Resumé
MARITZA CANECA From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Based in Miami, USAmaritzacaneca.carbonmade.com | @maritzacaneca
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Maritza Caneca: Arts & Recreation | Public Art, Mural Installation, Miami, USA | 2020/2021
Maritza Caneca: Pools | Miami International Airport, Miami, USA | 2020/2021
Maritza Caneca: Entre águas | Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2018/2019
Water Diaries | curated by Adriana Herrera, Clima Art Gallery, Miami, USA | 2018
Immersion in Blue | curated by Vanda Klabin, Belmond Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2017/2018
Maritza Caneca: Pool Series | curated by Vanda Klabin, Bossa Gallery, Miami, USA | 2016/2017
Maritza Caneca: Série Piscinas | curated by Vanda Klabin, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Healing the Earth | Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, USA | 2021
Home Sweet Home | Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, USA | 2020/2021
Fotos Pró Rio | Curated by Luiza Amaral Peixoto. Online action by Ateliê Oriente, FotoRio, Galeria Aymoré and Retrato Espaço Cultural, Brazil | 2020
Never Normal | Wasserman Project, Detroit, USA | 2020
The Passing of Time – Part II | curated by The Gallery Club, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, USA | 2019/2020
Photographic Visions 2019 Summer | curated by Zsolt Bátori, PH21, Budapest, Hungary | 2019
Doral Hearts Brazil | Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Miami, USA | 2019
O que emana da água | curated Vanda Klabin, Carbono Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil | 2019
Caneca, Henry, Hocking | Wasserman Project | Detroit, USA | 2019
Another Beautiful day in Miami | curated by The Gallery Club, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, USA | 2019
RAW POP UP Art | Basel Week, The Macy’s Building, Miami, USA | 2018
Unnatural Nature | curated by Jessica Acosta-Rubio, Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, USA | 2018
Ser, Habitar e Imaginar | curated by Adriana Herrera, Carré Art, Aluna Art Foundation, Miami | 2018
Summer Exhibition | curated by Danielle Damas, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, USA | 2018
RAW POP UP | The Moore Building, Miami, USA | 2018
Land+Body = Escape | curated by Tatiane Schilaro, The 55 Project, Nars Foundation, New York, USA | 2018
Land+Body = Escape | curated by Tatiane Schilaro, The 55 Project, Miami, USA | 2018
New Work | curated by Justin Long, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, USA | 2017
Tropical World, Bossa Gallery, Miami, USA | 2017
Re-Membering, Bossa Gallery, Miami, USA | 2017
Welcome to Miami, Fountainhead Studios, Miami, USA | 2016
Unconditionally Beautiful, Bossa Gallery, Miami, USA | 2016
Mostra Brasil, House of Art, Miami, USA | 2014
Art Office of Alexandra Archer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2013
SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS & COLLECTIONS
American Flag | Photograph printed in a flag format (40X60) on Voille De Ville.
Flown and photographed throughout United States (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina) | 2020/2021
1000 Kites | Collaboration with Liene Bosquê, Photograph printed on ripstop and exhibited as a box kite format, originally design by Walter Gregori and recreated by the artists, with ripstop, wood, glue, sewing thread. Flown and photographed in Haulover Park, Miami, USA | 2020
R E D, Budapest | Installation consisting of four photographs printed on glass panels (102x35 inches each) | Permanent Collection of Villa Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2019
SELECTED CINEMATOGRAPHY WORKS
Director of photography, “Sociedade do medo” by Adriana Dutra | 2019
Director of photography, “Opção America” by Adriana Dutra | 2018
Director of photography, “O homem e a bolsa” by Luis Erlanger | 2017
Director of photography, “Asdrúbal trouxe o trombone” by Hamilton Vaz Pereira | 2016
Director of photography, second unit, “Chico, artista brasileiro” by Miguel Faria | 2015
Director of photography, “A luz do Tom” by Nelson Pereira dos Santos | 2013
Director of photography, “Pro dia nascer feliz” by João Jardim | 2006 Still photographer, “Faca de dois gumes” by Murilo Salles | 1988
Still photographer “Romance da empregada” by Bruno Barreto | 1987
Still photographer, “Cinema falado” by Caetano Veloso | 1986
AWARDS
Honorable mention | Artists in the spotlight, Arte Laguna, USA | 2020
Finalist on Installation category | Focus Brazil Visual Arts Awards, USA | 2020
Winner on Photograph Fine Art | Focus Brazil Visual Arts Awards, USA | 2019
Winner | Best Documentary, “Chico, artista brasileiro”, Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, Brazil | 2016 Winner | Best Documentary, “A Luz do Tom”, Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, Brazil | 2014
Winner | Special Jury Award, “Pro dia nascer feliz,” Miami International Film Festival, USA | 2007
Winner | Best Cinematography, Best Documentary, “Pro dia nascer feliz,” Associação Brasileira de Cinematrografia | 2006
Winner | Special Jury Award, Gramado Film Festival, | 2006
EDUCATION
Stories of contemporary photography | Eder Chiodetto | 2020
Contemporary art | Agnaldo Farias | 2020
Magnum Rio workshop | Thomas Dworzak | 2015
Analysis and Inclusion in Contemporary Art | Iole de Freitas | 2015
Creative Process | Charles Watson | 2014
Bachelor of Arts, Social Communication | Faculdade da Cidade |1982
RESIDENCIES
Bakehouse Art Complex | Miami, USA | 2017 – present