Marta
María Pérez Bravo
She
was born in Havana in 1959, in 1979, she graduated from Painting
at the Plastic Arts Academy San Alejandro and in 1984, she graduated
from Plastics Arts at the Superior Institute of Art, both in Havana,
Cuba.
She received the First Prize of Photography Nudi 96, sponsored
by Fototeca of Cuba on March, 1996, in June of the same year, she
was been conferred the residence by the Contemporary Art Institute
of Portland, Oregon, USA. Also in this year her work was included
in ''Photography in the 90's'' and in Portfolio CD ROM, promoted
by Wright State University, Art Galleries Creative Center, Dayton,
Ohio, USA. In 1997, she received the Prize Revelation Artist of
ARCO'97 at the Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid and in July of the
same year, she obtained the residency for artists of the graphic
arts workshop ''Vinalhaven Press'' from Maine, USA.
Marta María has made solo exhibitions since 1982 in Cuba,
Finnland, Colombia, Germany, USA, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Venezuela
and Portugal. Her works also has been exhibited in group exhibits
in these countries, also in Australia, Austria and Holland.
Her works can
be found in collections of the Art Museum of Pori, Finnland; National
Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, Cuba; Ludwing Forum, Aachen from
Germany; Ramis Barquet Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico; Throckmorton
Gallery, New York; National Museum Center of Art Queen Sofia, Madrid,
Spain; Luis Adenlatado Gallery, Valencia, Spain; Spanish and Iberoamerican
Museum of Contemporary Art, Badajoz, Spain; Norton Family Collection,
USA; Fototeca of Havana, Cuba; Photographic Fund of the Art Collection
ARCO, Madrid, Spain; Fund of Contemporary Art Collection of Guadalajara,
Mexico; Cisneros Collection, Mexico; Andaluz Center of Contemporary
Art, Island of the Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain; among others.
More information at La
Bijirita and
National Council of Plastic Arts.
Artwork
available in our Painting
Shop.
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