MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA. 1962.
ARCHITECT 1989 | GLASS ARTIST SINCE 1995 | ANA MARIA WORKS IN DIFFERENT GLASS
TECHNIQUES FOCUSING ON THE INTEGRATION OF GLASS SCULPTURES AND
INSTALLATIONS TO ARCHITECTURAL SPACES. IN 2004 SHE PURSUED HER STUDIES IN
KILNCASTING AT PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL WITH SUSAN BALSHOR + AND CAROL
MILNE. SINCE THEN SHE HAS ATTENDED SEVERAL BULLSEYE GLASS WORKSHOPS AND
CONFERENCES WHERE SHE HAS TAKEN CLASSES WITH SILVIA LEVENSON, RICHARD
PARRISH, NARCISSUS QUAGLIATA AND JUDY TUWALETSTIWA. SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED
4 TIMES AT THE FIRE ARTS BIENNIAL IN VALENCIA, VENEZUELA, A JURIED SHOW THAT IS
HELD SINCE 1971. HER WORK IS PRESENT IN PRIVATE ART COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN IMPORTANT ART FAIRS SUCH
AS ART MIAMI, ART PALM BEACH, ART CONTEXT, ARTBO, FIA, FIAAM, RED DOT, JUST TO
NAME A FEW. HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN VENEZUELA, USA AND EUROPE
THROUGH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE ART SHOWS. HER WORK IS
PRESENT IN GALLERIES IN BELGIUM, AUSTRIA, VENEZUELA, AND ACROSS THE USA. SHE
IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BELLAS ARTES CENTER IN MARACAIBO HER HOME TOWN.
CURRENTLY SHE IS BASED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHERE SHE OPENED HER STUDIO IN
2022. THIS FALL SHE WAS INVITED TO DO A RESIDENCY CONDUCTED BY RICHARD
PARRISH AND STEVE KLEIN AT PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL.