“Maria Sonia Martin:  Encountering the Self”

Exhibition of current paintings and sculpture

Galeria Adelmo is proud to present an exhibition of current paintings and sculpture by Miami-based visual artist Maria Sonia Martin.  The exhibition will open to the public with an artist’s reception on Friday, May 25, 2018 and will be on view through June 26, 2018.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

María Sonia Martín was born in Havana, Cuba in 1951. Her parents and maternal grandparents were born in Havana, Cuba and her paternal grandparents were born in Tenerife, Islas Canarias.  She resides in the United States since 1962; and in Miami since 1967.  María Sonia Martin graduated from Miami Dade Community College, AA Degree (1983), visual arts program; and from Florida International University BFA Degree (1986), visual arts program with an emphasis on painting.  Her education in art includes studies in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and art history.  Throughout her artistic career, the work of this artist has evolved through various phases of surrealism to her most current works in figurative expressionism.  Her work explores the human condition with an emphasis on evoking feelings of empathy in the viewer.

The work of Maria Sonia Martin has participated in diverse expositions in various university galleries, alternative spaces and various museums in the United States.  Her most recent one person exhibition (“The Essence of Humanity”) took place in the Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, September 2 – October 2, 2016.  It was curated by Caroline Parker Santiago and the exhibition committee of the Coral Gables Museum. 

Her work is included in the following permanent public art collections:

• The Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
• The Holland and Knight Corporate Art Collection
• Miami Art Guide Magazine Corporate Collection. 

Maria Sonia Martin’s work has received the following awards: 

• Betty Laird Perry Purchase Award, Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, April 1986
• Honorable Mention, Palm Beach Community College, Central Campus Gallery, Lake Worth, Florida 1st Annual Juried National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Competition April 1, 2005
• Best in Show (Painting), Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,  City Link’s Artfest/Best of Gallery, August 1999
• Honorable Mention (Sculpture), Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, City Link’s Artfest/Best of Gallery, August 1999

Maria Sonia Martin continues to live and work in Miami, Florida.