BIO
Martha Carolina Guerrero was born in Bogota, Colombia in 1979. She grew up among fabrics in her family-run embroidery handkerchief factory during the 80’s and 90’s; which was one of the most violent periods in Colombia’s history. In 2003, she moved to Miami, Florida. Guerrero completed her AA, Associate in Art Education at Miami Dade College, and her BFA, Bachelor degree of Fine Arts with a minor in Art History at Florida International University.
In 2007, Guerrero began working as an art Teacher for elementary and middle school at Divine Savior Academy. Then, she did an art residency at Found Art, where she developed an art program for special children, and eventually she became the art director. In 2012, Guerrero in collaboration with FoundArt and Epilepsy Foundation facilitated an art program for adults with epilepsy. Her love for art and dedication to serve others, inspired Guerrero founded Growing with Art Training Center in 2013, where she continue until the present teaching art for all, regular and special need children and adults, and other medical conditions.
In 2016 she was awarded for her contribution toward the cultural Hispanic heritage of City of Doral with her work “La Rebelion del Paraiso”. In this collection, The Guerrero sees her work process as an act of freedom and protest due to the pyrography that let marks by burning spontaneously appear to representing fragments of memories, learned, and they also goes beyond. The abstract depiction of horses and mules is used by Guerrero to convey a sense of strife and injustice as experienced in the different cultural, political, gender, or economic inequalities that are experienced by so many people (and animals) today. The embroidery is part of Guerrero’s a maternal legacy that glorifies the labor of women and connects her as Latin American female artists.
Born in Bogota, Colombia
Lives/Works Miami, FL
EDUCATION
2015 BFA – Bachelor in Fine Arts, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
Minor on Art History, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
2011 Associate in Arts Education, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 – Present Art Teacher, Dade Christian School, Miami, FL
2015 – 2018 Art Teacher and Behavior technician, Psychology & Behavior Services, Doral, FL.
2013 – Present Art Teacher, Growing With Art Training Center, Doral, FL.
2010 – 2012 Art Program Coordinator and Teacher, FoundArt Academy, Miami, FL.
2007 – 2012 Assistant, Frank Rosa CBA(Behavior Analyst) Miami, FL.
2008 – 2010 Art Teacher, Divine Savior Academy, Doral, FL.
2007 – 2008 Para-Educator – 1st grade, Divine Savior Academy, Doral, FL.
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Hispanic Heritage Doral 2017, Government Center, City of Doral.
Hispanic Heritage Broward College 2017, Bailey Hall Broward College, FL. Curated by Elizabeth Erazo Baez.
Collective Inaugural Art Exhibition, Doral Legacy Park, Doral, FL.
Sin Fronteras, URBE University, Doral, FL. Curated by Gisela Nones.
2016 Grandes Personajes, Consulate General of Colombia, Coral Gables, FL. Curated by Monica Trujillo.
10 Embajadoras, Enrique Grau Araujo Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia.
Hispanic Heritage Doral 2016, Government Center, City of Doral. Curated by Miriam Machado from Florida International University – Frost Art Museum.
Collective Exhibition, Colombia Expo Internacional, Miami, FL.
Colectiva Verano, Embajadores del Arte, Atrium Office Park, Doral, FL.
2015 Passages, Florida International University, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2013 Gallery Night, Growing with Art Training Center and Artifice at Doral, FL.
2012 Tertulia 100, UIC Unilatina International College, Broward, FL, Dec.
Inaugural Government Center, City of Doral, FL. Curated by Ibrahim Guerra.
Friday of Tertulia, UIC Unilatina International College, Broward.
Gallery Night, FoundArt Academy, Doral, FL.
COMMUNITY PROJECT
2018 Participating in Sexta Feria de Servicios, Consulate General of Colombia. Miami, FL.
2017 Art Walk, Growing with Art Exhibition, Government Center, City of Doral, FL.
2016 Participating in Si Paz- 5th Services Fair, Consulate General of Colombia in Miami FL.
Art activities for kids, Colombia Expo Internacional, Miami, FL.
Growing with Art Wall, Children Week, Government Center, City of Doral, FL.
2015 Volunteer art program for adolescents, Ministerios el Buen Pastor Internacional, Doral, FL.
Art program for children with special needs, Ministerios el Buen Pastor Internacional, Doral, FL.
2013 Stage of Domingo de Resurrección, Ministerio El Buen Pastor, Doral, FL.
2012 Studio E, Found Art Academy, Epilepsy Foundation and Lundbeck, Doral, FL.
Participating in the Wyland Art Mural Project, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce and Wyland Foundation, Miami Beach, FL.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Quilcate, Carmen “Creciendo Con Arte,” Ciudad Doral Newspaper.
AWARDS
2016 La Rebelión del Paraíso, Hispanic Heritage Doral 2016, Government Center City of Doral. Judges: Jesse Carlo from MDC Art Faculty, Ana M. DeMahy a MDC Executive Director, and Miriam Machado from FIU -Frost Museum.
SKILLS
Computer Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point, Photoshop and Illustrator.
Visual Arts Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, 2D Design, Print Making, Digital Photography, Fibers,
Collage and Assemblage.
Behavior Apply behavior strategies with the students to reinforce their positive behavior.
Life Coaching Experience as a facilitator of workshops and personal growth exercises for children and adults.
REFERENCES
Available upon Request