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Nabila Zoraya Santa-Cristo 

 Born in Puerto Rico 

 Lives & works in Miami. 

 

Education  

 

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

Chicago, IL 

Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing


School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA)

Boston, MA 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Video and Studio Art
 

Selected Shows

 

 2021    Diverse Networks, Oolite Arts, Miami,FL 

 2020    Idioms And Taxonomies, Oolite Arts, Miami,FL 

 2017    I want to go outside, Knee Pits, Miami,FL (solo) 

 2016    Welcome to Miami, The Fountainhead, Miami FL 

 2016    Reading List, Knee Pits Gallery, Miami, FL 

 2016    Smash & Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL 

 2015    Initial Mark, Knee Pits Gallery, Miami,FL 

 2015    Smash & Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL 

 2014    Doers Doing, Gesamtkunst Werkshop, Brooklyn, NY 

 2013    Should Have Gave You My Number, (Art) AMALGAMATED, New York, NY 

 2013    Calamity & Ruin, Projekt 722, Brooklyn, NY 2013 SAIC 

 2013    Graduate Exhibition, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL 

 2012    Fuck This, Puppies Puppies Apartment, Chicago, IL 

 2010    Young Blood, Artseen Gallery, Miami, FL 

 2009    OH NANCY!, Home Coming Stories, Gallery Diet, Miami 

 2009    OIL AND MILK, Bagg Gallery, Boston, MA 

 2008    Simply the Best, Contemporary Painting, Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 

Lectures & Talks 

 

2023     Lecture at Miami Dade College— Wolfson Campus. Miami, FL 

2020     Family Style: Diego Gutierrez + Nabila Zoraya Santa Cristo— Oolite Arts at SimplyGood. Miami, FL 

2020     Idioms + Taxonomies: Home Style— Oolite Arts. Miami, FL 

2013     Graduate Thesis— School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL 

Professional Honors

2024     U.S. Presidential Scholars Program’s Distinguished Teachers​ in Visual Arts 

2023     Skevy Ralis Art Education Award of Honor​

2023     Arts and Electives Department Chair at New World School of the Arts  

2019     Recipient of the Oolite Arts Residency, Studio space for two years at their Lincoln Rd. Studio

2016     Recipient of Locust Talks 1 to 1 Studio Visit with Michael Darling,

  Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago 

2013     School of the Museum of Fine Art at Tufts Traveling Fellowship

2011     School of the Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Scholarship

  Full Scholarship to pursue a  Masters in Painting and Drawing at SAIC

2009     Will and Elena Barnet Painting Award SMFA

  annual prize given to a student whose painting "embodies the formal elements of painting

  composition and the principles of structural design

2008     Springborn Fellowship Grant- $25,000 award towards tuition at SMFA, to two undergraduate students

  moving into their second, third or fourth year of study.

2008     Dana Pond  Award in Painting- Outside jury of art professionals selects three student annually for a

  $3,000 award  towards tuition at SMFA.

2008     Tufts Award in Documentary Film. Outside jury . Somerville Film Festival. 

Publications

2019     Deep Paper Cuts Magazine

2016    Art & Toast. Issue 1 

© 2025 Nabila Zoraya Santa-Cristo 

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