MARIA CRISTINA TAVERA
www.mariacristinatavera.com
EDUCATION
· M.P.A. Leadership in the Arts, Minor Equivalent: Art History, Humphrey School, University of Minnesota, 2008
· B.A. Spanish & B.A. Latin American Studies, University of Minnesota, 1990
RECOGNITIONS
· 2023 U.S. Latinx Fellowship
· 2020 McKnight Visual Arts Fellowship
· 2019 Shannon Institute Leadership Fellowship
· 2007 The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts Symposium, Museum of Modern Art MoMA), New York City, Scholarship recipient
· 2006 Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Fellowship
· 2005 Bush Leadership Fellowship
GRANTS
· 2023 Art Impact for Individuals grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, MN
· 2021 Creative Support for Individuals grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, MN
· 2019 Forecast Emerging Artist Research grant, Public Art funding, Minneapolis, MN
· 2016 Artist Initiative grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, MN.
· 2014 Next Step grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC), McKnight funds, Minneapolis, MN.
· 91º Jornada Informativa del IME: Promotores Culturales, CONACULTA, Mexico City, 2012
· Top 30 MN Latino Leaders, Oral History Project, Minnesota Historical Society, January 8, 2011
· 2009 Community Partnership grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, MN.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
· Solo: Cucarachalandia, NE SCULPTURE / Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN, June
2021
· Solo: Homeward Bound, Staniar Gallery, Washington Lee University, Lexington, VA, Nov–Dec
· Solo: La Movida (The Hustle), NE Sculpture Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, August-September
· Solo: George Floyd Square billboard, Minneapolis, MN July-September
2020
· Solo: Promesas de Papel/Paper Promises, Oglethorpe Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Oct-Mar 2021
· Solo: Contar y Recontar, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC [canceled due to Covid19]
SELECTED 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
· 2-Person installation with Xavier Tavera: Memories & Offerings, Day of the Dead,
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL, September - December
2018
· 2-Person exhibition with Xavier Tavera: Coyotes y Gallinas,
North Hennepin Community College, October
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
· Fraudsters, Liars and Cheats, Verified by Proof, 2024 Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI), San Juan, Puerto Rico, April
2024
· Ready, Set, GIF, Silverwood Gallery, October-November
· Reclaiming Space in Times of Change, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN, September
· Hilo de Sangre, Grupo Soap del Corazón, Minnesota Museum of American Art, MN, July
2023
· Las Inventadas, Mardag Gallery at Franconia Commons, Shafer, MN, September-November
· Carlos Cortez: 100 AÑOS, National Mexican Museum of Art, Chicago, IL, August 2023-Feb 2024
· Essential Workers: A Visual Narrative, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, February-March
2022
· Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche and the Conquest of Mexico, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, February 6-May 8; Travels to Albuquerque Museum, NM, June 2022 and Travels to San Antonio Museum of Art, TX, October 2022.
[Fowler Museum, University of California-Los Angeles cancelled due to Covid-19]
· Artists’ Annual, Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA, October 2022-January 2023
· MESTIZAJE: INTERMIX-REMIX, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN, March –June
· Art Speaks, Minnesota History Center, Works from the Collection, February -July
· La Linea, Grupo Soap del Corazon, William and Anna Jane Schlossman Gallery, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, February, 2022 - August, 2022
2021
· ADVOCATES, Portraits of Activists, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN, Oct-Nov
· By Return, Selected as the artist, Prøve Gallery, Duluth, MN, October
2020
· Prints on Ice 2020, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, December-January, 2021
· Fabulista 2, Grupo Soap del Corazón, NE SCULPTURE I Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN, December -January, 2021
· Dream Deferred, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama August 24 – October 22; Jacksonville State University, Jackson, Mississippi, September 3–24; Blanc Gallery, Chicago, IL, September 11 October 12; Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL, June 4 – July 30, 2021; and Stephen Smith Art Gallery, Fairfield, AL, Spring 2021
· Submerge and Reemerge, El Arsenal, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April [Postponed due to Covid]
· Talleres Sin Fronteras, Taller Arte de Nuevo Almanecer (TAN), University of CA Davis, March-May
2019
· Generation: Women Artists in the Plains Art Museum Collection, Fargo, June -March 2020
· Caravan, H. Williams Teaching Galleries, Concordia University, St. Paul, November 21-December 13
· 7th annual Grabadolandia Print Festival, National Museum of Mexican Art, 7th, Chicago, IL, November
· 2019 Conjuring Crossroads: Time Traveling with This Bridge Called My Back, Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC) & Chicago Art Department, November
· Sommerfest 2019: Música Juntos (Music Together), Minnesota Orchestra, July-August
2018
· Post Patriarchal Feminism, Co Exhibitions Gallery, Minneapolis, December 2018-January 2019
· Espejos y Reflejos (Mirrored Refletions), Third Place Gallery, Minneapolis, April
· El Gran Choque (The Great Crash), Impact 10: ENCUENTRO, Biblioteca Central de Cantabria, Salamanca, Spain, September
· Art is My Weapon II, Homewood Gallery, inkjet print, Minneapolis, March
· Eyes Should be Washed, Pirsig Projects, drawing, Minneapolis, February
SCREENINGS
2023 Ch’ixi: Things can be and not be at the same time, Mardag Gallery, Shafer, MN, September-November
2022 Corrections Officer Esteban Gilberto Fuentes, Essential Workers: A Visual Narrative, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, February-March
2022 Zozobra, La Linea con Grupo Soap del Corazon, William and Anna Jane Schlossman Gallery, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, February 24, 2022 - August 13, 2022
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
· St Catherine’s University, 3 giclee prints, 2024
· National Mexican Museum of Art, Nikko Samurai Security, screen print, Chicago, IL, 2024
· Zuckerman Museum of Art, SGCI Archives, Machination, screen print, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 2024
· City of Minneapolis Public Art Commission, Green Crescent Installation, Strength in Unity, Minneapolis, MN, 2023
· Special Collections, Macalester College, Promesas de Papel/Paper Promises, screen print, 2021
· Biblioteca Central de Cantabria, Los Gallos, screen print, Santander, Spain, 2018
· Hagfors Center Permanent Public Art, Augsburg University, Searching for Understanding, 6 prints, Commission 2018
· Tweed Museum of Art, Retyping Casta Series, 8 screen prints, Duluth, MN, Purchased 2017
· Plains Museum, (8’ X 4’ Steamroller print), Fargo, ND, Purchased 2009
· Weisman Art Museum, (8’ X 4’ Steamroller print), Minneapolis, MN, Purchased 2007
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
· 2021 Kala Artist Residency, Berkeley, CA
· 2022 Hannaher’s, Inc. Print Studio Artist Residency July, Fargo, ND
· 2020 Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC, [postponed COVID-19]
· 2018 Segura Art Studios, Printmaking Artist Residency, South Bend, Indiana
PUBLICATIONS
· “Frida Kahlo” essay, "Allgemeines Künsterlexikon"(AKL), ed. by Bénédicte Savoy, Andreas Beyer and Wolf Tegethoff, DE GRUYTER, Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 1, 80807 München, Germany, April 2013.
· “The Future Belongs to Those Who Draw from the Past,” Essay on Mexican Print Artists in the MIA collection, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2012. (http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=16)
· Frida Kahlo, Bibliography and Exhibition History, Exhibition catalog, October 2007.
· Mexican Pulp Art, Feral House Publishing, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.
· “Borders, Boundaries, Margins, Confines & Limits,” Colors, Article, Author, Volume 6, Issue 3, 1997.
Portfolio Available Upon Request