Studies

1982 

Bachelor in Arts - Advertising and Graphic Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA 

Professional Experience  

2013      Palette Knife Artists of Miami - Founder and Director

              Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Miami, Florida:

2007 to 2021 -  The Art of Painting Flowers

2011   to 2021 - The Art of Painting with Palette Knives

2009 to 2021 - Thinking of Renoir, Inspired by Van Gogh, In Love with Monet, Georgia on my Mind and Picasso: the making of a Modern Legend

Distinctions

2024 Green Space Award “Unveiling Power” – Miami, Florida, USA

2020 Norwegian Cruise Line & Nader Museum Award - Finalist

          Wynwood Biennial – 1st Place 

          50thNLAPW Biennial Art Show -1st Place

          Art Comes Alive - William W. Duebber Art Award 

2021 Concurso Nacional de Arte Roberto Lewis, Panama – Juror

2015 Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami, Florida - Juror

2024 

“Sustrato”, Museo Municipal de Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica

 “Eco-Aesthetics in Motion”, Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Miami, Fl, USA

2023

“Perspective on Nature”, Grove Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

2022

- “Genesis”, St Thomas University Favalora Museum, Miami, Florida, USA 

- “Progenie”, GAC Motor Gallery, Panamá, Panamá

2020

- “Shades of Harmony”, Collectors Gallery, Venice, Florida, USA

- “Thirty by Thirty”, MiArt Space Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA

2018 

- “Colors of Gratitude”, Las Olas Capital Advisors Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

- “Earthbound”, Collectors Gallery, Venice, Florida, USA

2017 

- “Catching Confetti”, MiArt Space Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Outside the Lines”, Atlantic Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

- “Hope”, Sonesta Coconut Grove Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA

2016 

- “Impressions of South Florida”, Consulado General de Panamá, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Convergence”, MiArt Space Gallery, Wynwood, Florida, USA

2015 

- “Equilibrium”, MiArt Space Gallery, Wynwood, Florida, USA

- “Petals & Pistils”, Consulado General de Panamá, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Eternal Flowers”, West Oak Library, Orlando, Florida, USA

- “Confetti”, White’s Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Earthenscapes”, 360 Space, Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA

2014 

- “Painted Tapestries”, Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA

2013 

- “Everglades: Painted Tapestries”, ArtSight Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

2010 

- “Flowering Impressions”, First National Bank of South Miami, Kendall, Florida, USA

- “The Secret Language of Flowers”, Regions Bank Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

2009 

- “Flowers of Joy”, Century Bank, Venice, Florida, USA

- “Love Bouquet”, Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA

- “Petals and Pistils”, Datran Center Gallery, Miami, Florida,USA

2008 

- “Petals and Pistils”, Rex Art Framing Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Petals and Pistils”, Hillary’s Framing Gallery, South Miami, Florida, USA

2007 

- “The Music of Flowers”, Wirtz Gallery, First National Bank of South Miami, Florida, USA

2006 

- “Flowers of Hope”, Prudential Realty, Miami, Florida, USA

2024

“Palette Project”, University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida, USA

"Healing Goddesses II", Doral Cultural Center, Doral, Florida, USA

“Interamerican Kaleidoscope” Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Miami, Fl

2023

“Paisajes Liricos”, Art Concept Alternative, Santander, Spain 

”Identity, Exploring the Human Condition”, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, USA

“Artists Celebrate Our Planet with Care”, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, Florida, USA 

“Grounded”, Studio 18 Art Complex, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA

“Celebrando con Arte”, Key Largo Cultural Center, San Jose, Costa Rica

2022

 “Art For All”, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA 

 “Mundo Abstract”, Embassy of Panama in Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica 

2021

“SUMARTE” XVIII Art Auction, Museo de Arte de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador 

"Otoño Latino Americano y Caribeño”, virtual show, EU-LAC, Hamburg, Germany   

“7th Geoje International Art Festival ‘PEACE, AGAIN”, Yeosu Art Museum, Yeosu, Korea

“Mundo Abstracto”, Galeria Talentum, San José, Costa Rica

“Seasons of Life and Nature”, Holy Cross Hospital gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Art Come Alive, ADC Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

International Women’s Day, Panamá Ministry of Culture, Panamá, Panamá 

2020

-“50th Biennial”, The Pen Arts Museum, Washington DC, USA

- Museo de Arte contemporáneo Panamá Auction 2020, Melting Pot, Page 95, Panamá, Panamá 

   https://issuu.com/subastamac/docs/subasta_macpanama2020_cata_logo

- Biennale Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Sentir el Hacer”, 7PlusOne Proyecto de Arte, Galería Juan Manuel Cedeño, Panamá, Panamá

- “Suma Vestal”, Centro de Visitantes de Panamá Viejo, Panamá, Panamá

-  “Nosotras Las Mujeres que Somos”, Galería Mekki Magara, Tetuán, Morocco

2019 

- “Vision of Harmony”, Florida International University Green Library, Miami, Florida, USA

- 29th Annual All Florida Juried Arts Show, Court House Cultural Ctr., Stuart, Florida, USA

- “Gold & Spices”, Centre Gallery, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Roots of an Identity”, Miramar Cultural Center, Miramar, Florida, USA

- “Panamá y sus Artistas”, Biblioteca Simón Bolívar, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá  

-  Art Center Miami, Plastic Art Fair Seoul 2019, Booth G30, COEX, Seoul, Korea 

- “Mujeres de Fuego”, Galería Juan Manuel Cedeño, Panamá City, Panamá

- “Flow”, GalleryOne a DoubleTree Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, USA

- “The Elements of Art”, Ninoska Huerta Gallery, Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, Florida, USA

- “artINDIE” and “artCURATED”, Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

2018 

- “Reciprocal Consciousness”, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA

- “Silent Sentinels”, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

- “New Proposals”, Ninoska Huerta Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

- Telluride Art & Architecture Week, Telluride, Colorado, USA

- “Recombinant”, Biscayne Nat Park 50th Anniversary, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Shared Visions”, Miami Main Library, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Inspire By”, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida, USA

- “Muse: Art that Inspire”, 11th Lauderdale Yacht Club Art Show, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

2017 

- Agadir International Art Fair, Agadir, Morocco

- Art Center Miami, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai World Expo, Booth 18A, Shanghai, China

- Art Center Miami, Beijing Art Expo, China Intl. Exhibition Center, Booth 3-21, Beijing, China

- “Metro Montage XVII”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

- “Singularities”, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

-  45th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas, USA

- “Intercultural Dialogue”, Panamanian Embassy in Rabat, Morocco

- “Pure and Beyond”, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

- “Florida Mangrove: The Silent Sentinels”, Pinecrest Gardens Gallery, Pinecrest, Florida, USA

- Coconut Grove Art Festival, Booth #923, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

2016 

- 5th Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, Bronx, New York, USA

- Latin American Art Pavilion, Art Medellin International Show, Medellin, Colombia

- “2016 Beijing Art Exhibit”, Lanrum International Art Gallery, Beijing, China

- “ArtPop!#Bodhi”, Pompano Citi Centre, Pompano, Florida, USA

- Featured Artist – XII Gathering of Intl. Women Writers, Fl. Intl. University, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Florida Mangroves: The Silent Sentinels”, Sunrise Civic Center, Sunrise, Florida, USA

- “All Florida Exhibition 2016”, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

- “Catalyst”, Artserve, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

- “5th Annual Paint Me Miami”, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida, USA

- Art Center Miami, Booth G10, Seoul Open International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea

- “Art & Environment”, Art&Design Gallery, North Miami, Florida, USA

- "Asia in America”, MiArt Gallery, Wynwood, Florida, USA

-  Featured Artist – 32nd Annual Riviera Country Club Art Show, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

2015 

- Latin American Art Pavilion, Booth E110, Red Dot Miami Int. Art Show, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Así Pinta Panamá”, Miami Dade College North Campus, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Take a Seat”, Rosenbaum Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

- “Niña/Pinta/Santa María”. Miramar Cultural Center, Miramar, Florida USA

- “A Sense of Place”, Coconut Art Festival Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

- “Florida Mangroves: The Silent Sentinels”, Biscayne National Park, Dante Fascell Gallery,     Homestead,  Florida, USA

- Biennal Friouato 2015, Taza, Morocco

- “Red Eye”,  ArtServe Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

- “New Expressions of Latin America”, Ana G. Mendez University, Miramar, Florida, USA

-  Simons Gallery, AMAZON Fine Art.com Online Gallery

- “International Exposure”, Nina Torres Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

- Earth Day Houston, Piag Museum, Houston, Texas, USA

- Earth Day Sugar Land City Hall, Sugar Land, Texas, USA

- Earth Day Oyster Creek Park, Sugar Land, Texas, USA

- “Abracadabra”, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida, USA

- “Colors & Shapes Inspirations”, White’s Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

2014 

- Artsight Gallery, Booth 702,  Spectrum Miami Int. Art Show, Midtown, Miami, Florida, USA

- ARTSpecifier.com Online Gallery

- “Oblique Perspectives”, Curator’s Art Project Gallery, Wynwood, Florida, USA

- “Abstract Anthropomorhpic”, Curator’s Art Project Gallery, Wynwood, Florida, USA

-  International Biennale Artists Miami, Nina Torres Art Gallery, Florida, USA

- “Everglades”, Frameworks Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

- “Nature Artisans”, Wirtz Gallery First National Bank of South Miami, Florida, USA

- “Palette Knife Artists”, Sunstate Bank, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

- “Confetti”, Alper JCC Miami Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Petals”, Art Center Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA

- Riviera Country Club Art Show, Miami, Florida, USA

2013 

- “Genesis”, US Century Bank, Miami, Florida, USA

- “Alegría”, South Dade YMCA Center, Miami, Florida, USA

2012 

- “Flowering Reflections”, Datran Center Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

2010 

- Riviera Country Club Art show, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

2009 

- Collector’s Gallery and Framery, Venice, Florida, USA

- Riviera Country Club Art Show, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

- Unilatina University, Miramar, Florida, USA

2007 

- In the Park with Art – Art Festival, Palmetto Bay, Florida, USA

2006 

- “Art Box”, First National Bank of South Miami, Florida, USA

2005 

- Creative Learning Therapy Annual Art Auction, Miami, Florida, USA

- Dade Art Educators Association Annual Show, Miami, FLorida, USA

- Annual Calendar, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens 2009 to present

- By CGTN Noticias, "Artistas Chino-Costarricenses inauguran una exposición para celebrar la Fiesta de la Primavera", Feb 9th, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCt-iBB-8g 

- By Margherita Cole, " Abstract Lily Pad Paintings Symbolize the Beauty and Perseverance of Chinese Culture", Dec. 26th, 2022, USA. https://mymodernmet.com/maiyap-oil-paintings-lily-pads/

- By Katy Cowan, " Beautiful oil paintings of floating lily pads created using only palette knives", Creative Boom, July 26th, 2022, UK. https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/maiyap/

- By Roy Espinosa, “China y Panamá se unen en exposición de arte”, La Prensa, Vivir section, page 5B, February 3, 2022., Panamá. https://www.prensa.com/impresa/vivir/china-y-panama-se-unen-en-exposicion-de-arte/ 

- By 吴思萱, Zhao Jian, “Exposición exalta riqueza de arte chino-panameño en celebración de Año Nuevo Lunar chino”, Feb 4, 2022, Xinhua Newspaper, China.

http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/n3/2022/0205/c31617-9952953.html 

- By China Xinhua Español, “Exposición de artistas chino panameños muestra fusión cultural como parte del Año Nuevo Chino”, February 4th, 2022, China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7J9DAWjZYs 

- By Blanca Herrera, TVN Channel 2 “Gente Que Inspira”, February 8th 2022, Panamá. https://www.tvn-2.com/videos/gente-que-inspira/Mai-Yap-artista-maestra-color-video_2_6054914457.html 

- By Eliened Ortega, “Lienzos con Poder”, Metro Libre Newspaper, Section Cultura, Panamá. https://www.metrolibre.com/cultura/225948-lienzos-con-poder.html  

- By Stephanie Laufersweiler, Venue Magazine Volume 3 2021, “Preservation in Paint”, page 30, USA. https://www.venuecincinnati.com/arts-entertainment/preservation-in-paint/article_76fb9cee-2517-11ec-a7a3-9b1b6c10683e.html 

-  By Lucy Arnold, The Pen Woman Magazine, Summer 2021, “Truthful Art”, Cover and page 8, USA. https://www.nlapw.org/cover-artists/cover-artist-mai-yap/ 

- By Irene Acosta, La Estrella de Panamá, “La mujer panameña destaca con versatilidad en el arte pictórico”, Culture, marzo 18, 2021, Panama  https://www.laestrella.com.pa/cafeestrella/cultura/210318/210317-mujer-panamena-destaca-versatilidad-arte 

- By Reinier Rodriguez, Area Magazine, “Abstracción y Expresionismo con Sentido Ecológico”, Issue #34, December 2020, Pages 126-131, Panama. https://issuu.com/carlos-area-editorial/docs/area-34/127

- By Edith Monge, Conexiones Magazine, "Arte y Ecología en un mismo Lenguaje", Issue #253, October 2020, Pages 14-15, Miami, FL, USA. https://issuu.com/conexioneslarevista/docs/10_conexiones_octubre_2020/s/11607295

- By Roy Espinosa, “Unidas por el arte y por el sentimiento panameño”, La Prensa online newspaper, July 3rd, 2019, https://impresa.prensa.com/vivir/Unidas-arte-sentimiento-panameno_0_5340965893.html

- By Rickie Leiter, The Rickie Report, “Explore Palette Knife Painting at a Master Workshop”, April 2019, USA. https://www.therickiereport.com/2019/04/26/explore-palette-knife-painting-at-a-master-workshop-with-international-renown-artist-maiyap-on-saturday-may-18/, April 2019

 - By Joanie Cox-Henry, Art Hive Magazine, “Las Olas Capital Arts”, Issue #28, December 2018, Pages 28-31, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. https://issuu.com/arthivemagazine/docs/arthive28issuu

http://voyagemia.com/interview/check-mai-yaps-artwork/, October 2018

- By Carolyn Edlund, "How and Why to Use Detail Shots of Your Art", https://www.artsyshark.com/2017/07/11/how-and-why-to-use-detail-shots-of-your-art/, July 2017 

- By Raisa Clavijo, "7 Plus One Exhibits at the Coral Gables Museum", ArtDistricts Magazine, December 2016 - January 2017, page 62-63, Miami, Florida, USA

- By Carolyn Graham Edlund, "featured Artist MaiYap", , https://www.artsyshark.com/2016/07/11/featured-artist-maiyap/  July 2016

- By Jeniree Blanco, “Confetti, a mix of colors and nature”, La Estrella de Panama online newspaper, July 9, 2015

- By Jeniree Blanco, “MaiYap exhibits at White’s Art Gallery”, City of Doral newspaper, May 2015, page 36, Doral, Florida, USA

- By Alina Diaz, “Palette knife painting feels like flying free”, Neighbors, Miami Herald newspaper, April 27th, 2014, Page 3SE, Miami FL, USA

- By John Edward Smith, “Nature’s Artisans of Miami”, SOMI magazine, April/May 2014, Page 32, Miami, FL, USA

- By Ana B. Ramos, “Capital del Sol”, El Nuevo Herald newspaper, Sunday, April 27, 2014, page 3E, Miami, FL, USA

- By Sergio Alsina, “Palette knife artists of Miami celebrate their 1st show”, El Nuevo Herald, Sunday February 6, 2013, page 10E, Miami, FL, USA

- By George Leposky, “Everglades: Painted Tapestries”, www.examiner.com, March 3, 2013

- By Beatriz A. Mendoza, “El Encanto de Pintar con Palette en Miami”, Diario Las Americas newspaper , 2013 , #287, page 1B, Miami , FL, USA

- By Rocio Blanco Garcia, “Bouquet blooms at art exhibit”, Neighbors, Miami Herald newspaper, May 10th, 2009, Page 6, Miami, FL, USA

- By Patricia Mazzei, “Artwork reflected village’s growth”, Neighbors, Miami Herald newspaper, February 10th, 2008, page 6, Miami, FL, USA

- By Gary Alan Ruse, “Local artist’s commemorative work commissioned by village”, Palmetto Bay Community Newspaper, Feb. 26-Mar 3, 2008 cover, Miami, FL, USA

- By Jessica Kirchner, “Art is adding beauty to public places”, Neighbors, Miami Herald, July 27th, 2008, page 3, Miami, FL, USA

Permanent Collection

Village of Palmetto Bay, Palmetto Bay, Florida, USA

University of Miami, Miami Florida, USA

Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida, USA

Panamá Ministerio de Cultural, Panama, Panama

Haegeumgang Museum, Geoje, South Korea

Norwegian Cruise Line, Miami, Florida, USA

Museo de Arte El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador