Maria Veronica in Dubai, U.A.E., where she works and lives.

Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla, Exhibitor Artist, representative of Ecuador at the 56 International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia.

María Verónica León Veintemilla born in 1971 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. From 1998 to 2013 she lived and worked in Paris.
In 2014 she sets up in Dubai, U.A.E., where she has been represented by Cube Arts Gallery, DIFC, Dubai International Financial Center. She is the first Latin American artist represented by an prestigious U.A.E. gallery, as well her first solo show in Dubai was the first solo show of an artist from Latin America in the Emirates (2014).
From her early years María Verónica has shown her extraordinary artistic talent in drawing, painting, portraiture and self-portraiture. (Portraits of personalities like Bjork, Isabelle Adjani, Pina Bausch, Dominique Mercy, Julie Stanzak, Helena Pikon, Placido Domingo, Bill Clinton and diverse Ecuadorian, Latin American and European figures). Today’s as a multidisciplinary artist she works with a variety of techniques: drawing, painting, printmaking, video art, video installation, video-poetry, digital books, performance and photography. Her life and avant-garde work make her a leading figure in the international contemporary art scene.
María Verónica became the first contemporary artist from Ecuador exhibiting in a museum in Paris, as the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux Arts de Paris (2008),she was invited for a solo exhibition at the Galliera Museum (2006) and selected for the “Nuit Blanche” in Paris (2004). In Ecuador in 1997 she worked with “La Galeria” in Quito, and also in 1995-1997 in Guayaquil with Madeleine Hollaender. In 1996 Guayasamin invited her to work with him in murals paintings for “La Capilla del Hombre”, Quito.
From 1991 to 1995 she made the School of Fine Arts, Central University in Quito, specialization Painting and Printing, where she was Dean Assistant of Printing Department from to 1995-1996.
Some of her exhibitions are 2015: 56 International Art Exhibition-La Biennale di Venezia. 2014: Cube Arts Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E. 2013: Museo Metropolitano de Quito, Ecuador. 2012: Art Brussels, Belgium; Chapiteau de Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Cipriani, New York. 2011: Plaza Athennee, Paris; Espace Beaujon, Paris. 2010: Espazio Thetis, Venice. 2008: Petit Palais Museum, Paris; Guanzhou International Art Fair. 2007: 52nd International Art Exhibition-La Biennale di Venezia. 2006: Galliera Museum, Paris. 2004: 1000 Und Eine Art AGZ Gallery, Wuppertal; Nuit Blanche, Paris. 2005: Contemporary Art Museum, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2003: Thuiller Gallery, Paris. 2002: Theatre de la Ville, Paris. 1999: Sylvie Rielle, Paris; Bill Tornade, Paris; Nesle Gallery, Paris. 1998: ‘’La Galeria’’, Quito. 1997: Havana Biennal, Cuba; Art Forum Gallery, Quito; Madeleine Hollander Gallery, Guayaquil; Bruised Apple Gallery, New York. 1995: ‘’La Galeria’’, Quito; Madeleine Hollander Gallery, Guayaquil; British Council, Quito; Quebec International Snow Sculpture Festival, Canada; Beijing Latin American Art Festival, China.

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