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Co-Founder
Artistic Director
Miguel Braceli is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of art, architecture, and social practices. His artistic practice centers on participatory projects in public spaces, exploring both geopolitical and local conflicts through large-scale works across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
Braceli has presented performances, exhibitions, and educational projects in collaboration with renowned institutions such as MoMA Ps1, Documenta Fifteen, The Bronx Museum of Arts, Hemispheric Institute NY with MUAC-UNAM, Matadero Madrid, Museo Moderno de Buenos Aires, Athr Foundation, the Untitled Art Fair, and Pace Gallery. His work has been highlighted in influential journals and magazines, including e-flux Criticism, Forbes, and Art Review.
He has participated in esteemed residencies and programs, including MacDowell (2023), Fountainhead (2023), Skowhegan School of Painting (2022), Art Omi (2021), and McColl Center for Art (2020). Additionally, he was an AIM Bronx Museum Fellow (2022), Fine Arts Work Center Fellow (2024), and and Monument Lab Fellow (2026).
Braceli’s recent recognitions include being a Fulbright Scholar (2019-2020), the Young Artist Award from the Principality of Asturias (2018), and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship Award (2024-2026). In 2021, he co-founded LA ESCUELA___ in collaboration with Siemens Stiftung International. In 2022, he received a commission from the Percent for Art program to create a permanent large-scale public artwork in New York City.
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Maryland Institute College of Art
Fulbright Scholar. LASPAU, affiliated with Harvard University
Critical Studies Concentration
Master in Fine Arts
Central University of Venezuela, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Thesis Honorable Mention
MSc in Architectural Design
Central University of Venezuela, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Valedictorian. Magna Cum Laude
Bachelor of Architecture
SCHOLARSHIPS
Fulbright Scholarship. LASPAU, affiliated with Harvard University
USA. 2018
MICA Graduate Merit Scholarship. Maryland Institute College of Art. Mount Royal School of Art
USA. 2018
Master Degree Scholarship. CDCH UCV. Venezuela. January 2008 - July
Venezuela. 2012
PERMANENT PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
Percent for Art Program. New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Permanent public art commission for the Dalton Recreation Center. Staten Island, New York. In progress – to be inaugurated in 2025
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESIDENCIES
Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
Tulsa, OK. USA. 2024-2025
Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA. USA. 2023-2024
MacDowell Fellowship
New Hampshire, USA. October, 2023
Fountainhead Residency. 2023 Artist Roster
Miami, USA. January 2023
Children’s Museum of the Arts. Artist in Residency.
New York, USA. 2022-2023
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Art Residency
Maine, USA. Summer 2022
The Bronx Museum of the Arts. AIM Fellowship
New York, USA. March - September 2022
Art OMI. Fellowship at Art OMI Residency
New York, USA. June 2021
UNESCO and Ministry of Culture, Art residency
Al Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. December 2021
McColl Center for Art + COAA UNC Charlotte. Artist in residence
USA. September-December 2020
Future Architecture Platform. Fellow
European Union. September 2019-2020
MAXXI Museum of XXI Century Arts. Video work commission
Italy. June-July 2020
McColl Center for Art + COAA UNC Charlotte. Artist in residence
USA. September-December 2020
Acción Cultural Española (AC/E). Concéntrico 05. PICE Grants, visitors program
Spain. April-May 2019
MICA. Graduate Research Development Grants
Baltimore, USA. February-May 2019
Dados Negros Art Center. Residency Program
Spain. July-August 2017
Kiosko Gallery. Residency Program for Contemporary Art
Bolivia. April-June 2017
PACA Art Residency. Residency Program
Spain. August-September 2016
AWARDS
Decolonial Monunement. Finalist. Global Competition of Public Art. Berlin Global Village
Germany. 2024
Sondheim Prize. Finalist. Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts. Walters Museum
USA. 2020
Young Artist Principality of Asturias Award
Spain. 2018
Leslie King Hammond Graduate Award MICA. Maryland Institute College of Arts
USA. 2018
AICA Award. Artist with the Highest International Projection 2017. International Association of Art Critics. Venezuelan Chapter
2018
.Supertrama Award. Public Art Program of Extremadura
Spain. 2017
Emerging Artist Award. International Association of Art Critics. AICA
Venezuela. 2015
Honorable mention. Museum of Contemporary Art of Zulia. X Regional Exhibition of Young Artists
Venezuela. 2014
2nd Prize. Banesco Hall of Youth with FIA / XVII Edition
Venezuela. 2014
Honorable mention. VII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urban Planning
Spain. 2012
Sculpture award. XXXVI National Exhibition of the Arts of Fire
Venezuela. 2009
First Prize. National Design Competition "Homenaje al pueblo venezolano". Anna Frank Space Foundation
Venezuela. 2009
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
True Love’s Kiss. Fine Arts Work Center.
Massachusetts, MA 2024
Daylighting Waters | Grounding Voices. Collective performance. CALL
Bronx, New York, USA. 2020
Here Lies a Flag. Collective performance
New Rochelle, New York, USA. 2020
Monumentos Horizontales. Goethe Institute and Siemens Stiftung Foundation
Guadalajara. USA. 2020
Trigger. Collective performance. MICA Constitution Day
Cohen Plaza, Maryland, USA. 2020
Disparador. Collective performance. Encuentro 2019. Hemispheric Institute NY. MUAC - UNAM
Mexico. 2019
Here We Are. Collective performance. MICA Day of Service
Baltimore City Hall, USA. 2019
Sacar el aula. Collective performance. Escuela Art Thinking. Matadero Madrid
Spain. 2018
Inmateriales. Installation. Young Artist Initiative. 1111 Lincoln Road
USA. 2017
Irazú. Participatory performance. National Museum and TEC Costa Rica
Costa Rica. 2016
Traslaciones. Participatory performance. International Meeting of Land Art. “In Situ”
Argentina. 2015
La Nube. Permanent intervention. Spaces for Peace
"El 70" Slum. Caracas, Venezuela. 2015
Inmateriales. Participatory intervention. Museum of Memory and Human Rights
Chile. 2014
Socavados arqueología de estación. II Lunada del Rosario. North Santander Museum
Colombia. 2014
ÁREA. Participatory intervention at the Caracas Square
Venezuela. 2014
Biblioteca Abierta. Public Spaces Caracas and Sala Mendoza Foundation
Venezuela. 2013
Otro cielo para Petare. Installation. José Angel Lamas Foundation
Venezuela. 2013
SOLO SHOWS
Emancipatory Lands. Solo Project. Untitled Art Fair.
Miami, USA. 2024
Queer Fairy Tale in Provincetown. Fine Arts Work Center.
Massachusetts, USA. 2024
Here Lies a Flag. Museum of Arts and Culture
New Rochelle, New York, USA. 2022
Geopolitical Games: Subversions of Power. Rowe Gallery. UNCC
North Carolina, USA. 2020
Enterrar las banderas en el mar. SACO 8
Chile. 2019
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Geopolíticas del cuerpo. El territorio como piel. Sala Borrón
Spain. 2019
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· Miguel Braceli. 1:1. Espacio Monitor Gallery
Venezuela. 2018
El fin del mar. Kiosko Gallery
Bolivia. 2016
Inmateriales. Catalizadores del sol. Museum of Contemporary Art of Zulia
Venezuela. 2015
Apologías de lo posible. Acto I: Construir el mar. University Art Gallery - Central University of Venezuela
2015
Coreografías de la fuerza. Sala Mendoza Foundation
Venezuela. 2015
Inmateriales. Milm2 Space
Santiago de Chile. 2014
Biblioteca Abierta. University Art Gallery - Central University of Venezuela
2013
GROUP SHOWS
LA ESCUELA___ Education as Resistance. MoMA Ps1. New York.
Queens, New York. 2025
The Sixth AIM Biennial. The Bronx Museum of Art.
New York, New York. 2024
Decolonial Memorial. Kulturstalls Gutshof Britz.
Berlin. 2024
Fountenhaid Biennial II. Emerson -Dorsch Gallery.
Miami. 2023
Mental Spaces. Sugar Hill Museum.
New York, New York. 2023
"Área". Tamayo Museum. Independent Curators International.
Mexico City. 2022
"The Material, The Thing". Dorsky Museum. SUNY New Paltz
New York, USA. 2022
"Notions of Exile". Washington Project for the Arts
Washington, D.C. 2021
"At Home". MAXXI Museum of XXI Century Arts
Rome. 2020
Video-Projector Festival. Whitelab
Madrid. 2020
Copenhagen Architecture Festival film. Future Architecture Platform - MAXXI
Copenhagen. 2020
"Double Edge". Coral Gables Museum
Miami, Florida, USA. 2019
"Hidden Paths: An Exhibition About Walking As Art". Cardinal Space
Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 2019
"Tierra Firme". Galería NAC
Santiago de Chile. 2019
"Artist Books". Artist books exhibition. Ivorypress
Madrid. 2018
IX International Biennial SIART
La Paz, Bolivia. 2016
“Anti-Readymade”. Espacio Monitor Gallery
Venezuela. 2017
“Urban Forces”. XV Venice Architecture Biennale. Venezuela Pavilion
Italy. 2016
“Panorama de obras”. X Ibero-American Biennialof Architecture and Urban Planning
Brazil. 2016
“Design and It's Dimensions”. Young Artist Initiative. The Moore Building
Miami, Florida, USA. 2016
“Eingedenken/Recordación”. Railway Museum
Spain. 2016
“IT-15”. Hacienda La Trinidad Cultural Park
Venezuela. 2015
“BIG”. Espacio Monitor Gallery
Venezuela. 2015
“Metáforas de la emergencia o las balsas de la medusa”. Banesco Hall of Youth with FIA / XVIII Edition
Venezuela. 2015
“Quebrada de Tala: encuentro de encuentros”. Museum of Contemporary Art
Catamarca, Argentina. 2014
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XIII Velada de Santa Lucía.
Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2013
“Identidad Nacional”. 37° Aragua National Art Hall . Museum of Contermporary Art Mario Abreu
Venezuela. 2013
V Biennial of Maracaibo. Museum of Fine Arts of Maracaibo
Venezuela. 2012
VII Pirelli Hall for Young Artists. Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas
Venezuela. 2009
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
Disparador. In collaboration with Joselina Morgan. Museo Moderno de Buenos Aires,
Argentina. 2025
Entanglement. With Christina Freeman and Ronen Gamil. The Bronx Museum of Art, USA. 2023
Lecturer and organizer at CAMP Arts Educators in Residency. Documenta Fifteen.
Kassel, Germany. 2022
"Body Politics of the Pandemic". UNCC College of Art + Architecture
USA. 2020
"Body Politics of the Pandemic". School of Architecture. Polis University
Albania. 2020
“BodyHouse”. Maryland Institute College of Arts
USA. 2019
“BodyShelter”. Umea University
Sweden. 2017
“Inmateriales”. LABoral Art Center
Spain. 2016
"InstaMeet MoMA CCS". Program of the exhibition “Latinoamérica en construcción: Arquitectura de 1955 a 1988” (MoMA). University City of Caracas
2015
“Inmateriales”. Movimiento Sur. Milm2 Space. Chile.
2014
"Balance", by Jarrod Beck, invited artist from the Dieu Donné Papermill, NYC. FAU - UCV. BackroomCCS, Taller X and the Office of Public Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela
2013