MARITZA MOLINA . Supermari
☆ Maritza Molina is a Cuban-born multidisciplinary artist. She is also a curator, creative director, consultant, producer, NFT creative, and educator. She received a full merit scholarship to Rhode Island School of Design where she graduated in photography with a minor in drawing and painting. For most of her photographic career, Maritza has used a 4x5 large-format film camera. She was fortunate to have studied under her first professor whom was a pupil of notable photographer Ansel Adams, learning his renowned zone system, and thus began her enthusiasm for photography. Maritza also works with video, digital media, Ai, sound, performance art, drawing and sculpture.
Her photo practice usually begins with a drawing, conceptualizing an idea and proceeding like a film director: scouting locations, test shooting for light, designing, creating costumes and finally producing the work, habitually placing herself as protagonist. Extracting from her own life experiences like a visual diary, she typically focuses on personal and universal issues of identity and womanhood, our relationship with nature, and the wonder and meaning of life and the unknown.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries in an art career that expands twenty years, including at the Armory Show NY and The Bass Museum of Art; published in Miami Contemporary Artists book by Schiffer Publishing, Artforum and Afterimage magazines, and is part of private and public collections worldwide. She is recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts from State of FL and is a 2023-2024 Cintas Foundation Finalist for the Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla Fellowship in Photography. She has taught art and photography at Miami Dade College in FL, Penland School of Crafts in NC, among others.
Passionate about technology, innovation, and web3, Maritza has been working with NFT’s as a creative, consultant, curator, and speaker panelist since 2021. In 2022, she curated the IRL photo exhibit “Obscura, The World Today”, bringing to life a 10K+ NFT photography collection featuring 138 international artists, the largest photography project on the blockchain today. Her current interests lie in exploring technologies and new tools such as Ai in collaboration with her photographic imagery, as well as dynamic code blockchain technology.
In addition to her art career, Maritza also works as a professional SAG-Aftra union actress. ☆
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EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Full Merit Scholarship. Major: Photography. Minor: drawing, painting, video, sculpture.
WEB3 > NFTS . CURATOR . PRODUCER
2023 Art Basel Web3, Speaker Panelist, Creating and Collaborating: Women's influence in the Web3 ecosystem, Gates Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
2023 Director of Superchief Gallery NFT Miami, FL
2023 NFT NYC Speaker and Lead Panelist, NFTNYC2023. "Exhibiting NFT Photography IRL: Breaking out of the Physical Print and Traditional Gallery Space". New York, NY
2022 Art Curator, Concept, Producer of Obscura "The World Today" NFT 10K+ Photography Collection IRL Exhibition. The largest NFT photo commission on the blockchain today. Showcasing 138 international artists. MAD Arts Gallery, Dania, FL
2022 NFT Live Panel Event Creator: OFF BASEL Miami 2022: "NFT Photography Collectors & the Artist". Co-organized with MONOLITH Gallery. Hosted by Maritza Molina and prominent crypto art collectors Chikai Ohazama (MONOLITH founder, Google Earth co-founder) and NorCal Guy (Podcast Host). Discussing: NFTs, photography, and collecting digital art in this crypto era. MAD Arts Gallery, Dania, FL
2022 Organizer of RISD Alumni Board Exclusive Tour Event, Obscura "The World Today" NFT 10K+ Photography Exhibit, Curated by Maritza Molina. MAD Arts Gallery, Dania, FL
SOLO + GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 'Poli/Gráfica de Puerto Rico: América Latina y el Caribe', Puerto Rico
2023-24 Cintas Foundation Fellowship Finalists exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
2023 Superchief Gallery NFT Miami, Miami Locals Opening Exhibit, Miami, FL
2023 BLOOM + Makers Place Non-Fungible Conference Summit, NFC Pavilhao Carlos Lopes, Lisbon, Portugal
2023 Black Box NFT Art Fest, The Lower Draw Gallery, New York, NY
2022 MAD Arts, OFF Basel 'NFT Photography Collectors & the Artist', NFT Art Showcase, Dania, FL
2022 NFT NYC, Lavan541, 'moveMINT: The Experience', curated by CryptoMoves and Tyspectives, New York, NY
2018 Faction Art Projects, ‘All That You Have Is Your Soul,’ New York, NY
2017 Art Center South Florida, ‘Vizcaya on the Beach,’ Miami Beach, FL
2016 Frank Museum of Art, ‘An Island Apart: Cuban Artists in Exile,’ Otterbein, OH
2016 Fischer Gallery ‘An Island Apart: Cuban Artists in Exile,’ Otterbein, OH
2016 Miller Gallery, ‘An Island Apart: Cuban Artists in Exile,’ Otterbein, OH
2015 Art Basel Miami ‘Contemporary Art Project', Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL
2015 Tigertail Productions Auction, ‘A Run For Your Money,’ Miami, FL
2015 Aluna Art Foundation, Foto Lima Feria, ‘Ritos De Paisaje,’ Lima, Peru
2015 Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, ‘City of the Future,’ Miami, FL
2015 Dimensions Variable Gallery, ‘Dimensions Variable Turns 5,’ Miami, FL
2014 Frost Art Museum, ‘Aesthetics & Values,’ Miami, FL
2013 Miami Performance International Festival, Edgezones Gallery, Miami, FL
2012 Exit Art Gallery, ‘Every Exit is an Entrance: 30 Years of Exit Art,’ New York, NY
2011 Ideobox Artspace, Fundacion Manos del Sur, ‘Base Paint,’ Miami, FL
2011 Penland Gallery, ‘Invited Faculty Exhibit,’ Penland School of Crafts, NC
2011 Praxis International Art Gallery, ‘Time / Behind the Vision,’ Miami, FL
2010 Galeria Nacional, Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura,, ‘Valoarte,’ San Jose, Costa Rica
2010 Florida State Visual Arts Fellowship, Touring Exhibit
2010 Mattie Kelly Performing Arts Center, NW Florida State College, 'Fellowship exhibit,' Niceville, FL
2010 Gallery for Innovation and the Arts, 'Fellowship exhibit,' Tallahassee, FL
2010 Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, 'Fellowship exhibit,' Ft. Myers, FL
2010 InKuB8 Space, ‘Visual Dance,’ Art Basel Wynwood, Miami, FL
2010 Verge Art Fair, Artformz Gallery, ‘Small Wonders Art Salon,’ Miami Beach, FL
2010 Freedom Tower, ‘Not Welcome,’ Miami, Florida
2009 Praxis International Art Gallery, ‘Lip/Stick,’ New York, NY
2009 Galeria Nacional, Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura, ‘Valoarte,’ San Jose, Costa Rica
2008 Frost Art Museum, ‘Aesthetics & Values,’ Miami, FL
2008 Galeria Nacional, Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura, ‘Valoarte,’ San Jose, Costa Rica
2008 Pyramid Studios, ‘Video Shorts,’ Miami, FL
2007 Exit Art Gallery, ‘Killing Time,’ Artforum, New York, NY
2007 Smack Mellon, ‘Infinitu et Contini: Repeated Histories, Reinvented Resistances,’ New York, NY
2007 Pinta BAphoto, Art Fair, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 Circa Puerto Rico Art Fair, Cr3ma Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007 Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, ‘Calentando La Pista,’ Miami, FL
2007 Miami Dade College, Kendall Gallery, 'Witches, Bitches, and Saints,' Miami, FL
2007 Tigertail Productions, Art Auction, ‘Wig Out,’ Miami, FL
2006 The Armory Show, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Frost Art Museum, CINTAS Foundation, Fellowship Finalists Exhibit, Miami, FL
2006 Zones Contemporary Art Fair, Art Basel Design District, Miami, FL
2006 Locust Projects, Art Auction, Miami, FL
2005-06 Solo Exhibition: Maritza Molina ‘Carrying Tradition,’ Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL
2005 SCOPE Art Show New York, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, New York, NY
2005 NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, ‘Nepotism: The Art of Friendship,’ Ft. Laud., FL
2005 Catalog “Latin-Art Digital Diáspora” LADD de la Fundación TELEMA. FICA. Festival Internacional de creación Audiovisual. Villanueva de la Serena. Madrid, España
2004 Solo Exhibition: Maritza Molina ‘Facing The Woman,’ Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL
2004 Polk Museum of Art, ‘Performance Art in Contemporary America,’ Lakeland, FL
2004 SCOPE Art Show Miami Beach, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2004 YALE Art Gallery, ‘Intersections: An Exhibition of Cuban Artists’ YALE Univ., New Haven, CT
2004 Chicago Latin Film Festival, ‘Latin-Art Digital Diaspora,’ TLM1 Foundation, Chicago, IL
2004 J. Johnson Gallery, ‘Miami: Visions of Now,’ Jacksonville, FL
2004 Locust Projects, Art Auction, Miami, FL
2003 Exit Art Gallery, ‘L-Factor,’ Commissioned piece, New York, NY
2003 Frost Science Museum (Miami Science Museum), ‘Space: Thinking Outside the Sphere,’ Miami, FL
2003 Bass Museum of Art, Commissioned Performance work, American Association of Museum Directors, Miami Beach, FL
2003 Art Basel Design District, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, ‘Tunnel Vision,’ Miami, FL
2003 Art Basel Miami Design District, ‘Manifest Destiny, Women Artists,’ Miami, FL
2003 Leonard Tachmes Gallery, ‘Vol. 3 No.2,’ Miami, FL
2003 Studio Soto Gallery, ‘Latin Art Digital Diaspora’, TLM1 Foundation, Boston, MA
2003 Miami Dade Cultural Resource Center, ‘The Summer Show,’ Miami, FL
2002 Bass Museum of Art, Sagamore Art Hotel, Commissioned Performance work, ‘Bass After Dark,’ Miami Beach, FL
2002 Sagamore Art Hotel, FLA BRA Festival, Miami Beach, FL
2002 Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, ‘String Resonance,’ Exhibit Curated by Maritza Molina, Red Eye Gallery, Miami, FL
2002 Fredric Snitzer Gallery, ‘No Show,’ Coral Gables, FL
2002 El Solar Arts House, Alternative Space, ‘No Performance Show,’ Miami, FL
2002 Art Basel Miami Design District, Mermaid Design Alternative Space, ‘Figure as Form,’ Miami, FL
2002 Eugenia Vargas Space, ‘No Home Show,’ Miami, FL
2001 Bass Museum of Art, ‘Globe>Miami<Island,’ Miami Beach, FL
2001 Exit Art Gallery, ‘Spunky,’ New York, NY
2001 The House Gallery, ‘The Sears Building,’ Miami, FL
2000 The Lincoln Theater, performance with Terry Adkins, Miami Beach, FL
1998 Solo Exhibition: Maritza Molina ‘Echoes From The Subconscious,’ Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
1998 Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD Photography Biennial, Providence, RI
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS
2008 Individual Artist Fellowship, Visual Arts, FL State Division of Cultural Affairs, FL
2007 Artist Enhancement Grant, FL State Division of Cultural Affairs, FL
2007 Artist Access Grant, Miami Dade Cultural Affairs, Tigertail Productions, Miami, FL
2006 CINTAS Foundation, Fellowship Finalist in Visual Arts, International
2001 Artist Access Grant, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs, Tigertail Productions, Miami, FL
2000 South Florida Cultural Consortium, Fellowship Finalist, Miami, FL
1998 World Studio Foundation Scholarship, New York, NY
1998 National Dean’s List, Multiple Year Award for Outstanding Achievement, US
1998 Rhode Island School of Design, Full-Tuition Merit Scholarship, Providence, RI
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2007 SIM, Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Artist in Residence, Reykjavik, Iceland, July-September
ART COMMISSIONS / ART CURATION
2022 Art Curator, Creator, Co-Producer: Obscura "The World Today" NFT 10K+ Photography Collection IRL Exhibition. Showcasing 138 international artists. MAD Arts Gallery, Dania, FL
2003 Exit Art Gallery, Commission Artwork, New York, NY
2003 Bass Museum of Art, Commission Performance, Miami, FL
2002 Sagamore Art Hotel, Commission Performance, Miami Beach, FL
2002 Art Curator: ‘String Resonance’, featuring 31 artists from Miami and New York, with works in photography, mixed-media, sculpture, video, installation, drawing, painting. In conjunction with international music festival “Sun Waves Guitar Fest” by Guitar Foundation of America and Miami Classical Guitar Society..Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
LECTURES / TEACHING
2002-Pr Adjunct Art Professor, Foundation Drawing, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
2017-18 Director of Creative Photography, Miami Arts Charter Wynwood, Miami, FL
2015 Invited Artist Lecture, Florida International University, Urban Studios, Miami Beach
2011 Invited Photography Professor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2009 Fellowship Panelist, FL Individual Artist Fellowship, Interdisciplinary, FL
2008-11 Invited Art Workshops: Miami Science Museum, Miami Children’s Museum, Miami Bridge, FL
2005-06 Invited Artist Lecture, University of Miami, UM Art History Dept, Coral Gables, FL
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Bass Museum of Art, Public Collection, Miami Beach, FL
Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla, Photography Collection, New York, NY
Marty and Cricket Taplin at the Sagamore Art Hotel, South Beach, FL
Kathryn and Dan Mikesell Collection, Miami, FL
David Saltz Collection, New York, NY
Chilo Andreu Collection, Puerto Rico
Julio Gallo, MPAC, Miami, FL
Carmen Chinea Collection, New York, NY
Catalina Casas Collection, New York, NY
Jerry Herskowitz Collection, Miami, FL
Liza and Arturo Mosquera Collection, Miami, FL
Lang Baumgarten Collection, Miami, FL
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PRESS
2019 Byron, Jennifer. May 2019. “A Cyber(space) of Their Own: Female Iberian and Latin American Artists and Writers of the Digital. A Transatlantic Analysis from Identity (De)Construction, Political Dissidence and Activism, to the Posthuman.” PH.D Dissertation, Arizona State University. MARITZA MOLINA, p.79-90
2018 Hernandez Tapia, Lidia. “Exploring the ‘In Between Spaces’ of Being Cuban.” Cuban Art News, Feb
2018 Lubelski, Abraham. “17 Cuban Artists: All That You Have Is Your Soul.” NY Arts Magazine, Feb
2018 Badajoz, Joaquin. “Identidades transplantadas: artistas cubanos en Harlem.” El Diario NY, Feb
2016 Herrera, Natacha. “Julio Gallo, escultor de la belleza humana y coleccionista de arte.” El Nuevo Herald, April 1
2016 Catalog: “An Island Apart: Cuban Artists in Exile.” Frank Museum of Art, May
2016 Herrera, Adriana. “Cuban Art Made in Miami that will Endure.” Art Circuits, Feb
2015 García-Osuna, Vanessa. “La Admirable Colección Gilman Gonzalez-Falla: Donde el corazón te lleve.” Tendencias del Mercado del Arte Magazine, Spain, April
2014 Catalog: “Aesthetics and Values.” Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL, April
2012 Cotter, Holland. “Every Exit is an Entrance: 30 Years of Exit Art.” The New York Times, May 10
2012 Villalonga, Yuneikys. “De Waiting List A Killing Time.” Cuba Por Fuera Magazine, June
2011 Batet, Janet. “Base-Paint: Exhibition-Auction for Haiti.” Arte Al Dia, May
2011 Catalog: “Collective, Penland Gallery School of Crafts”. Penland, NC, Summer
2011 Catalog: “Fundacion Manos del Sur.” Ideobox Artspace, Miami, FL, May
2010 Tschida, Anne. “The Faces of Miami Art, Miami Art Now.” Art Basel Issue, 944 Magazine, Dec p.72-74 and cover
2009 Catalog: “FL State Individual Artist Fellowship.” Fellowship National Touring Exhibit, US
2008 “A World in Reverse: The Work of MARITZA MOLINA,” Afterimage Magazine, Carvahlo, Denise. Feb-March, Vol 35, No. 4, Pages 6-9, Cover: front and back, exclusive article
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2007 Falconer, Morgan. “Killing Time,” ARTFORUM, Critic's Pick NY, feature
2007 De Jesus, Erin. “Cuba’s Clock,” I-94 magazine, July, artwork feature
2007 Catalog: “Killing Time.” Fuentes, Elvis. Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Carvahlo, Denise. “Killing Time, Exit Art, New York.” Flash Art. October, p.73, feature
2007 “Infinitu et Contini,” Art, The New Yorker, Dec Issue
2007 Lowenstein, Kate. “Art in the City: Sensory Overload,” The L Magazine, NY, June, feature
2007 Haza, Oscar. “A Mano Limpia.” WJAN America Teve, Jan 19, featured guest panelist
2007 Rosado, Jesus. “Un evento historico casi Post-Castrista.” CubaEncuentro.com, May 25, feature
2006 “MARITZA MOLINA: Amazing Artista.” Tu Vida / Your Life. Tirado, Alexis. Hearst Publishing, Winter Issue, exclusive article
2006 “Working For The Man: MARITZA MOLINA,” Miami Art Exchange, Shabaka, Onajide. Jan. 15, exclusive article
2006 “Beast of Freedom: MARITZA MOLINA.” Miami New Times, Suarez De Jesus, Carlos. Dec 29 - Jan 5, exclusive article
2005 “Art Basel’s Homegrown Flavor: MARITZA MOLINA.” Ocean Drive, Tschida, Anne. Dec. Vol.13 No.11, Pages 378-379, exclusive article
2005 Fraser Delgado, Celeste. “Basel Undressed.” The Sun Post, Thurs, Dec 1, p.110, feature
2005 Catalog: “Latin-Art Digital Diaspora.” TLM1 International Foundation. Madrid, Spain
2005 Hudspeth, Kathleen. “Miami Women.” TheNextFewHours.com, Dec, feature
2004 Catalog: “Miami, Visions of Now.” Harper, Paula. J. Johnson Gallery, Sept 10
2004 “Twists, turns in women’s lives, MARITZA MOLINA.” The Miami Herald, Turner, Elisa. March 4, exclusive article
2004 “This Ain’t No Dinner Party; Enigma is a female form of expression for MARITZA MOLINA,” Miami New Times, Marthell, Vivian. February 19-25, exclusive article
2004 “Featured Artist of the Week: MARITZA MOLINA.” City Link Magazine, Russell, Candice. Feb 18-24, exclusive article
2004 “Critic’s Pick: MARITZA MOLINA.” The Miami Herald, Turner, Elisa. 1/30, exclusive feature
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2002 Vargas, Eugenia. “Miami is ready for Articulate Dialogue.” Miami Art Exchange, Sept
2002 Turner, Elisa. “No Shows find South Florida saying ‘yes’ to artistic risks.” The Miami Herald, 9/15, feature
2002 Triff, Alfredo. “Take A Bow.” Miami New Times, Jan 3-9
2001 Wallack, Amei. “In Miami, a Hot Spot of Art, the Temperature’s Rising.” The New York Times, Sept 16
2001 Turner, Elisa. “Young artists: The House at MOCA.” The Miami Herald, Sept. 9, feature
2001 Triff, Alfredo. “In The House.” Miami New Times, Aug 30-Sept 5, artwork feature
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