MARCOS RAUL VALELLA
BORN 1981, Miami, FL
Lives and works in Miami, FL
EDUCATION
2008 MFA, University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
2003 BFA, Florida International University - Miami, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Present, Centro Cultural Espanol CCEMiami - Miami, FL
To be here, 801 Projects - Miami, FL
2008 Identifying Heart, ABW Gallery - Iowa City, IA
2006 Scape & Space, The Buford Space - Iowa City, IA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 TIME + TEMP: Surveying of the Shifting Climate of Current Painting in South Florida, Hollywood Art and Culture Center - Hollywood, FL
2008 Painting's Edge, Curated by Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum - Riverside CA
The Group Show, Parks Exhibition Center - Idyllwild, CA
MFA 2008, University of Iowa Museum of Art - Iowa City, IA
2007 Iowa6: Paintings from the Hinterland, New York Hilton Hotel - New York, NY
Pause, Blackbird Space - San Francisco, CA
2006 Pause, Factory Model (Art Basel), Miami Design District - Miami, FL
Taste & Tongues, Miralda - Food & Culture Museum, Miami Design District - Miami, FL
Three Painters, David Dulap, Britta Urness, and Marcos Valella: CUWA - Free Ice Cream, Milkmaid Gallery - Iowa City, IA
2005 Cave Monster Land Mass, Factory Model (Art Basel), Miami Design District - Miami, FL
2004 Miami Now, Edge Zone Gallery, (Art Basel), Wynwood Arts District - Miami, FL
BFA Thesis Exhibition Florida International University, Frost Art Museum - Miami, FL
2003 Juice-Champola, World Arts Building, Wynwood Arts District - Miami, FL
All Media Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood - Hollywood, FL
2002 Artists' books, boxes, etc., The Box - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
GRANTS/ AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES
2008 Miami-Dade Artist Access Grant
Painting's Edge - Idyllwild, CA
2006 Mildred Pelzer Lynch Fellowship Award - University of Iowa
EXPERIENCE
2008 Adjunct Professor, Broward College, Visual and Performing Arts Department - Pembroke Pines, FL
06-08 Instructor of Record, University of Iowa, Department of Art and Art History - Iowa City, IA
05-06 Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Department of Art and Art History - Iowa City, IA
LECTURES
2009 Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) - North Miami, FL
2008 Florida International University School of Art and Art History - Miami, FL
2007 Florida International University School of Art and Art History - Miami, FL
2005 The Moore Space, Design District - Miami, FL
COLLECTIONS
Frost Art Museum - Miami, FL
University of Iowa Thesis Collection - Iowa City, IA
Dr. Arturo Mosquera - Miami, FL
Samantha Chang and Robert Coputo - Iowa City, IA