María Berrío

Lives and works in New York NY

Victoria Miro, 'María Berrío: The Land of the Sun', Venice, Italy

Norton Museum of Art, 'María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom)', West Palm Beach FL

Victoria Miro, 'María Berrío: Flowered Songs and Broken Currents', London, UK
Victoria Miro, 'María Berrío: A Day’s Cadence, an extended reality (XR) exhibition on Vortic Collect', London, UK

Kohn Gallery, 'A Cloud’s Roots', Los Angeles CA

Praxis International Gallery, 'In a Time of Drought', New York NY

Praxis International Gallery, 'The Harmony of the Spheres', New York NY

Praxis International Gallery, 'Dream Gardens', New York NY

Praxis International Gallery, 'Of Dreams and Hurricanes', New York NY

The FLAG Art Foundation, 'Friends and Lovers', New York NY
The Drawing Center, in collaboration with Pace Gallery, 'The Rejectionists', New York NY
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 'Spirit in the Land', Durham NC (Traveling Exhibition)
National Gallery of Art, 'The Interior Life: Recent Acquisitions', Washington DC

De Paul Art Museum, 'A Natural Turn: María Berrío, Joiri Minaya, Rosana Paulino, and Kelly Sinnapah Mary', Chicago IL
Victoria Miro, 'The Story of Art as it’s Still Being Written', London, UK
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 'Women Painting Women', Fort Worth TX
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 'Beyond the Surface: Collage, Mixed Media, and Textile Works from the Collection', Durham NC
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, 'Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection', Miami FL

We Buy Gold, 'On the Other Side of Something', New York NY
Bronx Museum of the Arts, 'Born in Flames: Feminist Futures', New York NY
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 'Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale', Philadelphia PA

Public Art Fund, '50 Artists: Art on the Grid', New York NY
University Art Museum at New Mexico State University, 'Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020', Las Cruces NM
The Warehouse, 'Psychic Wounds: On Art & Trauma', Dallas TX

Victoria Miro, 'María Berrío, Caroline Walker, Flora Yukhnovich', London, UK
Ford Foundation Social Justice Gallery, 'Radical Love at Ford Foundation', New York NY
Bell Gallery, Brown University,' Fertile Ground', Providence RI
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 'Present Tense: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Art', Philadelphia PA

Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, 'People Get Ready', Durham NC

Prospect.4 Triennial, 'The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp', New Orleans LA
Rachel Uffner Gallery, 'All that Glitters', New York NY
Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina, 'Art on Paper 2017 Biennial', Greensboro NC

Pi Artworks, 'American Histories', London, UK
Livtak Contemporary, 'Arachne’s Wolf', Tel Aviv, Israel

El Museo del Barrio, 'CUT N MIX', New York NY
Twelve Gates Arts, 'ZARBARDAST', Philadelphia PA

SVA Chelsea Gallery, School of Visual Arts, 'We Tell Stories (1984–2014)', New York NY

Gallery Space at Wagner, New York University, 'Raza con “A” A Latina Artists Exhibit', New York NY

Philadelphia City Hall, 'Diálogo 365: Carpe Diem A Latin American Art Exhibition', Philadelphia PA
Praxis International Gallery, 'Colorin Colorado', New York NY
Kokoro Gallery, 'Two-Year Retrospective', San Francisco CA

The Gowanus Ballroom, 'The Architecture of Devotion', Brooklyn NY
School of Visual Arts Gallery, 'The Book Show', New York NY

3rd Ward, 'The Last Supper Salon', Brooklyn NY
Kokoro Gallery, 'One Year Retrospective', San Francisco CA
The Loading Dock Gallery, 'USA Wall Bought', Brooklyn NY
Garfo Art Center, 'Friends of Friends', Salt Lake City UT

Art Directors Club Gallery, 'Secret Lives', New York NY
Chelsea Art Museum, 'The Sins in the Hands of the Artists', New York NY

NYFA Fellowship in Painting, Brooklyn NY

United States Artist Award Nominee, USA
Smack Mellon Studio Program, Brooklyn NY

Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn NY

Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York NY

Chachama New York City, New York NY

Colectivo Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Puebla: Ciudad Mural Project, 'Esperanza', Puebla, Mexico
Creative Art Works mural, 'Dreams of a Creative Revolution', Harlem NY

Miami Children’s Theater, 'Cinderella stage design', Miami FL
Creative Art Works mural, 'Magic with Logic', Harlem NY

Creative Art Works mural, 'Windows to the Future', Harlem NY

Karnes, Andrea, 'Women Painting Women', Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, New York: DelMonico Books, ARTBOOK/D.A.P., 2022 (exh. cat.)

Beatz, Swizz, Hernandez, Jasmin, Leerasanthanah, Sunny, 'We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World', New York: Abrams, 2021
Delahunty, Gavin, Rachofsky, Cindy, Rachofsky, Howard (et al.), 'Psychic Wounds: On Art & Trauma', New York: MW Editions, Dallas: The Warehouse, 2021 (exh. cat.)

Schoonmaker, Trevor, 'Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp', London: Prestel, 2017 (exh. cat.)
___, '28 Artists to Watch', London: Frieze London Special Projects & Deutsche Bank Arts Programme, 2017

Roberts, Kim, Roberts, Lisa, Roberts, Rebecca, 'Artists to Artists Volume 2 (2002–2016): 25 Years of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Program and Sharpe-Walentas Studio', New York: Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, 2016
Bloch, Maya, Fraleigh, Angela, Rokni, Elham (et al.), 'Arachne’s Woof', Tel Aviv: Litvak Contemporary, 2016 (exh. cat.)

Rodríguez-Lawton, Annabelle, 'Carpe Diem: A Latin American Exhibit', Philadelphia: Casa de Venezuela, 2012 (exh. cat.)

Whyte, Murray, 'At the ICA, childhood lost in transition', on: bostonglobe.com, 21 February 2023
Whyte, Murray, 'Capturing migrants’ journeys', in: Boston Sunday Globe, Boston, 26 February 2023
Brodewich, Dr. Anna Katherine, 'Maria Berrio Makes Sense of Things', in: Patron Magazine, Dallas, October/November 2023, pp. 70-77, ill.
Huff, Andrew, 'María Berrío. Infusing the ordinary with the mythic in her paintings, while staying true to the magical thinking of hope', in: Whitewall, Fall 2023, pp. 112-121, cover, ill.
Huff, Andrew, María Berrío Infuses the Ordinary with the Mythic, on: whitewall.art, 21 September 2023, ill.
Ramzi, Lilah, 'Down in Dallas, the 24th TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Gala Raises $7.6 Million', on: vogue.co.uk, 22 October 2023
___, '12 Must-See U.S. Museum Exhibitions in 2023, From LACMA’s Look at the Dawn of Computer Art to a Georgia O’Keeffe Revelation at MoMA', on: news.artnet.com, 1 January 2023

Viola, Eugenio, 'María Berrío. Victoria Miro Gallery, Venice', in: Artforum, New York, December 2022

Mitter, Siddhartha, 'Painting the World As They See It', in: W Magazine, New York, March 2021
Black, Holly, 'María Berrío: “My Characters Are Part of a Full World Who Can’t Exist Without Others”' [interview], on: elephant.art, 13 April 2021, ill

Tobin, Emily, 'Art Special, November Highlights: What’s on', in: House & Garden, November 2020
Jansen, Charlotte, 'María Berrío’s Lush New Paintings Show Women Persevering Despite Disaster', on: artsy.net, 14 October 2020, ill.
Black, Holly, 'María Berrío: Holding Out Hope', in: Elephant Magazine, London, Autumn 2020
___, 'These Are The Artists You Need To Know Right Now', on: elephant.art, 3 October 2020
___, 'Two weeks of phenomenal openings and art events in London', on: culturewhisper.com, 25 September 2020
Horton, Adrian, 'Shining a light on Latina women', in: The Observer | Design, Print, London, Summer 2020

Sharon Mizota, 'María Berrío’s dream-like collages deploy paper like paint', in: LA Times, Los Angeles, June 2019
Bartunek, C.J., 'As Complicated and Elusive as Reality: María Berrío’s Many-Layered Collages', in: The Georgia Review, 15 February 2019
Walsh, Danielle, 'The 5 Most Exciting Emerging Artists at Miami Art Week', in: Vanity Fair, 12 December 2019
___, 'Perrotin to move its Hong Kong outpost to Kowloon, Victoria Miro, now represents María Berrío, and more', on: artforum.com, 29 November 2019
Januszcak, Waldemar, 'You’ll like her when she’s angry', in: The Sunday Times, London, 16 June 2019
___, 'María Berrío, Caroline Walker, Flore Yukhnovich', in: The Week, 6 July 2019
Hessel, Katy, 'Flower Moon Water Moon', in: Violet, Autumn 2019

___, 'In Contemporary showcase People Get Ready, The Nasher’s Progressive Vision Snaps into Blazing Focus', in: INY WEEK, 5 September 2018
___, 'Three emerging Latina artists trace the connection to the ‘Radical Women’ before them', in: Document Journal, 25 May 2018
___, 'Latin American artist María Berrío’s collages explore the innate power of women', in: It’s Nice That, 10 April 2018
___, 'Living with the Land: María Berrío in Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp', in: Pelican Bomb, 13 March 2018

___, 'See Highlights From the Just-Opened Prospect.4 Triennial in New Orleans', on: news.artnet.com, 20 November 2017
___, 'Finding Inspiration at the Weatherspoon', in: The Carolinian, 16 August 2017

___, 'What’s in your toolbox María Berrío', in: Design Sponge, 22 December 2016

___, 'Welcome to the Radical World of Contemporary Collage', in: Huffington Post, 8 October 2015
___, 'María Berrío uses South American Folklore and Myth as Her Muses', on: artsy.net/news, 6 October 2015
___, 'The Magical Sisterhood of María Berrío: The Harmony of the Spheres' on: artefuse.com, 28 October 2015
___, 'The Complex meaning behind one of Christmas’ most enduring symbols', on: artsy.net/news, 22 December 2015

___, 'Highlights from Downtown Fair 2014', in: Empty Lighthouse Magazine, 12 May 2014

___, ‘Dream Gardens de María Berrío: Utopía y Paraísos Perdidos', in: Exclama Magazine, 2 October 2013
___, 'RIAD Represents: Irving Penn + María Berrío on NY Art Tours', RIAD Represents, 13 October 2013
___, 'Colombian Artist Creates Ethereal Scenes on Japanese Paper', Oryza, 11 October 2013
Klint, Philip, 'María Berrío uses Japanese rice paper, watercolors for latest series of collages "Dream Gardens"', on: nydailynews.com, 10 October 2013
___, 'Trending Now: Works by María Berrío, Brian Adam Douglas, and Sol Lewitt on View', School of Visual Arts News, September 2013
___, 'María Berrío: Dream Gardens', on: news.artnet.com, September 2013
___, 'María Berrío: Dream Gardens', in: ArtBeat, 2013

___, 'Bushwick’s Wondrous Walls: Swoon, Concrete Jungle, Priscila De Carvalho, Ema, Sonni & More', on: streetartnyc.org/blog, 6 July 2012

'Harlem Youth Paint Mural to Capture Flavor of the Neighborhood', WNYC Radio, 18 August 2011
Mays, Jeff, 'Huge Hamilton Heights Mural Portrays History of Harlem', on: dnainfo.com, 17 August 2011
Estes, Leonra Jane, 'Brash Portraits of NYC Artists at Poundcake Pop-Up Gallery', on: vanityfair.com, 7 February 2011

___, 'María Berrío Helps Create ‘Windows to the Future’ in Harlem', Words & Pictures: The Illustration Program Design Blog for Parsons The New School for Design, 24 August 2010

Carvalho, Denise, 'The Harmony of Spheres', New York: Praxis Gallery, 2015, ill. (exh. cat.)

Praxis International Art Gallery (ed.), 'Dream Gardens', New York, 2012 (exh. cat.)

Praxis International Art Gallery (ed.), 'Of Dreams and Hurricanes', New York: Praxis International Art Gallery, 2011 (exh. cat.)