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Lives and works in Miami, Florida
Born in Panama
Email: maiyap@bellsouth.net
Cell: 305.725.8630
Website: www.maiyap.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maiyap.art
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maiyapfineart/
STUDIES
1982 Bachelor in Arts - Advertising and Graphic Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
DISTINCTIONS
2024 Green Space Miami Annual Award
2020 Norwegian Cruise Line & Nader Museum Award - Finalist
Wynwood Biennial – 1st Place
50th NLAPW 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
TEACHING and LEADERSHIP
Director Dante Fascell Visitor's Center Art Gallery, Biscayne Nat. Park (2024-present)
Founder and Director, Palette Knife Artists of Miami (2013–present)
Art Instructor, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami, FL (2007–2022)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 “A House of Small Altars”, Edge Zones Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2025 “Echos of the Land, Whispers of the Reef, Biscayne Nat. Park, Homestead, Fl, USA
2024 “Sustrato”, Museo Municipal de Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
“Eco-Aesthetics in Motion”, Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Miami, FL
2023 “Perspective on Nature”, Grove Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
2022 “Progenie”, GAC Motor Gallery, Panamá, Panamá
“Genesis”, St Thomas University Favalora Museum, Miami, Florida, USA
2020 “Shades of Harmony”, Collectors Gallery, Venice, Florida, USA
“Thirty by Thirty”, MiArt Space Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA
2019 “Flow”, GalleryOne a DoubleTree Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, USA
2018 “Colors of Gratitude”, Las Olas Capital Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
“Earthbound”, Collectors Gallery, Venice, Florida, USA
2017 “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 Galllery, Wynwood, Florida, USA
2015 “Equilibrium”, MiArt Space Gallery, Wynwood, 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
SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2025 “The Family of the Artist”, Aluna Art Foundtion, Miami, Florida 33135
“Mirrored Realities”, Nova Southeastern University Library, Davie, Florida
“Art & Poetry: Echoes in Abstraction”, HartvestProject, Miami, Florida, USA
“A Drop of Poison”, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
2024 “Unveiling Power: Examining Influence”, Green Space Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
“Ebb & Flow: Exploring the Womanhood Continuum:”, The Frank Gallery, Pembroke Pines, Fl, USA
“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, USA
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 Abstracto”, 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
"Art Come Alive", ADC Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dia Internacional de la Mujer, Ministerio de Cultura, Asamblea Nacional, Panamá, Panamá
2020 “Sentir el Hacer”, 7PlusOne Proyecto de Arte, Galería Juan Manuel Cedeño, Panamá, Panamá
“Nosotras Las Mujeres que Somos”, Galería Mekki Magara, Tetuán, Moroco2019
“Gold & Spices”, Centre Gallery, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Miami, Florida, USA
“Roots of an Identity”, Miramar Cultural Center, Miramar, Florida, USA
Art Center Miami, Plastic Art Fair Seoul 2019, Booth G30, COEX, Seoul, Korea
“The Elements of Art”, Ninoska Huerta Gallery, Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, Florida, USA
“artINDIE” and “artCURATED”, Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2019 “Vision of Harmony”, Florida International University Green Library, Miami, Florida, USA
“Panamá y sus Artistas”, Biblioteca Simón Bolívar, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá
“Mujeres de Fuego”, Galería Juan Manuel Cedeño, Panamá City, Panamá
2018 “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
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
2016 5th Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, Bronx, New York, USA
Latin American Art Pavilion, Art Medellin International Show, Medellin, Colombia
Beijing Art Exhibit”, Lanrum International Art Gallery, Beijing, China
“Florida Mangroves: The Silent Sentinels”, Sunrise Civic Center, Sunrise, Florida, USA
“All Florida Exhibition 2016”, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, 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
2015 Latin American Art Pavilion, Booth E110, Red Dot International 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
“A Sense of Place”, Coconut Art Festival Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
Biennal Friouato 2015, Taza, Morocco
Earth Day Houston, Piag Museum, Houston, Texas, US
"Abracadabra”, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida, USA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Erin Parish, “MaiYap Explores Heritage at Edge Zones Miami, Artburst, Feb. 13, 2026, https://www.artburstmiami.com/blog/maiyap-explores-heritage-at-edge-zones-miami
By Carol Damian,”Menopausia: Transformación y Alteración”, Artepoli, #43 edition, December, 2024
By Bold Journey. “Meet MaiYap”, December 2023, https://boldjourney.com/meet-mai-yap/
By Canvas Rebel, “Meet MaiYap” October 2023, https://canvasrebel.com/meet-mai-yap/
By Rodrigo Martinez, “Sueño con unir las comunidades chinas por medio del arte”, March 2nd, 2023, Costa Rica. https://www.institutoconfucio.ucr.ac.cr/es/node/324
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. https://www.prensa.com/impresa/vivir/china-y-panama-se-unen-en-exposicion-de-arte/
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, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7J9DAWjZYs
By Blanca Herrera, TVN Channel 2 “Gente Que Inspira”, February 8th 2022, Panama. https://www.tvn-2.com/videos/gente-que-inspira/mai-yap-artista-maestra-color-video_8_1031507.html
By Eliened Ortega, “Lienzos con Poder”, Metro Libre Newspaper, Section Cultura, Panama.
https://www.metrolibre.com/cultura/lienzos-con-poder-ABML225948
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, https://www.laestrella.com.pa/vida-y-cultura/cultura/210317-mujer-panamena-destaca-versatilidad-arte-CJLE444723
By Reinier Rodríguez, Área 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 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
By Dan Goodman, Voyage Miami, “Thought Provokers Coral Gables: Mai Yap”
https://voyagemia.com/interview/check-mai-yaps-artwork/ , October 2018
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
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Village of Palmetto Bay, Palmetto Bay, Florida, USA
Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida, USA
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Miami, Florida, USA
Ministerio de Cultura, Panamá, Panamá
Haegeumgang Museum, Geoje, South Korea
Norwegian Cruise Line, Miami, Florda, USA
Museo de Arte El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador