curriculum vitae

b. 1970 Caracas, Venezuela

Selected Exhibits

2008

Incognito Santa Monica Museum; Los Angeles, CA
Art at Home Galou Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
Gender Politics Biennial Loranger Gallery; Detroit, MI

2007

The Divine Geometry of Chocolate (solo) Soho20 Gallery; NY, NY
Fresh Museum of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, CA
Extrapictórico (curated by Miguel Miguel) Corp Banca Cultural Center; Caracas, Venezuela
Postcards from the Edge (benefit) James Cohan Gallery; NY, NY
Pinta Latin American Art Fair(with Galería Alternativa); NY, NY

2006

La Divina Geometría del Chocolate (solo) Galería Alternativa; Caracas, Venezuela
Latino Art Wistariahurst Museum; Holyoke, MA
Generations A.I.R. Gallery; NY, NY
Square Foot Art Gotham; NY, NY

2005

Wish You Were Here A.I.R. Gallery; NY, NY
Small Works 2005 Attleboro Arts Museum; Attleboro, MA
Levity in Detail (solo) Ruth Bachofner Gallery; Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
Small Works Upstream Gallery; Dobbs Ferry, NY
National Prize 2005 Kathryn Schultz Gallery; Cambridge, MA (Juried, J. Thompson, Mass MOCA)

2004

New Directions Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (Juried, Tina Kukielski, Whitney Museum)
Snap to Grid Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; Los Angeles, CA
Woman in the Middle Walker's Point Art Center, WI (Juried, Helen Klebesadel)

2003

On Sugar, Spice, and Other Delectable Abstractions (solo) Oresman Gallery, Brown Fine Arts Center, MA
Third Annual Art Auction (invitational) Huntington Beach Art Center; Huntington Beach, CA

2002

Puntos Suspensivos (solo) Galería Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela
Majority Rules Free Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Five by Ten Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College; MA
Second Annual Art Auction (invitational) Huntington Beach Art Center; Huntington Beach, CA

2001

Lining (solo) Sweeney Art Gallery; University of California, Riverside
Homage DA Center for the Arts; Pomona, CA
Post-Partum Blues (solo) Ruth Bachofner Gallery; Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA

2000

Virtual Consanguinity (solo) Ruth Bachofner Gallery; Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
Digital Resolutions DA Center for the Arts; Pomona, CA

1999

Big Wave II Andrew Shire Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
New Arrivals Patricia Correia Gallery; Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
Líneas de Sangre (solo) Chozen Gallery; Palm Springs, CA

Reviews

Benko, Susana, "Extra-pictórico," Art Nexus, 66, Vol. 6, 2007
Miguel, Miguel "Mariángeles Soto-Díaz" Arte al Día 03/2007
Carreño, Freddy, "Fia 2007," Art Nexus, 66, Vol. 6, 2007
Yáñez, Ondina "Mariángeles Soto-Díaz en un Laboratorio de Chocolate" Revista GP 2007
Méndez, María Gabriela "El Chocolate y sus Divinas Proporciones" El Universal 11/2006
Carr, Carlin "Gallery: Mariángeles Soto-Díaz" New England Watershed 10/2005
Rodríguez, Bélgica "Mariángeles Soto-Díaz: Puntos Suspensivos" El Nacional 06/2002
Monsalve, Jasmín "Mariángeles Soto-Díaz Muestra Abstracción con Olor a Canela" El Universal 06/2002
Feely, Erik "Mariángeles Soto-Díaz at the Galería Alternativa" The Daily Journal 06/2002
Cun, Lan "Exhibitions at the Sweeney" Radar 01/2001
Knaff, Devorah "Revelatory Art" The Press Enterprise 01/2001
Ollman, Leah "Blood Oaths" Los Angeles Times 09/2000
Letran, Vivian "Grave Events" Los Angeles Times, 11/2000

Education

2009 MA, School of Critical Studies, CalArts, CA
1999 MFA, Claremont Graduate University, CA
1996 BA, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
1989-1990 Instituto de Arte Federico Brandt, Caracas, Venezuela
1987-1989 Instituto de Diseño de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

Gallery Representation

Soho20 Gallery, New York
Galería Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles