Miami, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 “Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art.” Center
for the Arts, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo,NY
2003 “Inside/Outside Contemporary Cuban Art.” Hanes
Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,NC
“American Art Today / Faces & Figures.” The Art Museum at Florida
International University, Miami, FL
2002 “Visual Perspectives: 14 Years of the Virgina A. Groot
Foundation Exhibition.” Chicago, IL
“Florida Visual Arts Fellowships: 25th Anniversary Exhibition.” Lowe
Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL (Travelling)
2000 "Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American
Art Museum." El Paso Museum of Art,
El Paso, TX (Travelling)
"La Luz: Contemporary Latino Art in the United States." National
Hispanic Cultural Center,
Albuquerque, NM
"From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban-American Art from the Permanent
Collection."
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
1999 "Second Iberoamerican Biennial of Lima." Lima, Peru
1998 "Crossings." The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia,
PA
"Latin American Artists." Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State
University, Johnson City,
TN (Travelled)
1997 "Past Cuba: Identity and Identification in Cuban-American
Art." Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery,
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT (Travelled)
"The Narrative Spirit." Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
1996 'my magic pours secret libations.' Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, FL (Travelled)
"Cuba Twentieth Century: Modernism and Syncretism." Atlantic Center
of Modern Art, Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria, Spain; La Caixa Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;
Santa Monica Art Center,
Barcelona, Spain.
1995 "Sculpture in the Landscape: 28 South Florida Artists." University
of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1994 "Transcending the Borders of Memory." Norton Gallery
of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
1993 "Revelations/Revelaciones: Evanescence and Latino Art." Herbert
F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY
"Cuban Artists of the Twentieth Century." Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale,
FL
"Intimate Lives." Women and Their Work, Austin, TX (Travelled)
"Remnants." Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Bellair, FL
"Islands in the Stream: Seven Cuban American Artists."Dowd Fine Arts
Gallery, State University at Cortland,NY
1992 South Florida Cultural Consortium 1992 Fellowship Recipients." Museum
of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
1991 "Southern Exposures." The High Museum of Art, Atlanta,
GA
"South Florida Invitational." Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
"Cuba/U.S.A." Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Chicago, IL
(Travelled)
1990 "The Decade Show." New Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum
of Contemporary Hispanic Art,
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
"Twenty-Five in Miami, An Invitational Exhibition." South Campus
Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community
College, Miami, FL
1989 "From Narrative to Magic Realism: 34th Annual Contemporary American
Art Exhibit." Wilson Gallery,
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
"NEA Fellowship Artists." Florida State University, Tallahassee,
FL (Travelled)
"Fellowships: Florida's Finest." North Miami Center of Contemporary
Art, North Miami, FL (Travelled)
"The Ceremony of Memory." The Lannan Museum, Fort Worth, FL (Travelled)
1988 "Exhibition of World Invitational Open-Air Sculpture." Olympic
Sculpture Park, Seoul, Korea.
"Mira!" Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Travelled)
1987 "Contemporary Sculpture from Florida Collections."University
Gallery, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
"Outside Cuba: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick,
NJ (Travelled)
"Projections." North Miami Museum, North Miami, FL
"Poetic Visions." Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1986 "Southeast Sculptors: Comments on the Human Condition." University
of South Florida, Tampa, FL
"Fifth Iberoamerican Art Biennial." Mexico City, Mexico
"Memories." The Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
"Expatriates: Paintings by Fifteen Young Latin American Artists." Thomas
Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
1985 "The Art of Miami." Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
"From East to West." Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York,
NY (Travelled)
"NEA Fellowship Artists." Florida State University, Tallahassee,
FL
"Maria Brito, George Dombek, Larry Rhoads." Florida Center for Contemporary
Art, Tampa, FL
1984 "Aqui: 27 Latin American Artists Living and Working in the United
States." Fisher Gallery, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
"Young Collectors of Latin American Art." Metropolitan Museum and
Art Center, Coral Gables, FL
1983 "The Miami Generation: Nine Cuban-American Artists from Miami." Cuban
Museum of Art and Culture,
Miami, FL (Travelled)
"Artists of Florida" South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community
College, Miami FL
1982 "Women's Art - Miles Apart" Aaron Berman Gallery, New
York, NY (Travelled)
"Young Hispanics, U.S.A." Ralph Wilson Gallery, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, PA
"CAA'82 First Annual Exhibition and Competition." Art and Culture
Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
1981 "Latin American Art" A Woman's View/ Maria Brito, Ana
Mendieta, Elena Presser."
Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami, FL
"LeMoyne's Southeast '81 Craft Competition." LeMoyne Art Foundation,
Tallahassee, FL
"Florida Craftsmen 31st Annual Exhibition." Boca Raton Center for
the Arts, Boca Raton, FL
1980 "On Paper II." Grove House, Coconut Grove, FL
1978 "Twentieth Annual M.Allen Hortt Memorial Competition and
Exhibition."Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale,FL
SELECTED AWARDS
2001 Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Florida Department of State
1996 Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Florida Department of State
1994 Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant
1992 South Florida Consortium Fellowship
1990 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
South Florida Consortium Fellowship
1988 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship
Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Florida Department of State
1985 Cintas Fellowship, The Institute for International Education, New
York, NY
1984 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship
1983 Artist-in Residence Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation.
1981 Cintas Fellowship, The Institute for International Education, New
York, NY
1979 Florida Arts Council Fellowship
1977-8 Full Tuition Scholarship, Art Department, University of Miami
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art in Public Places, Metro-Dade Center, Miami, Florida
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art. The University of Texas at Austin
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, Korea
Oscar B. Cintas Foundation, New York, New York
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, Florida
University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida
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Ahern, Vincent "Southeast
Sculptors: Comments on the Human Condition."
Exhibition Catalogue. University of South Florida.
Ahlander, Leslie Judd "Art, Politics, Treasure Coast: Two Out of Three." The
Miami News.
Fri., June 17, 1988, p.5C.
Alvarez-Bravo, Armando "Maria Brito: La Busqueda y el Exorcismo." El
Nuevo Herald. Sun.,
June 14, 1998, Section F, pp.9,10.
"Entre Cuatro Pilares." El Nuevo Herald. Sun., Nov. 27, 1994, Section
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Jan.31,
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Neo-Baroque.
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Islands in the Stream. Exh. Catalogue. State University at Cortland.
"Maria Brito: Metonymy and Metaphor." Latin American Art. vol. 5,
no. 3, 1993, pp.20-23.
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p.137.
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"Transcending the Borders of Memory/Norton Gallery." Art Nexus.
no. 15, Jan-Mar. 1995, pp.129-130.
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