CONTACT
For press and collaboration inquiries email: hola@vidamagica.love
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RESIDENCIES | FELLOWSHIPS | ACCOLADES
2025 Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residence Marshall Frankel Fellowship
2024 KODA Artist in Residence Mental Health Residency on Governors Island NY
2024 MacDowell Fellow Artist in Residence
2023-2024 Baltimore School for the Arts Artist in Residence
2022-2024 Johns Hopkins University Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center Fellow
2023 BmoreArt Magazine Artist Feature
2023 Baltimore Museum of Art Joshua Johnson Council Artist in Residence at MICA
2023 Hamiltonian Artist Fellowship Finalist
2022-2023 National Aquarium Artist in Residence
2022 MAP Fund Grantee
2022 Cosmic Sister Ancestor Award for pre-colonial Panamanian-American Black Latin ancestry research
2022 Tribeca Film Festival artwork presented as an award for Artist Award Program presented by CHANEL
2022 Vogue Magazine Artist Feature
2022 The Phillips Collection performance collaboration with artist Sanford Biggers
2021-2022 Smithsonian commission in collaboration with Hirshhorn Museum presented “Revel Arte”
2021 Pratt>FORWARD Resident Artist inaugural artist mentorship program selected by artist Mickalene Thomas
2020-2021 McGovern College of the Arts & Project Row Houses Fellow in Houston Texas
2019 LTYC Community Arts Leadership Award Winner
2019 SciArt Initiative Resident Artist
2019 Walters Art Museum Artist in Residence
2018 Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Ruby Artist Grantee
2018 BmoreArt Magazine Artist featured on cover
2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow Finalist
PERFORMANCES
2024 I Only Want Love That Feels Like Rest KODA House, Governors Island New York
2023 BE(LONGING) Johns Hopkins University The George Peabody Library, Baltimore Maryland
2023 Neutral Buoyancy National Aquarium, Baltimore Maryland
2022 Revel Arte Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
2022 Moon Medicin The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
2019 Bañera de Flora (Floral Bath) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Maryland
2019 Bathed in Light (Bañada en Luz) Brilliant Baltimore Festival, Baltimore Maryland
2019 Bathed in Light (Bañada en Luz) Maryland Art Place Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2019 Earth Mother The Smithsonian, Washington DC
2018 Earth Mother Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
2018 Te Amo, Te Amo Tambien Y:ART Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2017 Womb Rebirth MICA Place Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2017 Convocation Ritual Eubie Blake Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2017 BirthMother of a Nation Light City Festival, Baltimore Maryland
2016 Negrita Doctress Spacecamp Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2016 Negrita Doctress Area 405, Baltimore Maryland
2015 Yo Vengo de Panama Creative Alliance, Baltimore Maryland
2014 Yo Vengo de Panama ARTSCAPE, Baltimore Maryland
EXHIBITIONS
2024 I Only Want Love That Feels Like Rest KODA House, Governors Island New York
2023 BE(LONGING) Johns Hopkins University The George Peabody Library, Baltimore Maryland
2023 Connected Diaspora Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
2020 Screening Room Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Maryland
2019-2021 A Moment’s Pleasure Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Maryland
2019 Reverb IA&A at Hillyer Gallery, Washington DC
2019 Bañera de Flora (Floral Bath) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Maryland
2019 Intention/Resolution Cardinal Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2018 Faculty Exhibition Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore Maryland
2016 Alumni & Tribute Exhibition Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore Maryland
2014 The Feminist Art Project Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland
2013 Postcard Project Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland
EDUCATION
2021 Spiritual Healing in Modern Healthcare | Synchronous Virtual | Sacred Plant Medicine Course
2017- 2018 Holistic Massage Training Institute | Baltimore Maryland | Therapeutic Touch, Healing Modality
2013-2016 Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore Maryland | Interdisciplinary Sculpture, Film/Video
1999 -2000 School of Visual Arts | New York, New York | Film/Animation
1996-1999 Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore Maryland | Visual Arts