Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition "Revisions - Celebrating Fifty Years of the UMBC Photography Collections" at the Albin O. Kuhn Collection, Baltimore, MD
2023 Group Exhibition as helandania at Wonder Fair 6.0 Digital Twin, New York, NY
2023 Solo Exhibition "Marianna Rising", "Elena's Son" and "Erotic Entanglement" at the Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
2023 Group Exhibition "Bodies | Object | Product | Agency" as helandania at The People's Forum, New York, NY
2022 The First "Summer Light" International Youth Photography Group Exhibition, Communication University of China, Nanjing School of Photography CUCN
2022 Group Exhibition as helandania at Wonder Fair 5.0 Art Basel, Miami, FL
2022 Group Exhibition Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2022 Group Exhibition MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Group exhibition with Parsons School of Design, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2022 “Into the Void” helandania (artist duo with Danniel Swatosh) Solo Exhibition at the Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, California
2022 “Underrated, Overlooked, Underpaid” Group Exhibition 201@105 Gallery New York, NY
2021 “Come Upon My Body” Solo Exhibition with collaborator Danniel Swatosh at Byrdecliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, New York
2021 Group exhibition with Parsons School of Design, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Group Exhibition Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2019 Group Exhibition with Parsons School of Design, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Solo Exhibition “I Am Cuban” BAM Brooklyn, NY
2011 Solo Exhibition “I Am Cuban” LX Factory, Lisbon, Portugal
2011 Solo Exhibition “I Am Cuban” Parlor, New York, NY
2011 Solo presentation of “I Am Cuban” at Les Nuits Photographiques Pierrevert. Awarded prize for best work at the festival. Prix du Jury.
2011 “The C.O.P. Guide to Etiquette” Group Exhibition, Strychin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 “Toscana” Solo Exhibition BZoo Gallery, New York, NY
​
Collections
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Albin O. Kuhn Library
International Center of Photography
Book
2011 “I Am Cuban” published by Damiani Editore with an introduction by Ralph Gibson.
​
Education
2022 MFA Photo & Video, magna cum laude, Parsons School of Design at The New School Provost Merit Scholarship.
2002 BFA, cum laude, Major in Studio Art, Minors in Spanish and French, Rutgers University
2000 Middlebury College, Madrid, Spain (Spring). Coursework in Spanish history, literature, and language
1999 Universidad de Complutense, Madrid, Spain (fall). Coursework in photography, painting, sculpture, and art history
1999 La Sorbonne, Paris, France (summer). Coursework in French literature and language
​
Awards
2022 MFA photography scholarship at Parsons School of Design
2011 1st place Prix Du Jury at Les Nuits Photographiques Pierrevert
Clients & Publications
Art Basel Magazine, Cosas Peru, NYTimes, NY Post, Zink, Marie Claire, Vogue UK, Glamour, Time Out New York, Refinery29, Honeysuckle Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Skunk Magazine, Saint Jane Beauty, Miss Marijuana Magazine, Womanly Magazine, Guest of a Guest, Girls Are Awesome, Atmos, Select.better, Frank 151, Costume (Norway), Bake (Norway), Mamma (Norway and Sweden), TV2 (Norway), Foria, KABO bags
​
​