Ana Maria
Velasco
CV
Education
MFA The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston/Tufs University. Boston, 1999
Museum Studies The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1999
Art Post Baccalaureate Degree. School of The Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 1998
BFA Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes. Cali, Colombia 1992-1995
BA Universidad Javeriana de Cali . Cali, Colombia 1994
Tibetan Art Studies. The New York Tibetan Art Studio. NYC 2007-2019
Solo art shows
Interdependencia Consulate of Colombia in NYC. New York, NY 2017
Ficciones Retinianas Museum Modern Art La Tertulia. Cali-Colombia 2001
Fixation. Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, Boston, MA 2000
Selected art group shows
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY (2021)
What if Art Dreamt Nature? Virtual Exhibition Project by L.A.B. (Latin Art Bridges). 2021
Awaken: Conjuring our tomorrow Salem University Winfisky Gallery, Salem, MA 2020
Ríos Intermitentes The XIII Havana Art Biennale, Matanzas, Cuba 2019
Inaugural Exhibition. Oh Gallery Damyang, South Korea 2019
Homecoming. Oh Gallery Seoul, South Korea 2019;
Around Us. Kate Oh Gallery, NY, NY 2018
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn. NY 2017, 2018
Auction for Tibet. Tibet House. NY, NY 2017, 2018
Open Studios. 106 Green Street Gallery. Brooklyn, NY 2017
New Voices Active Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2014
Divine Feminine. Iona College, NY 2013
Poética del Espacio. La Casa de Arte Contemporáneo, Cali, Colombia 2012;
Midnight Blooming GASP Gallery, Boston, MA 2007, 2008
Fung Wa. Howard Yezerski Gallery. Boston, MA 2007
Drawing. Bluetenwiss, Berlin 2006, 2007
Museum Collection. Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia 2002
The Can. Garcon Gallery, Berlin, German. 2000
Allien: Art from and About Elsewhere. The Gallery @ Green Street, Boston 2000.
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Manic Breathing Illustrations El Espectador news paper in Colombia since 2019
La Sierra Artist Residency. 2017, 2018, 2019
Artist Residency Hacienda Tinajas. Cauca, Colombia 2022
Her works are held in various private collections as well as the public collections of Harvard University, The Museum of Modern Art La Tertulia in Colombia, Bank of America, Boston and The Colombian Consulate in New York.
Teaching experience
La Sierra Artist Residency , Educator & Artist / Santa. Marta, Colombia 2018
• Worked on the illustration for the children’s eco coloring book “Cuidando del corazón del mundo”. This is part of a larger initiative to bring awareness about the environment through art in the communities around La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
• Developed and implemented workshops to teach children from villages surrounding La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region in Colombia. Emphasis placed in educating children on the worldview of the indigenous communities surrounding their villages, animal rights, recycling, trash management, clean water.
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art , Museum Educator / New York, 2007
The New York Tibetan Art Studio, Art teacher New York, 2007- 2017
School of The Museum of Fine Arts /Tufs University , Contemporary Art Teacher / Boston, 1997
New Museum of Contemporary Art, Curatorial intern / NYC 1999