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.

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