YOMARIE SILVA-O’NEAL
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico
Resides in Miami, Florida

EDUCATION
2005
M.F.A. (Sculpture), Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2001
B.F.A., (Painting and Sculpture), Florida International University, Miami, Florida
1994
A.A. New World School of the Arts, Miami, Florida

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2010

Artist in Residence at Deering Estate, Palmetto Bay, Florida 

EMPLOYMENT
2010-Present

Senior Professor, Sculpture, Miami Dade College, Arts & Philosophy Dept., Kendall Campus, Miami, Fl

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MOAD, Museum of Art & Design, Miami, Florida

SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2019
OBSERVATIONIS
LnS Gallery, Miami, Florida
October 5, 2019 – November 2, 2019

The Other Half Of The Sky
Girl’s Club, Ft.Lauderdale, FL

Ongoing Highlights
LNS Gallery, Miami, FL

2018
Under Construction
Miami Dade College Faculty Show, Miami, FL

2017
Southern Babes
Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, Fl

2016
Intersections Exhibition
Deering Estate, Cutler Bay, Fl

2014 
WORK WORK, curated by Katherine Pill
Miami Dade College Faculty Show, MOAD, Miami, FL

Sidetracked, curated by Rochi Llaneza
MAC Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl

Season Culmination Exhibit: Alumni and Project Residency Artists
Deering Estate, Cutler Bay, Fl

Paper Hearts Fundraiser
Freedom Tower, Miami Dade College, Miami, Fl

2012
TBD Kendall Campus Faculty Show
Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami,    FL

“This or That” Print Exchange
Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Fl

30 Articles, 30 Journals, 30 Days
MDC InterAmerican Campus, Miami, Fl

2011
Faculty Show
Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL

2010  
HOT WAX, Contemporary Encaustic Work
Freyberger Gallery, Penn Sate, PA

Faculty Show, Kendall Campus
Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL

Deering Estate
Deering Estate, Palmetto Bay, Florida

2009   
Annual Kendall Campus Faculty Show
Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Art Disrtrict, Miami, Fl

2008 
Buttermag Show
Buttermag Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL

2007 
Faculty Show
Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL

Altered Art
Fire Haus Project, Miami, FL

Fire Haus Project
Miami, FL

Ten
Edgezones Gallery, Miami, FL

Altered Arts
Fire Haus Project, Miami, FL

2006
Women’s Faculty Exhibit
Miami Dade College, Miami, FL

2005 
Open Ground
Miami Art Gallery, Miami, FL

Birthmark
Art Center/ South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

Borders Twelve
Border’s Framing and Gallery, Miami, FL

2004 
One Night in Miami
SoHo Lounge, Design District, Miami, FL

National Printmaking Exhibition
Comma Inc., Orlando. FL

Recurring Trade
ASL Gallery at the Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

2001 
Castings
Graham Center Bookcases, FIU, Miami, FL

1st Annual Regional Graduate Honors Exhibit
South Gallery of Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL

2000
Visual Arts Showcase
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL

TEN, An Exhibition of FIU Scholarship Recipients, Fine Arts Student Association
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL

1999  
Going…Going…, Collaborative Student Exhibition
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Minimized, Micromized, Miniturized
2nd Edition Bookstore Bookcases, Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Book Works…an exhibition of artist’s books
Bookstore Bookcases, Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Open Gala Latin American Artists
South Art Gallery, Miami, FL

1998  
Florida International University’s Second Annual Aluminum Casting Workshop
Florida International University, Miami, FL

Bookcase Exhibition
Bookstore Bookcases, Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL

1997
Visual Arts Showcase, Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts Student Association
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2020
55th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show
DelMar College, Corpus Christi, TX

Curated Group Exhibition
LnS Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL

Home Sweet Home: curated by HARTvest Project
Pinecrest Gardens, FL

2015 
sculpture is culture
Bakehouse Art Complex ,Miami, Fl

Season Culmination Exhibit: Alumni and Project Residency Artist, curated by Kim Yantis
Deering Estate, Cutler Bay, FL

Art in cultured Settings, curated by Bernice Steinbaum
Wynwood Arts Festival, Wynwood, Miami, FL

2014 
Sidetracked, curated by Rochi Llaneza
MAC Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2013 
Small Works
New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

2010 
HOT WAX, Contemporary Encaustic Work
Freyberger Gallery, Penn State, PA

2006 
Inter-Sections, Art in Miami, curated by Carol Damian & Mirta Kozolchyk
Miami Beach, FL

2005   
off the map, curated by Bernice Steinbaum
Atlas Plaza, Miami, FL

2004
Visual Arts Showcase
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

2002
Annual Student Show
The Art Museum, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

2001   
2001 Annual Student Show
The Art Museum, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

2000   
Amalgam, a Juried Exhibition
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

4th Annual Student Exhibition, A Juried Exhibition
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

1998   
Southeastern College Art Conference Juried Student Exhibition
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

Florida International University, The Annual Student Exhibition, A Juried Exhibition
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

1997  
FASA Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts Student Association
Graham Center Student Gallery, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL