MARIA LINO’s BIO 2023
Maria Lino was born in Havana, Cuba. She immigrated with her parents to the United States as a child. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Studio Art from New York University, and a Master of Fine Arts from Florida International University. She is a Fulbright U.S. Scholar and a two-time recipient of the Oscar B. Cintas Fellowship. As a multidisciplinary visual artist, she employs drawing, printmaking, text, video, dance, and textiles, to primarily create individual and group portraits of those who are often overlooked, such as women, children, people with disabilities, migrants and immigrants.
Maria’s work has been published in “Centerpoint Now: Are We There Yet?” of the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN). Her video “Ritmos Ancestrales” was screened in the Smithsonian Institution’s Mother Tongue Film Festival 2022.
Maria has exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions.