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Place of Birth: Havana, Cuba
Education
1982-84
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Master Of Fine Arts / Photography
1978-82
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bachelor
Of Fine Arts / Photography
One-Person Exhibitions
2005
María Martínez-Cañas: New Work, Fredric
Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida [September]
2003
Natural Gardens, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2002
Hortus + Naturalia, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, New York
María Martínez-Cañas: New Work, Fredric
Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida
María Martínez-Cañas: A Retrospective,
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida [Catalog]
2000
María Martínez-Cañas: Works 1980-1999,
Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida
Jardines de Sombra / Shadow Gardens, Galeria Arte X Arte, Buenos
Aires, Argentina [Catalog]
María Martínez-Cañas: From The States Program,
The National Museum Of Women In The Arts,
Washington, DC
1999
Shadow Gardens, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida
Traces of Nature, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, New York
María Martínez-Cañas: New Work, Catherine
Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
María Martínez-Cañas: Quince Sellos Cubanos,
The Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus
College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Años Continuos: An Installation By María Martínez-Cañas,
Southeast Museum of Photography
Daytona Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida
1997
Piedras, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California [Catalog]
Piedras, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [Catalog]
4 Series / 4 Years: 1992-1996, Julie Saul Gallery, New York,
New York
1995
Imagen Escrita, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
[Catalog]
Totems Negros: Constructed Photographs By María Martínez-Cañas,
Southeast Museum of
Photography, Daytona Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida
[Catalog]
1994
CronologÌas: 1990-93, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles,
California [Catalog]
1993
Accounts Southeast: María Martínez-Cañas,
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston
Salem, North Carolina
1992
Nuevos Rumbos, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Recent Works, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
Fragmented Evidence, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Rumbos, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida [Catalog]
1991
Fragmented Evidence, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
[Catalog]
Encounters 1: María Martínez-Cañas, Center
For Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona [Catalog]
1990
Documents de Memoire, Centre Culturel de Courbevoie, Courbevoie,
France [Catalog]
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 21989: Unknown
Territories, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida
María Martínez-Cañas, Sol Mednick Gallery,
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1988
Recent Work, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1987
María Martínez-Cañas, Key Biscayne Library,
Key Biscayne, Florida
1984
María Martínez-Cañas, XV Rencontres Internationales
de la Photographie, Arles, France [Catalog]
1983
María Martínez-Cañas, Museum of Fine Art,
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico [Catalog]
Group Exhibitions
2006
Kim Brown / Maria Martínez-Cañas: 'Dustograms'
A Collaboration, Lehigh University Art Galleries,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania [Scheduled; Catalog]
2005
Focus On: New Photography, Norton Museum Of Art, West Palm Beach,
Florida
Transitory Patterns: Florida Women Artists, Museum of Art, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida [Catalog]
2004
Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami Beach,
Florida [Catalog]
Transitory Patterns: Florida Women Artists, National Museum
of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Lock Stock And Barrel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami Beach,
Florida
Cintas: Hope & Glory, Miami Art Central, Miami, Florida
Light and Atmosphere, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida [Brochure]
Uncharted Territory: Subjective Mapping By Artists & Cartographers,
Julie Saul Gallery, New York, New York
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami Beach,
Florida [Catalog]
Fotografia En El Caribe, Galería Botello, Hato Rey, Puerto
Rico [Catalog]
Gallery Artists 2003, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Art Chicago 2003, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami Beach,
Florida [Catalog]
Expanded Paths: NWSA Faculty Show, Miami, Florida
What Were You Thinking?, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois [Catalog]
The Armory Photography Show 2002, Julie Saul Gallery, Javits
Center, New York, New York
Miami Currents: Linking Collection and Community, Miami Art
Museum, Miami, Florida
Contemporary Cuban Photography: A Panoramic View, Museum of
Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Arte Latino: Treasures From The Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Museum of Fine Art, Museum of New
Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico [Catalog]
Gallery Artists 2002, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Art Has No Homeland, But The Artist Does: Videos By Latin American
Artists/Photographers, Foto Fest 2002, Museum Of Fine Arts,
Houston, Texas
Hommage Des Artistes Contemporains A Van Gogh, FondationVincent
Van Gogh, Lighthouse Center For The Arts, Tequesta, Florida
[Traveling to: Texas Tech University Museum, Lubbock, Texas]
2001
Humid, Moore Building, Curated by Dominic Molon, Miami, Florida
[Catalog]
Hommage Des Artistes Contemporains A Van Gogh, FondationVincent
Van Gogh, Appleton Museum Of Art,
Ocala, Florida
Arte Latino: Treasures From The Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Terra Museum of Art, Chicago,
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 3Illinois (Traveling
to: Museum of Art at Florida International University, Miami,
Florida) [Catalog]
The Cat's Away, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, New York
Breaking Barriers: Contemporary Cuban Art, Naples Museum of
Art, Naples, Florida
Faculty Exhibition, New World School Of The Arts, Miami, Florida
The Armory Show 2001, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, New York
The Photography Show 2001, AIPAD, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Hilton Hotel, New York
Renaissance Press, Spheris Gallery, New York, New York
2000
From Modern To Contemporary: Cuban And Cuban-American From The
Permanent Collection,
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida [Brochure]
Latin American Artist-Photographers From The Lehigh University
Art Galleries Collection, El
Museo del Barrio, New York, New York [Brochure]
Arte Latino: Treasures From The Smithsonian American Art Museum,
El Paso Museum of Art,
El Paso, Texas (Traveling To: Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando,
Florida; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm
Springs, California; Museum Of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, California) [Catalog]
La Luz: Contemporary Latino Art In The United States, National
Hispanic Cultural Center of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hidden Images: Works On Paper By Contemporary Cuban Artists,
Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania [Catalog]
Abundant Invention, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
[Brochure]
Sarasota Biennial, Ringling Museum Of Art, Sarasota, Florida
[Catalog]
Icon + Grid + Void: Art Of The Americas From The Chase Manhattan
Collection, The Americas
Society, New York, New York
New Acquisitions: Dream Collection...part six, Miami Art Museum,
Miami, Florida
The Photography Show 2000, AIPAD, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Hilton Hotel, New York
Art In Embassies Program, American Embassy, Havana, Cuba
Cuban Allure: Photography and Video, The Light Factory, Charlotte,
North Carolina
Departing Perspectives, Site-Specific Installation, Spirito
Santo Bank, Miami, Florida
Six Degrees Of Inspiration, Contemporary Art Center Of Virginia,
Virginia Beach, Virginia
1999
A Celebration Of Renaissance Press, John Stevenson Gallery,
New York, New York
Give Art, Fred Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida
Group Show, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Theater Of Memory: Five Cuban-American Photographers, Centro
Cultural Español De Cooperación
Iberoamericana, Coral Gables, Florida
New Acquisitions: Dream Collection...part five, Miami Art Museum,
Miami, Florida
Full Exposure: Contemporary Photography, New Jersey Center for
Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
[Catalog]
Art Chicago 99, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago,
Illinois
The Photography Show 99, AIPAD, Catherine Edelman Gallery (Chicago)
and Julie Saul Gallery
(New York), New York Hilton Hotel, New York [Catalog]
1998
Group Show, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 4The Selective
Eye, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Photography's Multiple Roles: Art, Document, Market, Science,
Museum Of Contemporary
Photography, Chicago, Illinois (Book)
Homenatge A Vincent Van Gogh, Fundacion Van Gogh d'Arles, Ministeri
de Cultura, Andorra La Vella,
Andorra
Primera Bienal Internacional De FotografÌa De Puerto
Rico, Museo de las Américas, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Gallery Artists 1998, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
New Acquisitions: Dream Collection...part three, Miami Art Museum,
Miami, Florida
1898
DIWA Arts, René J. Marquez, María Martínez-Cañas,
and Bibiana Suárez, The Bronx Museum
Of The Arts, Bronx, New York [Catalog]
Cubazon: 11 Conceptual Photographers, Generous Miracles Gallery,
New York, New York
Celebrating Ten Years: A Chronological History Of Exhibitions,
Catherine Edelman Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois
1997
Breaking Barriers: Selections From The Museum Of Art's Permanent
Collection Of Contemporary
Cuban Art, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida [Catalog]
Dislocations/Siirtymia: The Fifth International Triennial Of
Photography, Rovaniemi Art Museum,
Rovaniemi, Finland [Catalog]
The Community Collects: Latin American And Latino Art From Private
Bay Area Collections, The
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California
Crossings And Departures: Making Art In Miami, Allen Memorial
Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio [Catalog]
The Photography Show 97, AIPAD, Catherine Edelman Gallery (Chicago)
and Julie Saul Gallery
(New York), New York Hilton Hotel [Catalog]
Once Removed: The Photograph In Contemporary Cuban-American
Art, West Gallery, Cal State
Fullerton, California
Past Cuba: Identity And Identification In Cuban-American Art,
Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield
University, Fairfield, Connecticut [Catalog]
1996
Circumstances Over Design: The Light Work Collection, Robert
B. Menschel Gallery, Syracuse
University, Syracuse, New York [Catalog]
Anxious Libraries: Photography And The Fate Of Reading, Photographic
Resource Center, Boston
University, Boston, Massachusetts
The Manipulated Word Text And Image: Florida/Brazil, Ground
Level Gallery, South Florida Art
Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Intentions & Techniques 1996: Works By Women From The Lehigh
University Photography
Collection, Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
...my magic pours secret libations, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, Florida
[Catalog]
Then & Now: The First Eight Years, Catherine Edelman Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois
1995
Small Works, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Point/Counter Point: Re-Imagining The Avant-Garde: Modernism
And The Art Of Latin America,
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California [Catalog]
Photography Speaks II: 70 Photographers On Their Art, The Chrysler
Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
[Book]
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 5Points of
Entry: Tracing Cultures, The Friends of Photography, San Francisco,
California; Museum of
Photographic Arts, San Diego, California and to the Center for
Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
[Catalog]
Photography By Cintas Fellows, Southeast Museum of Photography,
Daytona Community College,
Daytona Beach, Florida
The New Collection - I, Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami,
Florida
The Experience of Place: Travel and Photography from the Permanent
Collection, The Saint Louis
Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
Transnational Identities: Cultura En Proceso, DePaul University
Art Gallery, DePaul University,
Chicago, Illinois
Cuban-American, American-Cuban, Thirty-Five, Florida Gulf Coast
Art Center, Belleair, Florida
1994
Exodus, Ground Level Gallery, South Florida Art Center, Miami
Beach, Florida
American Voices, FotoFest 1994, George R. Brown Convention Center,
Houston, Texas [Catalog]
Transcending The Borders Of Memory, Norton Gallery of Art, West
Palm Beach, Florida [Catalog]
Fotoseptiembre 94, GalerÌa Nina Menocal, Mexico City,
Mexico [Catalog]
The Liberated Image: Contemporary Photography Since 1970 From
the Tampa Museum of Art's
Permanent Collection, The Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Women In Photography, The Photography Show 94, AIPAD, New York,
New York
1993
Photography By Cintas Fellows, The Art Museum, Florida International
University, Miami, Florida [Catalog]
Faculty Exhibition 1992, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami,
Miami, Florida
Loss and Affirmation: Photography by Ramon Guerrero & María
Martínez-Cañas, Tampa Museum
Of Art, Tampa, Florida
South Florida Cultural Consortium 1993 Fellowship Exhibition,
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami,
Florida [Catalog]
Gallery Artists 1993, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Islands In The Stream: Seven Cuban American Artists, Dowd Fine
Arts Gallery, SUNY Cortland, New
York [Catalog]
La Collection Photographique de la Fondation Vincent van Gogh
- Arles, Museé de la Photographie,
Porte Sarrazine, Mougins Village, France
Intentions & Techniques-1993: Recent Acquisitions, Lehigh
University Art Gallery, Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania [Catalog]
1992
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
The Americas, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
Primitivism: A State of Mind, Center of Contemporary Art, North
Miami, Florida
Representatives: Women Photographers From The Permanent Collection,
Center for Creative
Photography, Tucson, Arizona
Seven Artists From Cuba-USA, Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Return Engagement, Anderson Marsh Galleries, St. Petersburg,
Florida
Photographic Integrity And The Vital Link With Environment:
Errazuriz, Iturbide, MartÌnez-Cañas
and Santis, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College,
Chicago, Illinois
Los Encuentros, Betty Rimer Gallery, School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [Catalog]
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 6Faculty Exhibition
1992, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
New Acquisitions, New Work, New Directions: Photography From
The Collection, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
In The Tradition: Part II, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
Notes From The Material World: Contemporary Photomontage, John
Michael Kohler Arts Center,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin [Catalog]
1991
Synthetic Images: Fabricated Photography In Florida, Cornell
Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College,
Winter Park, Florida [Catalog]
Other Times And Other Places, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public
Library System, Miami, Florida [Catalog]
Faculty Exhibition 1991, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami,
Miami, Florida
Lenders To The Photography Center, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus,
Ohio
L'Autre Monde, XXII Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie,
Arles, France [Catalog]
Historia Distante, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco,
California (Two-Person)
Photoprojects, White Columns, New York, New York
Artists In South Florida Invitational Exhibition, Ft. Lauderdale
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Five Photographers from Fact and Faction, Barbara Gillman Gallery,
Miami, Florida
Cuba/U.S.A: The First Generation, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, Illinois [Tour/Catalog]
1990
Southeast Bank Collects: A Corporation Views Contemporary Art,
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm
Beach, Florida [Catalog]
Fifty Years Of Photography In Miami, South Dade Regional Library,
Miami, Florida
Fulbrighters: East and West, East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Fact and Fiction: The State of Florida Photography, Norton Gallery
of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
(Tour / Catalog)
Borderlines: Recent Drawings by Hispanic Artists, Thomas Center
Gallery, Gainesville, Florida [Catalog]
The Post-Miami Generation, Interamerican Art Gallery, Miami-Dade
Community College, Miami, Florida
[Catalog]
Personal Odysseys: Celia A. Muñoz, Clarissa T. Sligh
& María Martínez-Cañas, INTAR Latin
American Gallery, New York, New York [Catalog]
1989
Art In Embassies Program, American Embassy, Madrid, Spain (Through
1992)
The Liberated Image: A Decade of Collecting, Tampa Museum of
Art, Tampa, Florida [Catalog]
Upstarts: Florida's Emerging Artists, East Campus Galleries,
Valencia Community College, Orlando,
Florida [Catalog]
Les Photographes Rendent Hommage a Vincent 1889-1989, Fondation
Vincent van Gogh, Arles,
France
Photography Southeast: The Manipulated Image, Florida Gulf Coast
Art Center, Belleair, Florida
[Catalog]
South Florida In The Eighties: Selections from the Artbank at
Metro-Dade Center, North Miami
Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida [Catalog]
Intentions and Techniques-1989, Lehigh University Art Gallery,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Then & Now: Celebration Of A Decade, Barbara Gillman Gallery,
Miami, Florida
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 71988: Manipulations:
Photographs by Roger Cutforth & María Martínez-Cañas,
Frances Wolfson Art
Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida [Catalog]
N.E.A. Artists In Florida, 1987-88 Awards, Florida State University
Gallery and Museum, Tallahassee,
Florida [Tour/Catalog]
Habana, U.S.A.: María Martínez-Cañas &
Tony Mendoza, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Eight From Outside Cuba, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida
Cintas Fellows Revisited: A Decade After, Main Library, Metro-Dade
Public Library System, Miami,
Florida [Catalog]
1988
Chicago International Art Expo - Gallery Exhibition, Marianne
Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Latin American Artists Of The Southeast Coastal Region, Contemporary
Arts Center, New Orleans,
Louisiana [Catalog]
Silvia Lizama & María Martínez-Cañas:
Two Photographers from South Florida, Lehigh University
Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1987
Fellowships: Florida's Finest, Individual Artist Fellowship
Award Exhibition, Florida Department Of
State, North Miami Museum, North Miami, Florida [Catalog]
Fulbright Alumni Art Exhibition, Georgetown University Fine
Arts Gallery, Washington, DC [Catalog]
Vision of Self: The American Latin Artist, Miami-Dade Community
College South Campus Art Gallery,
Miami, Florida [Catalog]
Southern Abstraction, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh,
North Carolina (Tour)
Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick,
New Jersey [Tour/Catalog]
Intentions & Techniques-1987, Lehigh University Art Galleries,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania [Catalog]
1986
2nd Biannual Artist's Exhibit, Anna Brenner Meyers Telecommunication
Center (WLRN), Miami, Florida
Grupo 12, Pan American Festival, Olive Park Chicago, Illinois
1986
Chicago International Art Expo - Gallery Exhibition, Marianne
Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1985
La Nueva FotografÌa Puertorriqueña, Museum of
Fine Art, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto
Rico [Tour/Catalog]
1985 Chicago International Art Expo - Gallery Exhibition, Marianne
Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
New Talent, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984
World Congress Association of UNESCO, Mayor's Palace, Sendai,
Japan
World Congress Association of UNESCO, Youth's Palace, Tokyo,
Japan
1983
Fourth Annual International Fine Art Photography Exposition,
AIPAD, New York, New York [Catalog]
Exploration, Pierce Street Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Group Show, Schweyer-Galdo Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1982
Museum of Latin American Art, Organization of American States,
Washington, DC (Two-Person Show)
Six Photographers: Algaze, Guerrero, Lizama, Martinez-Cañas,
Piedra, Villaverde, Shenandoah
Branch Library, Miami, Florida
Emerging Artists '82 Award Exhibition, Friends of Artists Equity,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Group Show, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Acts of Vision, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 8Our First
Contemporary Photography Exhibit, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami,
Florida
1981
Student Show, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980
Student Show, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977
Reflejos, Aboy Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Two-Person Show)
Awards / Commissions
2004
Nominated for a Nancy Graves Foundation Grant For Visual Artists,
New York, New York
2003
Island Gardens Project, Public Art Commission, Watson Island,
Miami, Florida [In Progress]
2002
Governor Appointee, Florida Commemorative Quarter Committee,
Tallahassee, Florida
2000
From The States Program, The National Museum Of Women In The
Arts, Washington, DC
1996
Artist-In-Residence, Renaissance Press, Hinsdale, New Hampshire
(June)
1994
Metro-Dade Art In Public Places Commission, Miami, Florida
1993
Absolut Vodka Ad, American Photo; May-June 1993, New York
1992
Visual and Media Artists Fellowship, South Florida Cultural
Consortium, Metro-Dade Cultural Affairs
Council, Miami, Florida
1990
Artist-In-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, New York (May-June)
1988
Photography Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington,
DC.
Cintas Fellowship, Cintas Foundation, New York
1987
Individual Artist Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs,
Florida Department of State
1985
Fulbright-Hays Grant, Madrid, Spain
1983
National Dean's List, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois
1982
Smith Scholarship, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois
Student Project Grant, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Public Collections
Asociación Puertorriqueña de la UNESCO, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Cintas Foundation, New York, New York
Citibank Private Bank, Miami, Florida
City of Orlando Permanent Collection, Orlando, Florida
Ferrell Schultz Carter & Fertel Law Firm, Miami, Florida
Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France
Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Berlin, Germany
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 9Ibero-Club,
Permanent Collection, Bonn, Germany
International Center of Photography, New York, New York
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester,
New York
JP Morgan Bank, New York, New York
La Salle National Bank Photography Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Light Work, Syracuse, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Metro-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, Florida
Metro-Dade Public Library System, Miami, Florida
Museé d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Museé du Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Latin American Art, Organization of American States,
Washington DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
DC
Nations Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina
Neuberger + Berman Investment Management, New York, New York
New York Public Library, New York, New York
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prudential Insurance Company, New York, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas
Sun Bank Corporation, Miami, Florida
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
Trenam + Kemper Law Firm, Tampa, Florida
UNESCO General Library, Paris, France
Universidád Católica de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York, New York
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 10
Publications
Photography Speaks II: 150 Photographers
On Their Art, Brooks Johnson, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk,
Virginia, Aperture Foundation 2004
Light's Fantastic, Imagination, Too, Elisa Turner, Arts, The
Miami Herald, Miami Florida, August 8, 2004
Hope and Glory, Elisa Turner, Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami
Florida, July 14, 2004
Nueva Luz Photographic Journal, Volume 9, No. 3, Spring 2004
María Martínez-Cañas, Review, Victor M.
Cassidy, Art In America, December 2003
Expanding Horizons: Report From Miami, Roni Feinstein, Art In
America, December 2003
María Martínez-Cañas: A Retrospective,
Joel Weinstein, Atlantica, Centro Atlántico De Arte Moderno,
Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Spain, No. 34, Winter 2003
City Focus: Miami/South Florida, Elisa Turner, ARTnews, February
2003
Toxin Avengers, I.D. Magazine, June 2003 [Cover + 4 pages]
Art Highlights: Year In Review, Elisa Turner, Arts, The Miami
Herald, Miami Florida, December 22, 2002
María Martínez-Cañas, Review, The New York
Sun, New York, New York, December 19, 2002
A Step To Greatness: 'Miami Currents' Puts The Miami Art Museum's
Best Foot -And Art- Forward, Elisa Turner, Arts,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, November 10, 2002
MAM: Para Celebrar Una Coleccion Y Una Comunidad, Armando Alvarez
Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, November 10, 2002
María Martínez-Cañas, Carol Damian, Art
Nexus, October - December 2002
Dos Décadas De Fotografía: María Martínez-Cañas,
Armando Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, June
23, 2002
Fort Lauderdale Exhibit Is Worthy Of Praise, Elisa Turner, Living
and Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, May 22, 2002
Identity Crisis: María Martínez-Cañas,
Elisa Turner, Living and Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida,
May 22, 2002
Drawing With Light: María Martínez-Cañas,
Matt Schudel, Arts & Leisure, Sun Sentinel, May 19, 2002
10 Artists To Watch: Into The Blue Light - María Martínez-Cañas,
Elisa Turner, ARTnews, March 2002
Snap Decisions: María Martínez-Cañas, Charles
Dews, Latino Leaders Magazine, Carrollton, Texas February -
March 2002
Irritating, Witty 'Humid' Is Sure To Get Under Your Skin, Elisa
Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, January 19,2002
Culture Class: Smithsonian Exhibition At FIU Explores The Diversity
And Passion Of Two Centuries Of Latino Art, Elisa Turner, The
Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, December 9, 2001
ReMembering Cuba: Legacy Of A Diaspora, Andrea O'Reilly Herrera,
University of Texas Press, First Edition, Pages 260-262, 2001
Miami-La Habana: Contrapunteo En Paris, William Navarrete, El
Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, January 28, 2001
Artistes Cubains A Miami, José Alonso, Connaissance Des
Arts, Paris, France, January 2001
Art Reviews: María Martínez-Cañas, Nancy
Barnes, ARTnews, January, 2001
Art Seen: The Miami International Airport, Damarys Ocaña,
Street Miami, Miami, Florida, January 12-18, 2001
Retrospectiva De María Martínez-Cañas,
Armando Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, November
26, 2000
Separate But Equal In Art, Alfredo Triff, New Times, Miami,
Florida, November 16-22, 2000
Galleries Explore Versatility Of Photography, Elisa Turner,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, November 12, 2000
María Martínez-Cañas En Buenos Aires, Carlos
Luis, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, August 2000
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 11The Melancholic
Garden: Nature Lost And Re-Gained In The Recent Work Of Maria
Martinez-Cañas, Edward J.Sullivan,
Catalog Essay, Galeria Arte X Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
August 2000
Art At Work, Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida,
May 23, 2000
María Martínez-Cañas: Evidence of Belonging,
Britta Konau, Essay, Women In The Arts Newsletter, The National
Museum Of Women In The Arts, Washington, DC, Spring 2000, Volume
XVIII, No.1
Report From Miami: Banking On Art, Paula Harper, Art In America,
May 2000, No. 5
Arte En La Oficina, Miguel A. Sirgado, El Nuevo Herald, Miami,
Florida April 29, 2000
Artists Bond In Doomed Building, Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald,
Miami, Florida, January 30, 2000
María Martínez-Cañas, Cecilia E. Lueza,
Art Nexus, February-April 2000, No. 35
María Martínez-Cañas: El Rumbo De Las Cosas,
Miguel Sirgado, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, November, 28,
1999
Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction To Understanding Images,
Terry Barrett, Mayfield Publishing Company, Third
Edition, pages 88 and 90, 1999
María Martínez-Cañas, Justin Spring, Artforum,
November 1999, No. 3
Miami Heats Up, Report From Miami: Part II, Roni Feinstein,
Art In America, November 1999, No. 11
Art Guide, The New York Times, New York, New York, October 1,
1999
Visual Art: MarÌa Martinez-Cañas, Elisa Turner,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, September 26, 1999
Museum Salsa, Report From Miami: Part I, Roni Feinstein, Art
In America, May 1999, No. 5
Photography's Multiple Roles: Art, Document, Market, Science,
Denise Miller, The Museum of Contemporary
Photography, Chicago, Illinois, Exhibition Book, November 1998
María Martínez-Cañas, Carol Damian, Seis
Continentes, Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, No.10, Fall
1998
Latin American Art: Contemporary Expressions From A Cross Cultural
Community, Justin Spring, Florida International Magazine, No.
4, Fall 1998
Contact Sheet 97, 25th Anniversary Edition, Light Work Visual
Studies, Syracuse, New York, 1998
Dreaming Postcolonial Volcanoes, Edwin Tangonan Ramoran, Catalog
Essay, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Bronx, New York, April
1998
María Martínez-Cañas, Gordon Haines, Art
Issues, Los Angeles, California, January/February 1998
Arte Cubano De Las Dos Orillas, Norma Niurka, El Nuevo Herald,
Miami, Florida, January 31,1998
María Martínez-Cañas: Moldeando La Imagen,
Eliseo Cardona, El Nuevo Herald, November 2, 1997
Art Reviews: María Martínez-Cañas, Leah
Ollman, Los Angeles Times, October 31, 1997
Art Reviews: María Martínez-Cañas, Jake
Miller, Cover Magazine, New York, New York, Volume 11, Number
4, 1997
Breaking Barriers: Forty Years Of Cuban Art, Carol Damian, Catalog
Essay, Museum Of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 1997
Emotions Of Life In Exile Animates Artist's Work, Elisa Turner,
The Miami Herald, September 14,1997
Punto De Entrada, Armando Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami,
Florida, September 7, 1997
The Seven, Peter Whoriskey, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida,
March 16, 1997
PAC Makes Final Selection, Peter Whoriskey, The Miami Herald,
March 11, 1997
María Martínez-Cañas, Review: Latin American
Literature and Arts, The Americas Society, New York, New York,
Issue 54, Spring 1997
Exhibiting Photography: Twenty Years At The Center For Creative
Photography, Terence Pitts, The Archive 32, Center For Creative
Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Fall 1996
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 12Three Seconds
To Decide On The Famous, Unknown, Peter Whoriskey, The Miami
Herald, Miami, Florida, December 22, 1996
Art Show Focuses On Rich Mix Of Imagery, Wordplay, Elisa Turner,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, November 16, 1996
Airport Corridor Is Alive With Immense Public Art, Elisa Turner,
The Miami Herald, February 8th, 1996, Miami, Florida
City Focus: Miami South Florida, Elisa Turner, ARTnews, January
1996
Airport Artwork Will Be Christened, Gail Meadows, The Miami
Herald, January 8th, 1996, Miami, Florida
Tracing Cultures, Andy Grundberg, see: A Journal of Visual Culture,
Issue 1:3, 1995
Cuba: Image And Imagination, Aperture, Number 141, Fall 1995
Photography Speaks II: 70 Photographers On Their Art, Brooks
Johnson, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Aperture
María Martínez-Cañas: Voyage To The Past,
Vicky Goldberg, Catalog Essay, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois, September 1995
Black Totems: Photographs By María Martínez-Cañas,
Alison Devine Nordstrom, Catalog Essay, Southeast Museum of
Photography, Daytona Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida,
April 1995
Transcending The Borders Of Memory, Carol Damian, Art News,
Volume 94, Number 3, March 1995
From Diversity Come Struggles, Vicky Goldberg, The New York
Times, New York, New York, November 27th, 1994
Memories Of Cuba, Imagined And Real, Create Jewel Of A Show,
Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, October 2nd, 1994
Lentes y Objetivos Cubano-Americanos, Jorge Cisneros Morales,
El Nacional, México City, México, September 8th,
1994
Polidori, Ladrón Y Cinco Cubanos En La Galeria De Nina
Menocal, A. Moncada, Uno Más Uno, México City,
México, September 8th, 1994
Inundan Colonia Roma Con Fotos, Francisco Santiago, Reforma,
México City, México, September 8th, 1994
Cuba Of Her Mind: María Martínez-Cañas
Photographic Constructions, Donald Kuspit, Catalog Essay, Iturralde
Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 1994
Not Castro's Cuba But A Cuba Of Dreams, Jonathan Saville, San
Diego Reader, San Diego, California, May 26th, 1994
Art Picks Of The Week, Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles,
California, May 6th, 1994
The Liberated Image, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami,
Florida, April 24th, 1994
Caught Among The Cultures, Manuel E. Gonzalez, Catalog Essay,
The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida,
October 1993
Photos Are Linked By Cuban Heritage, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami
Herald, Miami, Florida, October 30th, 1993
Una Imagen Vale Mas Que Mil Palabras, Armando Alvarez-Bravo,
El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, October 29th, 1993
Fellowship Winners Share Their Talents, Helen L. Kohen, The
Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, July 24th, 1993
Former Cuban Artists Form Images In Black and White, Cloe Cabrera,
The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, July 13th, 1993
María Martínez-Cañas: El Viaje A Casa,
Carol Damian, Art Nexus/Arte En Colombia, Volume 55, Number
9, June-August 1993
María Martínez-Cañas:Profile, Elisa Turner,
Latin American Art Magazine, Volume 5, Number 1, June 1993
Cuban-Born Artist's Intricate Forms Reflect Cultural Exile,
Abigail Foerstner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, September
11th, 1992
Notes From The Material World: Contemporary Photomontage, Nancy
Bless, Catalog Essay, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan,
Wisconsin , March 1992
Maria Martinez-Cañas, Elisa Turner, Reviews, Art News,
March 1992
María Martínez-Cañas / Page 13La Busqueda
De La Identidad En Muestra De Maria Martinez-Cañas, Armando
Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, January 19th,
1992
Local Photographer Maps Out Different Direction In Prints, Elisa
Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, January 16th, 1992
Allegorical Photography, Chuck Twardy, The Orlando Sentinel,
Orlando, Florida, November 17th,1991
Library Beckons With Photo Travelogue, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami
Herald, Miami, Florida, October 19th, 1991
Reflections of Fantasy, Positions of Power, Maria Porges, Visions
Art Quarterly, Fall 1991, Volume 5, Number 4
Photoprojects, New York In Review, Peggy Cyphers, ARTS Magazine,
September 1991; Vol 66, No.1
Personal Quest, Lynda Barckert, The Reader, Chicago, Illinois,
May 24, 1991
Visual Folktales Of An Exile In Search Of Her Homeland, Larry
Thall, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, May 3rd, 1991
Director's Farewell Exhibit An Impressive Selection, Helen L.
Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, April 28th, 1991
Photography In The Balance: Maria Martinez-Cañas, Terence
Pitts, Catalog Essay, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson,
Arizona, March 1991
An Alternate View: MCA's Cuba Exhibit Relies on Content, Not
on Form, Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois,
January 27th, 1991
La Saison des Clichés, M.G., Le Figaro, Paris, France,
November 5th, 1990
Bombs and Oranges: Discovering Miami's Explosive Art Scene,
Giulio V. Blanc, ARTS Magazine, November 1990
Contact Sheet 68, Jeffrey Hoone, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, June
1990
Latin American Artists of The South East Coastal Region, Leslie
J. Ahlander, Arte En Colombia Internacional, No. 43, Bogota,
Colombia, Spring 1990
Norton's Photos Show Floridians' Versatility, Helen L. Kohen,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, March 11th, 1990
Contemporary Florida Photography, Bruce Weber, Catalog Essay,
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, March 1990
Post-Miami Has Global Influences, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami
Herald, Miami, Florida, February 23rd, 1990
At Home and Abroad: The Personal Odysseys of Clarissa T. Sligh,
Celia Alvarez-Muñoz and Maria Martinez-Cañas,
Moira Roth, Catalog Essay, INTAR Gallery, New York, New York,
January 1990
Ambassadors Of Art, Mary Ann Marger, St. Petersburg Times, St.
Petersburg, Florida, November 27th, 1989
They'll Take South Florida: Introducing Nine Promising Young
Artists To Watch In The 90's, Season Preview, Helen L. Kohen,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, November 9th, 1989
Center Bats One For Two On Shows, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami
Herald, Miami, Florida, September 8th, 1989
Exhibit Showcases The Art of Upstarts, Chuck Twardy, The Orlando
Sentinel, Orlando, Florida, August 25th, 1989
Photo Exhibit Presents A Challenge, Joanne Milani, The Tampa
Tribune-Times, Tampa, Florida, May 28th, 1989
Bending The Rules, Mary Ann Marger, St. Petersburg Times, St.
Petersburg, Florida, May 26th, 1989
Habana, U.S.A., Robert M. Tilendis, Dialogue Art Journal, Columbus,
Ohio, January/February 1989
Shows Challenge Viewer's Perceptions, Elisa Turner, The Miami
Herald, Miami, Florida, January 18th, 1989
Maria Martinez-Cañas/Tony Mendoza, J.P. Brown, New Art
Examiner, Chicago, Illinois, January 1989
Strong, Contrasting Photo Show at Miami-Dade, Leslie J. Ahlander,
The Miami News, Miami, Florida, Dec. 2nd, 1988
Martinez-Cañas: Longing for Belonging to Someplace, Jenny
Robles, Windy City Times, Chicago, Illinois, October 20th, 1988
Show Brings Home Art of Exiles, Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald,
Miami, Florida, October 9th, 1988
Outside Cuba: The Art of Exile (A Profile: Soriano, Calzada
and Martinez-Cañas), Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald,
Miami, María Martínez-Cañas / Page 14Florida,
October 2nd, 1988
Away From Home, A New Generation Refines Style, Diana Montané,
The Miami News, Miami, Florida, September 30th, 1988
Gana Joven Cubana Prestigioso Premio Que Conceden A Artistas
Destacados De EE.UU., Vivian Crucet, Diario Las Americas, Miami,
FL, August 6th, 1988
Museums Showing A Little Something For Every Taste, Leslie J.
Ahlander, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, Nov. 27, 1987
From Maps, Artist Charts A Sense of Identity, Belonging, Diana
Montané, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, November 19th,
1987
Florida's Finest Really Shines, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald,
Miami, Florida, November 13th, 1987
North Miami Art Center Hosts Special Exhibit, Scott Jacobs,
North Miami Community Paper, North Miami, Florida, November
16th, 1987
Hispanic Programs and Shows Continue Hectic Pace, Leslie J.
Ahlander, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, October 30th, 1987
Outside Cuba, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida,
June 7th, 1987
Outside Cuba, Time Off, Princeton Packet, April 10th, 1987
Las Fotos de Maria Martinez-Cañas, Antonio J. Molina,
Anaquel Cultural, El Visitante, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January
14th, 1986
Posturas Visuales de la Nueva Fotografia Puertorriqueña,
Teresa Tio, El Mundo, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 10th, 1985
Everything's Fine In Puerto Rico As It Is, Myrna Rodriguez,
The San Juan Star, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 13th, 1985
Acecho, Violencia y Poseción de los Cómplices
de la Luz, Felix Jiménez, El Nuevo Dia, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, October 18th, 1985
Confrontation is the Core of An Ambitious Mural, Edward J. Sozanski,
The Arts, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
July 18th, 1985
Photographers Focus on Experimentation, Marsha Miro, Detroit,
Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, December 2nd, 1983
Spatiality in the Photographs of Maria Martinez-Cañas,
Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Catalog AIPAD, November 3rd, 1983
Photographers Bring New Views To Gillman Show, Helen L. Kohen,
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, April 30th, 1982
New Art Examiner, May 1985, Volume 12, Number 8
Journal of American Photography, Calumet Photographic Society,
October 1984, Volume 2, Number 2
Warm Journal, The Women's Registry of Minnesota, Spring 1984,
Volume 5, Number 2
Handbook of Latin American Arts: Art of 19th and 20th Century,
Volumen 1 (A Bibliographic Reference), Joyce Wadell Bailey,
ABC Guion Cleo Information Services International Directory
of Exhibiting Artists 1983, Clio Press Ltd., Vol. 1 & 2
Photography: Jorge Garcia Garcia and María Martínez-Cañas,
Félix Bonilla Norat, San Juan Star Magazine, December
4, 1977, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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