ABOUT MARIA DOMINGUEZ
photo courtesy of James Cuebas © 2014
Visual Artist Maria Dominguez born in Puerto Rico and life-long resident of New York City has varied creations influenced by personal, environmental and community experiences. With her bachelor’s in art degree from School of Visual Arts in 1985 she established her career as a public artist after an internship with CITYarts mural organization. This trajectory led to the 2002 commission by The Metropolitan Transportation Authority for “El –Views” a permanent glass installation for the Chauncey Street station in Brooklyn, NY. The work was awarded the “Excellence in Design” by New York Municipal Society the same year. In 2016 “Yo Misma Fui mi Ruta” mural was commissioned by the Hispanic Federation for the Julia De Burgos Performance and Arts Center also in New York City. Most currently, she has been commissioned to create a 46’X20’ mural for the newly built Sendero Verde residential complex in El Barrio, NYC.
Dominguez has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows locally and internationally. Awards include The National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council for the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts. The Museum of the City of New York has added her work to their collection. Her personal documents are being archived by The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College.
Dominguez has served as a panelist on numerous art panels for: The Center of Puerto Rican Studies in NYC, The Leeway Foundation in Philadelphia, BRIO awards in the Bronx The New York Foundation for the Arts; Artist Fellows, Percent for Arts and MTA Art & Design both in NYC.
Dominguez’ entire career has been dedicated to education received training from The Guggenheim Museum’s; Learning Through the Arts program and Studio in the Schools in NYC., Young Audiences of New York and Community Works. In 1994 she directed the Education Department for El Museo del Barrio. In 2015 Arte Publico published “Sofi and the Magical Musical Mural” a children’s book for school age children she illustrated modeled after her own mural.
2023