Maria Villanueva is a multimedia artist whose studio art practice focuses on the human and natural ecologies that shift and form in the urban and natural environment. The media varies from technology, drawing and painting, photography, video, performance, to site-specific sculpture installations. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio in 2009, and an MFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas in 2021. Maria’s work has been exhibited in national juried exhibitions in Mississippi, New York, Ohio, and Texas. Some recent works have been exhibited at Bath House Cultural Center, Umbrella Gallery, Mary Tomas Gallery, Texas Discovery Gardens in Dallas, and Charles Adams Studio Project in Lubbock.
Most recent work, The 13th Chair, Ruffin Gallery, 2025.
A multimedia exhibition and performance. Performers & Collaborators: Sean Lopez, Rori Smith, Bree Bozeman, Spirit Chavis, Sophie Chung, Carson Harter, Asha Hussain, Annie Kang, Anika Kashyap, Mysha Mosharaf, TS Richter, Isaac Thorne, and Raisa Mumtaheena, Rory Adams, Rebecca Bolick, Enzo Reginelli, Giovanni Bonilla, and others. Photography by Kori Price.
Exhibitions Record
2025
38th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University/Dept. of Visual Arts, Lake Charles, LA
UVA Art & Art in the Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2024
Elysium, Virtual Exhibition through Gallerium Art
2022
Feral Neighborhoods, Digital Exhibition, Floresta Magazine, Manchester, UK
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Transitions, Virtual Exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
13th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition, UNC Asheville Tucker Cooke Gallery, Ashville, NC
2021
$5 Video Show, LHUCA, First in Show, Lubbock, TX
May Group Art Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Bound and Unbound VI, University of South Dakota Library, National Juried Exhibition, Vermillion, SD
Shades of Green, Coppell Art Center, Coppell, Texas
Parallel Dimensions, Collage Artists of America, Online National Juried Shows, SFVACC – San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA
2020
CASPFEST National Juried Exhibition, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
Sebastopol Center for the Arts Digital Juried Exhibition, Sebastopol, CA
Lone Star Nature Competition, Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, Dallas, TX
Woman Made Gallery, Home, A Virtual Exhibition, Chicago, IL
CAA Graduate Student Video Screening, ARTspace & Media Lounge, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2025
The 13th Chair, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2021
Legend Systems: an escape to a hidden land, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Group Shows
2025
Direct Sow, Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA
2024
Waving Collective Narratives, Broadcast via TV channels: Verizon 47, Spectrum 1993, Optimum 951, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Remote Connections International Exhibition, Fosdick Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred NY Change of Address: New SOAD Faculty, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University
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