María Magdalena Campos Pons

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[edit] The Artist

María Magdalena Campos Pons, was born in Matanzas, Cuba,august, 22, 1959.

Master in Fine Arts (MFA). Studio Review at Concordia University, Montreal NSCAD, Halifax, Canada. Between 1986-1989 she was professor of Painting and Aesthetic in the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana. In 1992 she was curator of the Displacement Project. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts. From 1995 to 1996 she fue an ivated professor of the Instalation 3d., Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A

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[edit] Individual Exhibitions

In 1989 she exhibited her works in " Acoplamientos". Galería L, Havana, Cuba. In 1991 took place the show "Sangre negra/Black blood". Gallery Bruning, Montreal, Canada, and "Amuletos/Amulets". Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada. Six years later in 1997 an exhibition with her own name was travelling for New Work , Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, EE. UU.

[edit] Collectives Exhibitions

She also was involved in many collectives exhibitions: In 1984 El ISA Saluda la Bienal".during the time of the First Havana Biennial Bienal de La Habana. Galería L,Havana. She participates in the XVIIIème Festival International de la Peinture. Château Musée de Cagnes sur Mer, Cagnes sur Mer, France. In 1989 she was also included in "¿Arte Sexo?. Lo erótico en el arte" (collateral to the 3rd Havana Biennial). Facultad de Artes y Letras, Universidad de La Habana. And was one of the selected artist for the Seventh Triennial Exhibition. Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts,U.S.A, 1993. In 2001 she was included in the 49 Esposizione Internazionale d'Árte. Biennale di Venezia. Venece, Italy.

[edit] Awards

During her life she has obteined many awards and recognitions like the "Mention of Honor", in 1986 in the XVIIIème Festival International de la Peinture, Château Musée, Cagnes Sur Mer, Francia. In 1990 Painting Fellowship, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada, in 1992 Foreign Visiting Artist Grant, Media Arts, Canada Council, Canada, in 1994 Bunting Fellowship. Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe Research and Study Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A and in 1995 Art Reach 95 Award, National Congress of Art & Design, Salt Lake City, Utah, EE.UU.

[edit] Collections

Her work can be found in relevant collections such as Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany; Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; The Museum of the National Center of African American Artists, Boston, Massachusetts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A and in Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.