Sofia Maldonado is a muralist mixing interdisciplinary art practice with street culture. Born in Puerto Rico, from a Cuban mother, 1984. In 2002 she participated in a Sculpture and Installation Seminar at the School of Visual Arts, in New York. Between 2002 & 2006, she pursued undergraduate work in art and design at the La Escuela de Artes Plasticas. In 2006 she achieved a Painting MFA from Pratt Institute, New York. In 2009 she received a scholarship by the Cuban Artist Fund to be part of Vermont Studios Residency. Maldonado most recent public projects have been presented by: Real Art Ways, CT; Graphopoli, PR; 10th Havana Biennale, Cuba; The Time Square Alliance, and the Rockefeller Brothers, NY. She had community workshops at La Universidad de Puerto Rico, PR; Rollin College, FL; TUTV, Caguas; Taller Puertorriqueño, PA. She has exhibited in various group shows in California, Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, France, and New York.
The use of color in her works portrays Maldonado’s admiration of the Caribbean landscape, along with the chaos of the city and the abandoned structures within them. There is an evident blend of fashion trends, the Latina female aesthetic and various street culture elements in her visual concept. She has appeared in: New York Daily News, Washington Post, NY Magazine, Art in America, Art Nexus, and others.
My much-debated 42nd Street Project mural is not meant to represent all Latina and Black women -- we are very diverse. It is a compilation of memories and experiences I have had through my mural paintings...
Posted March 30, 2010 | 15:35:54 (EST)