C U R R E N T  &  U P C O M I N G  E X H I B I T I O N S

March 6-29
Montreal

Collision Gallery Residency & Exhibition
March 3-May 29
Toronto

Maria Esthela is an autistic immigrant woman and self-taught abstract artist currently working between the unceded territories of Tiohtià:ke - Mooniyang (Montreal) and Tkaronto (Toronto).
She has exhibited her work in Canada and abroad and is represented by Duran Contemporary in Montreal.

S O L O  E X H I B I T I O N S
2023 Reykjavik, Iceland - Borgarbókasafnið, The Crystal is not here 
2022 Montréal, Canada - MIIDSPACE, Particle Perspectives
2020 Montréal, Canada - 5500, V15M1N

G R O U P  E X H I B I T I O N S


2025 Toronto, Canada - Collision Gallery, Delicate Matter
2025 Montreal, Canada - Duran Contemporary, Ser y Estar
2024 Montreal, Canada - Duran Contemporary, Where We Are (at)
2023 Philadelphia, United States - The Spite Haus, Love's Other Name

2023 Reykjavik, Iceland - SIM Residency Open Space
2023 Montréal, Canada - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Les Printemps du MAC
2022 Montréal, Canada - Le LivArt Centre d'art Montréal, Contemporary Drawing
2021 International / Virtual - The Wrong Biennale, Curator & Artist: v15m1n
2019 Toronto, Canada - Off Nuit Blanche, GAIA - Video installation

A R T  F A I R S
2025 Montréal, Canada - Duran Contemporary, Foire Plural 2025

A R T I S T  T A L K S
2023 Reykjavik, Iceland - SIM Residency Artist Talk May 2023
2023 Montréal, Canada - Les Printemps du MAC Artist Talk

R E S I D E N C I E S
2023 SÍM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland 
2022 - 2023 Arsenal Contemporary Residency, Montréal, Canada

A W A R D S
2022 Canada Arts Council, Research & Creation
2025 Canada Arts Council, Research & Creation

A R T S  &  C U L T U R A L  W O R K  E X P E R I E N C E
2024 - 2025 Board Member, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, Canada
2024-2025 Active Member, CIRCA Art Actuel, Montreal, Canada
2024  Consultant, Things + Time, Montreal, Canada
2023 - 2024 Consultant, James Oscar, Montreal, Canada
2019 - 2020 Board Member, InterAccess, Toronto, Canada

E D U C A T I O N
2022 The Systems View of Life, Capra Course, Online
2012 Centro Internacional de Fotografia y Cine (EFTI), Madrid, Spain
2003 - 2008 Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

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