Holiday Market 2021 Tastemaker Collections: Maria Brito
Maria Brito
Collector, curator & advisor
Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, her first monograph “Out There”, published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, was the recipient of the Best Book Awards in both the Art and Design Categories.
In 2015 Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World and in 2020 she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries who gets to shape the art world. She has written for publications such as Huffington Post, Elle, Forbes, Artnet, Cultured Magazine, Departures, and the Gulf Coast Journal of Literature and Fine Arts from the University of Houston, Texas. For several years, Maria has taught her creativity course in companies and, in 2019, she launched “Jumpstart”, an online program on creativity for entrepreneurs based on years of research and observation in both the areas of business and art.
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MOLEY TALHAOUI
presented by
ANDREW SALGADO (INDEPENDENT CURATOR)
Moley Talhaoui, Holey Mountain Otomeza (2020) Oil and Acrylic on Plywood, 100 x 92cm. Courtesy of the artist and ANDREW SALGADO (INDEPENDENT CURATOR)
ERIC HIBIT
presented by
DEANNA EVANS PROJECTS
Eric Hibit, Jam and Dough (2020) Acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 inches. Courtesy of the artist and DEANNA EVANS PROJECTS.
JULIAN ALEXANDER
presented by
SWIVEL GALLERY
Julian Alexander, Sentai (2021) Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist and SWIVEL GALLERY.
GERBEN MULDER
presented by
MARISA NEWMAN PROJECTS
Gerben Mulder, Sun Bather (2021) Oil on canvas, 7.8 x 4.7 in. Courtesy of the artist and MARISA NEWMAN PROJECTS
BEN TOLLEFSON
presented by
5-50 Gallery
Ben Tollefson, Masc (2020) Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 in. Courtesy of the artist and 5-50 GALLERY.
DESTINY BELGRAVE
presented by
THE PROPOSITION
Destiny Belgrave, Paint Stick Treat (2021) Papercuts, paint, colored pencil, paint stick. Courtesy of the artist and THE PROPOSITION.