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Nereida Garcia-Ferraz (born 1954) is a Cuban-American multi-disciplinary artist whose practice includes painting, drawings, photography, video, sculpture, and social art projects exploring personal narratives, identity, history, nature and the physical world.[1][2][3]

Her work has been exhibited by numerous museums and institutions such as the Modern Art in New York[4], The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood [5] and is part of many private collections such as the Harold Washington Library in Chicago [6] Some important recent exhibitions include Profile Booth Chicago Art Expo 2024[7] , De Noche los Sueños, 40 years survey at Spinello Projects [8], "Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration" at MoMA PS1[9] and "Radical Conventions: Cuban American Art from The 1980s" [10]at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami [11], “You Know Who You Are” at El Espacio 23[12] and the "South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition"[2] at MOCA, North Miami, Florida.

She co-produced and directed the video documentary Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra[13] [1][14]about the life and work of Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta. The film, awarded as Best Video Documentary, National Latino Film and Video Festival in 1988 [15], and is in the collection of many museums, libraries and universities such as MOMA[16][17], University of Berkeley Library [18], UM Library[19], Carnegie Mellon University Libraries[20], NYU [21]and many others[22]. is distributed by Women Make Movies[13] and the Video Data Bank.[15]

Biography

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Born in Guanabacoa, Havana in 1954, Garcia-Ferraz emigrated to the United States in 1971 with her father, older sister and little brother. It took the family years before they were allowed to depart Cuba. Her mom and little sister reunited with them later on in Chicago, where they decided to establish themselves. Her father, a musician, wanted to live in a place where he could feel and hear music. The night they arrived he went out looking for a job and found one playing piano at one of the many jazz clubs in downtown.[1][23]

In Chicago she had several jobs to support the family, but she wanted to study art so she created a portfolio of drawings which granted her a scholarship at the School of the Art Institute in 1976. During her time at the School of Arts she started painting large pieces of paper with oil often writing texts in Spanish perhaps as a way to express and not to forget who she was and where she was from.

She obtained a BFA in 1981 in Drawing and Photography but she also took classes on film and independent video. Upon graduation she was awarded the Ryerson Traveling Fellowship[24]. She has also received two National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Art Council Fellowship in 1985, 1986 and 1989 and the Mac Arthur Foundation Media Grant in 1994.[24] [25],[26].[27]

Her work was part of the 50 years of Chicago art exhibition: "Art in Chicago, 1945–1995" in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.[28]

Garcia Ferraz moved to the Bay Area in 1997 where she had a studio in East Oakland. She founded The Photography Program at MACLA, San Jose California in 1998 and in 2000 she was the recipient of The Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2000 - 2001.[29][30][27][31]

In 2001 she moved to Miami where she co-founded 801 Projects with Angela Valella, an exhibition space where they curated many exhibitions, among others "Imperfect Archives".[32]

From 2011 to 2023 during her residence at the Fountainhead art studios[33], she worked with educations programs such as Women on the Rise [34]at MOCA of North Miami and Brick by Brick[35], the award-winning outreach education art program at Pérez Art Museum[3] and at the Idea Lab at BASS Art Museum in Miami. In 2022 she was awarded with the South Florida Visual Arts Consortium Fellowship.[36][32][37]

Exhibitions

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  • Chicago Art Expo 2024 [38] - With Spinello Projects, picked as top 5 Profile Booths by Newcity Art [39]
  • De Noche Los Sueños at Spinello Projects. A 40-year survey marked by three major periods of Garcia-Ferraz's life: Chicago, San Francisco and Miami. Oct 2023.[40][41][40]
  • South Florida Cultural Consortium (SFCC) MOCA May 10 – October 1, 2023. The exhibition brings together a group of 12 South Florida Cultural Consortium 2023 award receiving artists, working across various media, including sculpture, film, and site-specific installations. This exhibition is organized by Adeze Wilford, MOCA Curator.[2]
  • Con la cabeza llena de cosas / With a Head Full of Things - This joint exhibition featured a dialogue between the photo-based works of Nereida Garcia-Ferraz and Marina Font. Curated by Rina Gitlin and Dina Mitrani. May - June 15 2023[42]
  • Belt of Venus - Curated and hosted by the Collective 62 Feb 19 through March 30th, 2023.[43]
  • Still There Are Seeds To Be Gathered - Curated by Karen Grimson. March 8 through 31, 2023 at 35 NE 40th ST, Design District, Miami. 2023[44]
  • Global South Movements - Curated and produced by Tiffany Madera. Green Space Miami 2023.[45]
  • You Know Who You Are at El Espacio 23 - Contemporary Cuban and Cuban diaspora art. Curated by Anelys Alvarez and Patricia Hanna. Jorge Perez Collection. Miami, Florida Catalogue 2022.[12]
  • Radical Conventions- Cuban Art in America the 80's Curated by Elisabeth Cerejido. Lowe Museum Miami. University of Miami. Catalogue 2022 [11]
  • Marking Time: Art in the Age of Incarceration. Curated by Nicole R. Fleetwood. MoMA PS1 NYC NY. 2020–21. Catalogue. 2021.[46][9]
  • Combined Strength; Four Decades of Miami Based Women Artists. Curated by Kathryn Mikesell at Minotti Miami. 2020
  • Drawing Closer, Collecting at a Distance: Nereida García Ferraz- Girls Club Collection. 2020[47]
  • Visiting Artist Residency at Tucson Art Museum and Southern Folk Arts Alliance Tucson Arizona 2019.[48]
  • Connectivity. Installation and Multimedia performance at Solar de la California. Detras del Muro. 12th Havana Biennale. Catalogue. 2019.[49]
  • Nereida Garcia Ferraz/ Marcando el Tiempo. Galeria Latinoamericana. La Casa de las Americas, Habana. Cuba 2017.[50]
  • Nexo/Nexus: Latin American Connections in the Midwest. De Paul University Museum. Chicago. 2016[51]
  • As Close As You Want - Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida 2016.[52][53]
  • Cuerpo, Genero, Ritual e Identidad: Behind the Wall. May 2014[54]
  • Nereida Garcia Ferraz Overlapping History.  Santa Fe College. 2014 Florida.[55]
  • Cuban Connections Near and Far MACLA, San Jose 2012[56][57]

Teaching and Lectures

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2024

  • Living, Creating and Aging in Miami: A Showcase and Panel Discussion. Moderated by PAMM Senior Director of Education Marie Vickles[58]

2023

  • An Evening with Ana - A celebration of Ana Mendieta's life and work at Nereida Garcia-Ferraz studio at the Miami Design District[59]
  • District Reads with Rosa Lowinger - A conversation with the miami raised art conservator Rosa Lowinger for the release of Lowinger's book “Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair, Miami design District[60][61]

2021

  • WOPHA Congress panelist speaker Pérez Art Museum Miami on 18–19 November 2021[62]

2015

  • Nereida Garcia-Ferraz – Visiting Artist Lecture, Santa Fe College[30]

2011-2014

  • Overlapping History.  Santa Fe College. 2014 Florida.[55]

Book Covers, Publications, Mentions

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  • Democracy and Time in Cuban Thought. The Elusive Present by Maria de los Angeles Torres[63] (Cover and Reference)
  • By Heart/De Memoria by Maria de los Angeles Torres[64] [65](Reference)
  • Becoming Sisters; Women Photography Collectives & Organizations by Aldeide Delgado and Ana Clara Silva[66](Reference)
  • Latinx Photography in the United States by Elizabeth Ferrer[1][67][68] (Reference)
  • Home in Florida. Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness. (Book cover)[69]. 2021
  • Bridges to Cuba Puentes a Cuba by Ruth Behar (Book Cover, references, photographies)[70] [71]
  • Razor Wire Women: Prisoners, Activists, Scholars, and Artists (Reference)[72]
  • In Plural America (Reference in Exhibition Catalogue)[73]
  • The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World - Page 254[24]

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