About the artist...

Primarily self taught, abstract artist maría moreno has cultivated her own unique style by honouring her instincts and challenging the limitations of conventional practices. Working mainly with acrylic, maría's paintings are rich with texture and sharp in contrast, traversing from the political to the natural and beyond. Born in the Canary Islands and having grown up in Venezuela, maría's use of colour and shape are intrinsically linked to the countries of her childhood. As a result, her artwork is visceral and boundless, a passionate embodiment of her own personal experiences. maría has participated in solo and group exhibitions at both national and international levels, and her paintings are held in private and corporate collections in Canada and South America.

Being face to face with the canvas is all about emotions and decisions.  Each painting starts as an unknown destination. Always: I choose strength over gentleness, audacity over caution, chaos over order, expression over silence.

The final outcome? Intimate conversations where no words are necessary, my paintings tell my story.

Group Exhibitions

2022

ARTA GALLERY, "Worlds Away" Group Exhibition, Distillery District, Toronto, ON

SQUARE FOOT SHOW, Abstract² Online Show 

ARTA GALLERY, Group Exhibition, Distillery District, Toronto, ON

THE ARTIST PROJECT, Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto, ON

ARTWRK Online Show, artwrk.ca

2021

RE:MEMBER, Member's Show and Sale, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON

The Square Foot Show, Group Exhibition, Westland Gallery, London, ON

Perspectives, The Belleville Art Association Annual Juried Show, Parrott Gallery, Belleville, ON

Annual Juried Exhibition "Where From Here?", Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON

Kingston School of Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Window Art Gallery, Kingston, ON

2020

Fleck Fine Art Exhibition, Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, ON

Kingston School of Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Window Art Gallery, Kingston, ON

2019

To Gift, Group Exhibition, Guest artist, Gallery 121, Belleville, ON

Perspectives, The Belleville Art Association Annual Juried Show, John M. Parrott Art Gallery,

Belleville, ON

Group Exhibition, Guest artist, Gallery 121, Belleville, ON

Confabulation II, Group Exhibition, John M. Parrott Art Gallery, Belleville, ON

2018 

Una obra de arte por Venezuela, Group Exhibition, Miami, Fl

Perspectives, The Annual Juried Show of the Belleville Art Association, Parrott Gallery, Belleville, ON

Liminal/Subliminal, Parrott Gallery Juried Show, Belleville, ON

2017 

Golden Perspectives,  The Belleville Art Association Annual Juried Show, Parrott Gallery, Belleville

Light Miracles, Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists Annual Juried Show, Homer Watson House &

Gallery, Kitchener, ON

2016 

Perspectives, The Annual Juried Show of the Belleville Art Association, Parrott Gallery, Belleville, ON

Monthly Exhibitions at the Belleville Art Association Gallery & Studio, Belleville, ON

Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists Annual Art Exhibit, The Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, ON 

2015

The Chroma of KWSA and a Retrospective Group Exhibition, Kitchener Central Library Art Gallery,

Kitchener, ON

Atrium Café Art Group Exhibition, St. Jerome's University, Waterloo, ON

Achievements

2021

Most Innovative Use of Colour for Flor roja, Perspectives, The Belleville Art Association Annual Juried

Show, Parrott Gallery, Belleville, ON

2020

Honourable Mention for Kaputt, Kingston School of Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Window Art

Gallery, Kingston, ON

2019

Juror's Choice Award for Floreros #6, Perspectives, The Belleville Art Association Annual Juried

Show, Parrott Gallery, Belleville, ON

2017

Honourable Mention for Sina, Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists Annual Juried Show "Light

Miracles", Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON

2015

Gold Prize (2nd place) for Amazonian Roofs,  Centre for International Governance Innovation

(CIGI) Community Art Contest, Waterloo, ON

People’s Choice Award for Espigas, Chroma of the Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists (KWSA)

and a Retrospective Group Exhibition, Kitchener Central Library Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON