BIOGRAPHY:
The Cuban-American multi-media visual artist and licensed architect Caridad Sola is known for captiviating and challenging the audience by engaging them into her world. Her work has been exhibited in a variety of places including the Art Basel Miami Closing Party at Fountain, the Lowe Art Museum, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, The Arts + Literature Laboratory Gallery in New Haven, CT, the Grace Exhibition Space within the Fountain Art Fair at the Armory in NY, and was awarded the “Best of Show” designation in “Made in NY 2006” at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center. Currently she practices visual & performance art out of her studio in New York City, with one intention - to create unforgettable experiences. Prior to this, Ms. Sola worked as a construction project manager for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Project at the World Trade Center Site and served as the Director of Design & Construction for a private developer in New York City.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
Awaken your senses. Dark soil wrapped in white sheets, bricks suspended in air by delicate sheer ribbon, and red-feathered pillow fight
in a white room. I expose the buried memories that everyday objects hold. I invite you to feel the materials: stick your hands into water,
walk barefoot on pillows, feel the slight roll of freshly-cut sugar cane underneath your feet smell the feathers, the soil, the cane and hear
the sound of a beating heart or water lapping. In the transformation of these spaces, I create experiences. I have a passion for the
grandiose, the dramatic, and the theatrical. I expose viewers to rituals, collective memories, and metaphors. But like memories, these
experiences will not last. Installations are ephemeral after they are de-installed all that remains are memories, documentation, and artifacts.
From bricks to pillows, I CREATE UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES.

EDUCATION:
M.F.A. in Fine Arts, 2006 - Parsons School of Design, NY

M.S. in Real Estate Development, 2007 - New York University

M.S. in Construction Administration, 2009 - Columbia University, NY

B.F.A. in Fine Arts, 2003 - Cum Laude - University of Miami, FL

B.Arch. in Architecture, 2003 - Cum Laude - University of Miami, FL

CARIDAD SOLA STUDIO LLC SERVICES:
~Commissioned Artworks & Installations
~Performance, & Public Art
~Architectural Design (Licensed in NY, NJ, PA, & FL)
~Custom Interiors, Sculptural Furniture & Space Transformation
~Fine Art Photography, Creative Portraits, & Event Photography
~Photo-Journalism, Documentary, & Construction Photography
~Photo Re-touching / Editing
~Private Art Lessons
~Guest Lectures, Studio Visits

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:
~Registered Architect NY # RA033753, FL #AR93539, PA #RA404516, NJ #21AI01862700
~NCARB - Certificate #64601
~Licensed Interior Designer FL #ID5196
~NY Real Estate License #10401206667
~LEED - Accredited Professional

SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS:
2012 Art Takes Times Square - Work included in Collector's Award
2011 Selected Top 50 Artists- 3rdWard Summer Open Call
Top 100 Artists - A Year in Review: 2010 - Artist Wanted
2010 Top 50 Artists - Art Takes Miami, Art Basel Miami Beach
2007 Ninety Miles – Development Proposal Selected as Final Top 4 for funding by Investor Panel
2006 Best of Show, Made in NY 2006, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
2005 Graduate Fellowship, New York University
2004 Scholars Award, Parsons School of Design / Parsons Graduate Dean’s Scholarship
2000 Art Schneller Fellowship, University of Miami

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2013
Performance Heart's Circus of Dreams Show, Bizarre, Brooklyn.

2012
Grace Exhibition Space, Fountain Miami, Art Basel Week
Art in Odd Places: Model, NYC
Mixed Greens, Art For Progress' August & September Events at the Paper Box, NY
Global Positioning Systems, So you say you want a revolution, SVA Alumni Group Show, NYC
Mixed Greens, Art For Progress July Event at the Paper Box, NY
4th of July at the Paper Box, NY
Art Takes Times Square, NYC
Brooklyn Beat Music & Arts Festival at The Paper Box / Bushwick Open Studios
Fountain NY Grace Exhibition Space at the Armory
AFP Night of Media Arts Fountain Art Fair Closing Party, NYC

2011
Art Basel Closing Party, Art for Progress at Fountain Fair, Miami, FL
Generations VII, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
A Change of Climate, Blue Source Space, New York, NY

2010
Solo Show, Backyart Summer Series, Brooklyn, NY
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Coop Library, Brooklyn, NY

2008
SITE: Crashing Chelsea, New York, NY
SITE: One- Night Art Event, New York, NY

2007
The Building Show, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY
Art in Medicine, Private Loft Exhibition sponsored by Sermo, Chicago, IL

2006
Texture, Arts + Literature Laboratory Gallery, New Haven, CT
10 Curatorial Perspectives: Amendicons, Mott Haven Gallery, Bronx, NY
Amendicons, Makor Gallery, New York, NY
Made in NY 2006, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Uprising, Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, New York, NY
Generations V, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Small Axes, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY

2005
This Time Next Year, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Annual Juried Show, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
BFA Show, Wesley Foundation Center, University of Miami
Graduate Architecture, SOA Gallery, University of Miami, FL
Hialeah City Hall Exhibition, , Hialeah, FL

2002
Annual Juried Show, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
Glass Art Show, University of Miami, FL
Egalitarian Art, University of Miami, FL
9-11 Commemoration, University of Miami, FL

1999
Printmaking Collection, University of Miami, FL

1998
Pinecrest First Annual Art Show, Pinecrest, FL
Borders Gallery, Miami, FL
Coral Gables Country Club Art Exhibition, Coral Gables, FL
Chamber of Commerce Exhibition, Coral Gables, FL
Nations Bank Exhibition, Miami, FL
Annual Art Show, Gulliver Preparatory, Miami, FL


PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
2006 Cuban Heritage Collection, Otto G. Richter Library, University of Miami