Artist
Maria Faedo
born Havana, Cuba 1946
- Also known as
- Maria Emilia Castagliola
- Born
- Havana, Cuba
- Active in
- St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- Biography
Painter and conceptual artist. Castagliola came to the United States from Cuba in 1961. She has B.A. (sociology), B.F.A., and M.F.A.degrees from the University of South Florida in Tampa and has taught art as an assistant professor at the university. Recent honors include a Fellowship Award from Art Matters, Inc., in New York and a residency at the Cambridge Center for Science and Art in North Carolina.
Latino Art and Culture Bilingual Study Guide (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996)
Exhibitions
May 31, 2024–January 5, 2025
The artists in Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women mastered and subverted the everyday materials of cotton, felt, and wool to create deeply personal artworks.