MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA. 1962.ARCHITECT 1989 | GLASS ARTIST SINCE 1995 | ANA MARIA WORKS IN DIFFERENT GLASSTECHNIQUES FOCUSING ON THE INTEGRATION OF GLASS SCULPTURES ANDINSTALLATIONS TO ARCHITECTURAL SPACES. IN 2004 SHE PURSUED HER STUDIES INKILNCASTING AT PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL WITH SUSAN BALSHOR + AND CAROLMILNE. SINCE THEN SHE HAS ATTENDED SEVERAL BULLSEYE GLASS WORKSHOPS ANDCONFERENCES WHERE SHE HAS TAKEN CLASSES WITH SILVIA LEVENSON, RICHARDPARRISH, NARCISSUS QUAGLIATA AND JUDY TUWALETSTIWA. SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED4 TIMES AT THE FIRE ARTS BIENNIAL IN VALENCIA, VENEZUELA, A JURIED SHOW THAT ISHELD SINCE 1971. HER WORK IS PRESENT IN PRIVATE ART COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUTTHE AMERICAS AND EUROPE. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN IMPORTANT ART FAIRS SUCHAS ART MIAMI, ART PALM BEACH, ART CONTEXT, ARTBO, FIA, FIAAM, RED DOT, JUST TONAME A FEW. HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN VENEZUELA, USA AND EUROPETHROUGH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE ART SHOWS. HER WORK ISPRESENT IN GALLERIES IN BELGIUM, AUSTRIA, VENEZUELA, AND ACROSS THE USA. SHEIS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BELLAS ARTES CENTER IN MARACAIBO HER HOME TOWN.CURRENTLY SHE IS BASED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHERE SHE OPENED HER STUDIO IN2022. THIS FALL SHE WAS INVITED TO DO A RESIDENCY CONDUCTED BY RICHARDPARRISH AND STEVE KLEIN AT PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL.