Maria Suarez

Maria Paula Suarez is a Colombian artist based in New York City, where she got her Master's degree in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art and graduated with distinctions.
She has a bachelor's degree in visual arts from Universidad Javeriana, with an emphasis in the plastic area, and is certified as an illustrator by the School of Visual Arts in New York. She completed a pedagogy course at Harvard Online University as a leader of learning and currently explores the concept of resilience through mediums like pencil colors, illustrations, and embroidery on paper.

Suarez 's work has been exhibited in Bogotá, New York, Tokyo, CDMX, and Madrid. She has participated in exhibitions such as the Regional Artists Salon in Colombia, SCOPE Art Show in Miami Beach, Affordable Art Fair in New York City, ARTBO Bogotá International Art Fair, and five solo exhibitions in CDMX, Bogotá, and three in New York City.

María Paula has done curatorial assistance work with the General Consulate of Colombia in New York, which is why she has received recognition for her work in cultural management and communication in the arts sector.

BA Fine Arts Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Illustration Certificate, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
MBA in Art Business, Sothebys Institute, New York. USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS - EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS -

2023 FIFTEEN (15). Second Avenue Arts. New York, USA.
2023 5To SALÓN DE ARTISTAS COLOMBIANOS. Instituto Cervantes ARCOT, Tokyo, Japón.
2023 EL PODER DE LA PALABRA. Galería Otros 360. Bogotá, Colombia.
2023 CATALYSTA POP-UP, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
2022 EMERGE, See Me Gallery. New York, USA.
2021 ART TAKES 21. Ki Smith Gallery. New York, USA.
2020 CREATE, INSPIRE, CONNECT. Big Arts Sanibel, Florida
2020 CIRCUITO ARTEMODA. Em2center. Bogotá, Colombia.
2020 - ARTE EN CUARENTENA. ARTE Y CONEXIÓN. Bogotá, Colombia
2019 - X SALÓN DE ARTE JOVEN. Club el nogal, Bogotá, Colombia
2018 - MIS PRIVILEGIOS SON MIS LIMITES. Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2018 - SALÓN REGIONAL DE ARTISTAS. Zona Centro. Caja para (des)Centrar.
2018 -NEGRET. Casa Museo Negret, Bogotá Colombia
2018 -ART MOVING, COLOMBIAN ART IN NY. Volcán Ediciones. Nueva York, USA
2018 -EL TRANSEÚNT. La maquinaria. Bogotá, Colombia
2017 - UCRONÍA . Marte Incubadora. Bogotá Colombia
2016 - CON LA MARCA EN EL CUERPO. Artestudio. Bogotá, Colombia
2016 - 29 ANECDOTAS Y UN DIBUJO. Casa Kilele. Bogotá Colombia
2016 - VI SALÓN JAVERIANO. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia
2015 -HIPERESPACIO. Pontificia Un...