EducationBachelor of Fine Arts in ArtDegree Florida Internationa University, Miami, Florida, 1986 High Honors Associate in Art DegreeMiami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida 1983Public CollectionsFrost Art Museum, Florida International University,Miami, FloridaHolland and Knight Art Collection, Tampa, FloridaAwardsHonorable Mention, Palm Beach Community College, Central Campus Gallery, Lake Worth, Florida1st Annual Juried National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking CompetionApril 1, 2005Best in Show (Painting), Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, City Link's Artfest/Best of Gallery,August 1999Honorable Mention (Sculpture), Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, City Link's Artfest/Best of Gallery,August 1999Betty Laird Perry Purchase Award, Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FloridaApril 1986SoloExhibitionsRainy River Community College, International Falls, Minnesota USACurrent Paintings, February 5 - March 2, 2007Curator: Exhibition CommitteePalm Beach Community College, Central Location, Lake Worth, Florida"Maria Sonia Martin, Paintings and Sculpture", September 15 - October 20, 2005Curator: Exhibition CommitteeMaxoly Art Gallery,Miami, Florida "Echoes of Humanity", December 26, 2003 - January 23, 2004Curator: Maximo Serracino, Gallery DirectorThomas Center Galleries, Division of Cultural Affairs,Gainesville, Florida"Margins of Humanity", July 24 - September 5, 1999Curator: Amy V. Dickerson, Ph.D., Galleries CoordinatorGallery North, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida, "Maria Sonia Martin, Paintings and Drawings 1993-1998September 24 - October 30, 1998Curator: Juan Espinosa Almodovar, Director of GalleriesTampa Electric Company (TECO) Plaza, Tampa, Florida November 4 - December 6, 1991Curator: Pat Higgins, Gallery DirectorPasco Fine Arts Center, Holiday, Florida August 4-30, 1991Curator: Exhibition CommitteeCenter Place Fine Arts, Brandon, Florida July 1-31, 1991Curator: Exhibition CommitteeTwo Person ExhibitionsThe Children's Gallery and Art Center, Homestead, Florida November 14 - December 8, 2009"Two Artists: Maria Sonia Martin Adriano Nicot",Curator: Carlos Franco, Gallery Director, artistInter-American Art Gallery,Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida"Known/Unknown V:Feinberg & Martin", two person exhibition, December 7, 1989-January 31, 1990Curator: Sheldon Lurie, Director of Galleries, Wolfson Campus and InterAmerican Campus,Miami-Dade College, Miami, FloridaPolk Community College, Winter Haven, Florida"Alice Lewis and Maria Sonia Martin", two person exhibition, June 5-22, 1989Curator: Exhibition CommitteeSelected Group ExhibitionsPalm Beach Community College,Central Campus Gallery, Lake Worth, Florida,"1st Annual Juried National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Competition"February 18-April 1, 2005Juror: Kim Lawson, Assistant Curator of Education, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FloridaThe Art Gallery at Government Center, Miami, Florida "All Art Collections Start Small", InvitationalNovember 23, 2004-January 6, 2005Curator: Rem Cabrera, Chief of Cultural Development,Miami-Dade County Division of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FloridaBakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida, "17th Anniversary Show", April 11-May 7, 2003Juror: Peter Boswell, Assistant Director of Programs, Senior Curator, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FloridaBakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida, "Winter Juried Art Show 2002, December 5, 2002-January 19, 2003Juror: Arthur Dunkelman, Director/Curator, Jay I. Kislak Foundation, Miami Lakes, FloridaCoral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida, "Tri-County Juried Exhibition", September 12-30, 2002Juror: Lamonte Anderson, Associate Professor, Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaArtserve,Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, City Link's Artfest/Best of Gallery, August 28-September 15, 1999Juror: Candice Russell, Art Critic, City Link Newspaper, Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaBoca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida 48th Annual All Florida Competition & Exhibition,May 19-July 11, 1999Juror: Ronny Cohen, Ph.D., Art Critic and LecturerThe Atrium Gallery, St. Thomas University,Miami, Florida "From Bliss to Anguish", three-person exhibition invitational, November 18-December 29, 1998Curator: Jorge Sardinas, Rev., Director of Galleries, St. Thomas University, Miami, FloridaThe Santender Gallery and Americas Collection, Miami,Florida, "In the Floral Tradition", May, 1997Curator: Dora Valdez-Fauli, Director of Galleries, Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FloridaMuseo de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina Salon latinoamericano de pintura religiosa"Fraternitas '92, September 1992Exhibition travelled: Salon de la feria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October-December, 1992Curator: Exhibition CommitteeStephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland"Towards ' 92 and Beyond", October 23 - November 23, 1992Curator: Jose Rodeiro, Ph.d., Professor of Art History, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MarylandGoucher College,Towson, Maryland"Approaching the Quincentary, October 1992Curator: Jose Rodeiro, Ph.d., Professor of Art History, Frostburg State University,Frostburg, MarylandArizona State University West, Glendale, Arizona"The Hispanic Experience in the Southwest", April 1-May1, 1992Curator: Asela Sanchez, Art Education and Criticism and Education, Director and Chief Curator, Museo Chicano, Phoenix, ArizonaMuseo Chicano, Phoenix, Arizona, "2001: Hispanic Odyssey, May 1-June 23, 1991Jurors:Jose Colchado, Ph.d., Art Education, Associate Dean of Fine Arts, Southern Arizona UniveristyRamon Fabela, Ph.d., Art Historian, Dept. of Chicano Studies, University of CA at Santa BarbaraLuis Jimenez, Chicano artist, Hondo, New MexicoJacinto Quirarto, Ph.d., Art Historian, Research Center for the Visual Arts,University of Texas at San AntonioAsela Sanchez, Art Education and Criticism and Education, Director and Chief Curator, Museo Chicano,Phoenix, ArizonaStephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland"Latino Art of the 90's", February 18-March 7, 1990Exhibition traveled:Bausch and Lomb Gallery, Garrett Community College, McHenry, Maryland, March 15-April 8, 1990Delaware State College Gallery, Dover, Delaware, April 12-30, 1990P.A. Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, May 11-31, 1990Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, Maryland, November 3-24, 1991Curator: Jose Rodeiro, Ph.d., Professor of Art History,Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MarylandPolk Community College, Winter Haven, Florida "Alice Lewis and Maria Sonia Martin", two person exhibition, June 5-22, 1989Curator: Exhibition CommitteeOrlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida "1988 Annual Juried Exhibition, May 21-June 15, 1988Juror: Kim Levin, Art Critic, The Village Voice, New York, New YorkAtlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GeorgiaAmerican Herstory: Woman and the U.S. Constitution, January 27-March 5, 1988Exhibition traveled:Dance Gallery,University of North Carolina, March 21-May 1, 1989University of Tennessee Art Gallery, Martin, TN October 25-December 5, 1989Curator: Eleanor Tufts, Ph.D., Professor of Art History and author, Southern Methodist UniversityBroward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale,Florida "Homage to Georgia O'Keeffe", juried exhibitionNovember 6-December 4, 1987Juror: Betsy Damon, ArtistThe Continium Art Center,Miami Beach, Florida "Women Explore the 80's", May 1-30, 1987Juror: Robert Frankel, Director of Center for the Fine Arts,Miami, FloridaArtists ResidenciesThe Bakehouse Art Complex561 NW 32 StreetMiami, Florida 33127April 2007 - March 2008January 2009 - PresentSpecial ProjectsAbanico Theatre, Coconut Grove, Florida and El Circulo Multicultural CenterStage set design project (together with artist Emilio Fernandez de la Vega) for the Spanish presentation of"Las galas del difunto", author Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936) December 2-17, 2005Directed by Barbara Safille, Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, ConnecticutSelected BibliographyFaye Whitebeck, RRCC hosts Cuban artist's exhibition, Rainy River Community College,The Daily Journal, International Falls, Minnesota, February 8, 2007 page 1BCandice Russell, "Shakin' Bakehouse" Review of exhibition, Bakehouse Art Complex,Miami, Florida, Gallery, City Link News, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida January 2003, Page 60Candice Russell, "Piano Bob, Teletubbies and the Incredible Hulk", review of exhibition at Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Gallery, City Link News, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida September 1999Candice Russell, "Florida 48" Annual all Florida Competition & Exhibition, review of exhibitionat Boca Raton Museum, Gallery, City Link News, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May, 1999Armando Alvarez Bravo, "El mundo ensimismado de Maria Sonia Martin", El Nuevo Herald, Miami Herald, review of exhibition at Miami-Dade Community College Gallery North,October 18, 1998 p 11FJoanne Milani, "Where's the Beach", Tampa Tribune, January 20, 1990, review of exhibition at Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida p. 5FSheldon Lurie, "Known/Unknown V: Gary Feinberg/Maria Sonia Martin", December 1989, catalog of exhibition at InterAmerican Art Gallery,Miami-Dade College, Miami, FloridaSilvio Gaggi, Ph.d. "The Latin Spirit", The Art Papers, Atlanta, Georgia, March/April 1990, review ofexhibition at Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida p. 39-40Joanne Milani, "Show Spotlights Hispanic Artists", Tampa Tribune, November 20, 1989, review ofexhibition "The Latin Spirit" at Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida p. 3FBrad Beahan, "2 artists from different cultures share much in common", The Ledger, Winter Haven, Florida, June 9, 1989, review of exhibition at Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FloridaLaura Stewart, "Quality gets lost in crowd", Orlando Sentinel, May 30, 1988, review of exhibition atOrlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FloridaEleonor Tufts, Ph.d., "American Herstory: Women and the U.S. Constitution", catalog of exhibition, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1988, page 3PublicationsMiscelaneas de Cuba, Revista de Asignaturas Cubanas, No. 2, Ao V, abril - junio 2009Stockholm, SwedenCasa y Estilo Internacional, Miami, Florida June 2005 Edition Ano XI, No. 62, p 32, Text by Lidia Sanchez AmoresSalt Hill Press, Salt Hill Literary Association,Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, June 1998, front and back covers and pages 99, 100The Bulletin, Hillsborough County Medical Association, Tampa, Florida, October, 1988, front cover, … Read More