Julieta Maria is a Toronto based new media artist with an MFA from York University.  She works with a variety of media, including video, interactive video installations and web. She has participated in several international screenings and exhibitions, including Scope Basel in Switzerland in 2010, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics in Colombia in 2009, and the Interactiva Biennale in Mexico 2009, among others.

During the past few years, Julieta has worked in the field of media arts as a facilitator, teaching workshops in video production, video editing, website development and digital story telling. She has also co-curated several Internet and media exhibitions. She is a co-founder of e-Fagia Visual and Media Art Organization in Toronto, where she is currently acting as the executive director.

MFA in Visual Arts at York University, Toronto, Canada. June 2010
BFA Honours in Visual Arts. York University. 2004
Postgraduate Studies in Literature. Atlántico University, Colombia. 1997
B.Sc. Computer Engineering Universidad del Norte , Colombia. 1994

2004-2011

e-fagia collective. Founding member, Coordinator, Web developer.

The collective e-fagia was created to provide a space to exhibit, write and reflect on issues surrounding digital art and new media installations with an emphasis on Latin American art and Diasporic art.
Activities:
e_fagia executive director
Co-curator of Digital Event 06 - 09

Disfagia Magazine. Member of the Editorial Committee.

Disfagia Magazine was created by the e-fagia collective in an attempt to provide the Latin artistic community in Toronto access to key texts about Latin American and diasporic art. It includes texts by Luis Camnitzer, Gerardo Mosquera, Ana Maria Guash, Oswald de Andrade, and others.

2009-2010

York University. Teaching Assistant.
Coordinated and taught the video production class for second year visual arts students. Instruction included camera, sound, lighting, editing, chromakeying.

2012

Error: Origen No Encontrado. Parqueadero, Banco de la República, Colombia
Tierra. Fase 4, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
Estárter3. Cellsbutton Media Festival, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Estárter3. Common Room, Bandung, Indonesia
3 Artists: Images Festival, Toronto
Reconstruction. Imagem Contato, Brasil.
My Heart is On Fire. Local Project Local 1, Santiago, Chile

2011

Bird. Rendevouz with Madness, Workmans Art Theater, Toronto
DystoRpia. Multi-Platform and New Media Installation. In collaboration with NO Media Collective. In: Subversive Technologies, Toronto Free Gallery.
Shifting States. Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension, Montreal
Exercises in Faith. La Cupula Art Gallery, Cordoba, Argentina
Bird. In: New Toronto Works, Pleasure Dome, Toronto
Soil. Video. In: Imergencia, Galeria ze dos bois, Lisbon, Portugal.
Bird. Video installation. FestArte. Circolo delgi Artisti, Rome, Italy.

2010

Exercises in Faith. Special Projects Gallery, York Universtiy
Until the Light. Winters Gallery, York University
Soil and Bird. Videophagy: Video, Web and Politics. Function 13, Toronto.
Soil. Light at the End of the Tunnel. Scope, Basel.
Precarious Landscapes. All Inclusive. Hot Shot, Toronto.  
Reconstruction II. Test Site. Durham Art Gallery.

2009

Findings. Caribbean Regional Biennial. Cartagena, Colombia.
Findings. Encuentro, NY Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics. National University, Bogotá, Colombia.
Reconstructions. Enquire Within,  Loop Gallery, Toronto
Findings. Bienale Interactiva, Mérida, México

2008

Forced Appearances. Awaiting your Return. Gallery 44, Toronto.
Fissures. Stimulate-Us Tinto Coffee House, Toronto

2007

Findings. Alternate Transmissions. XPACE Gallery. Toronto.
Fax Art. Ushuaia Biennial of the End of The World. Argentina.

2006

“e-sky”, Digital Event(o)'06. Internet project
February. X-Margins  Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto.
Fissures. Un/I. Salvador Allende Festival for Peace, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.
Semites. McCleave Lineage Tour, McCleave Gallery.

2005

Fissures. Idiomática.  Salvador Allende Festival for Peace.

2011

Soil, Bird: Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, NY.
Soil. Queens Museum, NY.

2010

Soil. Scope Basel. As part of the screening “Light at the End of the Tunnel”.
Cut. EJECT Video-performance Festival. Mexico D.F.
Findings II. Alucine Festival, Toronto

2009

Findings. Alucine Festival, Toronto

2007

Errant Palestinian. Latin American Film Festival, University of Pittsburgh, PA. USA
Unknown. Biennale Interactiva. Merida, Yucatán, México.
Errant Palestinian. Alucine Festival, Toronto.

2006

Unknown. Toronto Arab Film Festiival.

2003

On Water. Cine Accion, San Francisco Latino Film & Digital Video Festival. USA.
Unknown. Nueva ola del Caribe.  Itinerary video show. Colombia
Sea of Words. Tranztech.  Student Lounge program.
On Water. Alucine Festival Toronto

2011

Body, Video and Performance, Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics, New York City.

2010

Body of Knowledge. Wychwood Theater, Wychwood Barns. As part of Matiz-Nuance Multiarts projects.

2009

Binary Intersections. digital event'09, Pixel Gallery, e_fagia Visual and Media Arts Organization.

2008

Coordinator with e-fagia collective and Guillermina Buzio of the talk: Integration and Resistance in the Global Age: Works, and Artists from the 10th Havana Biennial by Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda, member of the curatorial team and theoretical forum coordinator of the Havana BiennaleSupported by OCAD Ontario College of Art & Design, York University and University of Toronto.

2007

Latin American Artists in Canada. Latin American Film Festival, University of Pittsburgh, PA. USA

2006

Online exhibition: Transgressing Territories. Digital Event 06. E-fagia Visual and Media Arts Organization.

2012

Entre-Activa Collective. Instituto Nacional del Arte, Buenos Aires.
Charla de Artista. Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires.
Arte, Tecnología en la periferia. El Otro en Desafío, Encuentro de creadores, Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia

2011

Interactive Art with Pure Data. LIFT (April, June)
Artist Talk. School Figueroa Alcorta, Cordoba, Argentina.
Artist Talk. Metro University, Cordoba, Argentina.
Artist Talk. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina.

2010

Artist Talk: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Artist Talk. Fort-Da. Matiz-Nuance MultiArts. Cinecyle, Toronto.
Artist Talk. Videophagia, HotShot Gallery, Toronto.

2009

Talk and programming workshop "Análisis y Estética de la Narrativa del Video Arte Curatorial", Bienal Arte NuevA Interactiva Merida, Mexico

Video workshop - Mayan Idenity: A creative approach.. Bienal Arte NuevA Interactiva Merida, Mexico.

Video and photography workshops for immigrant youth in Parkdale. e-fagia.

2007

Artist Talk, Latin American Speaker Series, A Space Gallery, Toronto.

2009

Radio Canada International – Ginette Law, Canada en las Americas. February 18

2007

Latin American Radio Magazine.
"http://www.wrct.org/"www.wrct.org and live through 88.3fm Pittsburgh.

2006

Radio Canada International – Ginette Law, Canada en las Americas. 27 Sept. 06

2005

Susan Douglas, "Idiomática", Canadian Art, Vol. 22, No.4, Hiver 2005.

2011

Sarick Purchase Award, York University.

2010

Nominated for the dean's award for the MFA thesis "Exercises in Faith", York University.