María Celina Val
b. 1989, Caracas, Venezuela
E D U C A T I O N
2020 MFA Fine Art – Kingston University, London, UK (Distinction Award)
2015 BA Architecture Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela
E X P E R I E N C E
2025 - current Professor of Fine Arts II at Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas
2022 - current Director and founder of MCV Studio art, typography, architecture
2021 Senior Art Handling Technician – Art Handling and Collection Management for the ‘National Treasures’ and ‘Climate Kaos at Kingston Museum
2019 - 2022 Museum and Gallery Assistant at Stanley Picker Gallery and Dorich House Museum
2016 – 2018 Freelance Architect – Interior designer
2013 – 2016 Architecture Assistant in a construction of a luxury apartment building– Grupo SSA , Caracas
A W A R D S
2025 2nd Award in 25° Salón Jóvenes con FIA, Venezuela
P U B L I C A T I O N S
2022 The Book of Penteract, Pentaract Press, London, UK
2020 Children draw fivefold stars, Maria Celina Val, published by Sampson Low, London, UK
2020 Myth & Metamorphosis, published by Penteract Press, London, UK
C O L L E C T I V E E X H I B I T I O N S
2025 Línea de tiempo, 25° Salón Jóvenes con FIA, Caracas, Venezuela
Transformaciones humanidad, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
2024 Galería Arte Express 99, Caracas, Venezuela
IRREVERENCIA JUSTIFICADA, Hacienda La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela
AL MAR (TODO LLEGA) 32 coordenadas, Centro Cultural UCAB, Caracas, Venezuela
2023 AL MAR (TODO LLEGA) 32 coordenadas , Galería Artes Unidos, La Guaira, Venezuela
Alertism, Collect connect, London UK
UNA = TODAS, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Tiempos híbridos, Sala de exhibiciones UNIMET, Caracas, Venezuela
2022 Virtual, Centro Cultural UCAB, Caracas, Venezuela
2020 Floor Show, Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK
Imaginative Gardens, Richmond Park, London UK
The Origin, Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK
Domain Material, One Paved Court Gallery, London UK
2019 There is no new thing upon the Earth, Stanley Picker Gallery London, UK
Xerox, The Deans Project Space, Kingston School of Art, London, UK
ExplorArte, Galería ArtKao, Los Galpones de los Chorros, Caracas, Venezuela
2018 Forced Empathy, Stanley Picker Gallery. London, UK
Venezuela vista por ellas, Villalón Art Gallery, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
I N D I V I D U A L E X H I B I T I O N S
2018 Ella Flor, French Embassy Residence, Caracas, Venezuela
P E R F O R M A N C E S
2022 European Poetry Festival, Kingston University, London, UK
2021 Dance performance Saatchi Lates, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2021 European Poetry Festival 5 performances (Richmond Park, St John’s Church, Open Ealing, Kingston University, Iklectik Artlab), London, UK
2021 The Origin, Performance by Writers Centre Kingston, Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK
2022 European Poetry Festival (online version)
2019 We are Publication T H E H O L D, Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK
C O U R S E S
2023 Práctivas VS teoréticas AL MAR (TODO LLEGA) Training and immersion program in contemporary art for artists from the Ibero-Amercian community, La Guaira, Venezuela
2019 Building Worlds: Creative Writing with Art Installation, Tate Modern, London, UK
2016 – 2018 Photography: Digital 1, 2, 3, Composition, The written image, Photographic Project, Photographic Portfolio, Digital marketing at Escuela Foto Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
2016 – 2017 Modern Architectonic Theories - Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
2016 Participation strategies applied in Urban Design - Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela