María Berrío was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1982, completed
her BFA at Parsons School of Design in 2004 and her MFA at the New York School
of Visual Arts.
Major solo exhibitions include María Berrío: The End of Ritual, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (2024), María Berrío: The Children’s Crusade, ICA Boston, USA (2023); María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom), The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA (2021). Institutional group exhibitions include Spirit in the Land, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA (2023); Women Painting Women, The Modern, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (2022); A Natural Turn, The DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, USA (2022); Born in Flames: Feminist Futures, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA (2021); Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020, University Art Museum at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA (2020); Present Tense: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA (2019); People Get Ready at Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina, USA (2018); Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans, USA (2017–2018), Art on Paper Biennial, Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (2017), CUT N MIX, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, USA (2015).
Berrío’s work is in permanent collections, including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, USA; Dallas Museum of Art, USA; LACMA, USA; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA; Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago, USA; Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, NY, USA; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Florida, USA; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA; Weatherspoon Museum of Art at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China.
Additionally, her work can also be seen in the public realm at the N subway stop at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, where 14 of the artist’s works have been translated in mosaic using a variety of media, including glass, ceramic, and enamel.
Major solo exhibitions include María Berrío: The End of Ritual, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (2024), María Berrío: The Children’s Crusade, ICA Boston, USA (2023); María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom), The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA (2021). Institutional group exhibitions include Spirit in the Land, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA (2023); Women Painting Women, The Modern, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (2022); A Natural Turn, The DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, USA (2022); Born in Flames: Feminist Futures, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA (2021); Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020, University Art Museum at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA (2020); Present Tense: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA (2019); People Get Ready at Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina, USA (2018); Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans, USA (2017–2018), Art on Paper Biennial, Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (2017), CUT N MIX, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, USA (2015).
Berrío’s work is in permanent collections, including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, USA; Dallas Museum of Art, USA; LACMA, USA; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA; Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago, USA; Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, NY, USA; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Florida, USA; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA; Weatherspoon Museum of Art at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China.
Additionally, her work can also be seen in the public realm at the N subway stop at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, where 14 of the artist’s works have been translated in mosaic using a variety of media, including glass, ceramic, and enamel.