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