1959
Born La Habana, Cuba
Currently lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico
EDUCATION
1984-1979
Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
1975-1979
Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro, La Habana, Cuba
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001
Project Room. ARCO ’01, Madrid, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Spain
Solo exhibition. Galeria Iturralde, Los Angeles, California
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Basta Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2000
Solo exhibition. Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
Solo exhibition. Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
1999
Solo exhibition. Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, NY
Solo exhibition. Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Todo viene de tierra ajena. Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba
Solo exhibition. Galeria Paolo Curti, Milan, Italy
1998
Solo exhibition. Throckmorton Gallery, New York, NY
Algo mágico. Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
Solo exhibition. IFA Galeria Bonn, Germany
Solo exhibition. Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Solo exhibition. Gallery Photographs do not Bend, Dallas, TX
Solo exhibition. Espacio Proyectos, Museo del Barrio, New York
1997
Solo exhibition. Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Marta Maria y Fernel Franco. Sala Suramericana de Seguros, Club Fotografico de Medellin, Colombia.
1996
Viven del Cariño. Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Cuerpos Alterados. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1994
Divine Utterances, Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Solo exhibition. Galeria Ruta Correa, Freiburg, Germany
Solo exhibition. Cultural Center Schlachthof, Kassel, Germany
1992
Integración 92, Galería Valenzuela y Klenner, Bogota, Colombia
Galerie Le Lieu, Centre en Art Actuell, Quebec, Canada
Caminos, Galeria Basta, Hamburg, Germany
Marta Maria Perez. Galeria El Patio, Bremen, Germany
1990
Solo exhibition. Museo de Arte de Pori, Finland
1989
Solo exhibition. Museo de Arte de Pori, Finland
Solo exhibition. Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki
Solo exhibition. Fotogram Gallery, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Solo exhibition. Titanic Gallery, Turku, Finland
1985
Obra reciente, Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba
1982
Dibujos y cerámicas, Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001
Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revulution, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Sala Pelaires, Mallorca, Spain
Syncretism, Mario Cravo Neto, Albert Chong, Marta María Pérez Bravo, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
El final del eclipse, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Salas Caja General e Instituto de America, Granada y Santa Fe de Granada, Spain; Museo de Art Extremeno e Iberoamericano de Badajoz, Spain
2000
Kwangju Biennale, Korea
Latin American Still Life, Reflection of Time and Place, Museo del Barrio, New York
The Song of the Earth, Museo Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Estética Iberoamericana, Museo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
1999
Mirror Images, Women, Surrealism, and Self-Representations, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1998
Mirror Images, Women, Surrealism, and Self Representations, MIT Art Center Massachusetts and Miami Art Museum
Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century from the collection of Helen Kornblum, Saint Louis Museum of Art, Saint Louis, MO; The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM; The Mead Museum of Art, Amherst; The Wichita Art Museum, Kansas.
1997
5th International Istanbul Biennial
Memorias de un viaje, Universidad de Valencia, Spain,
V Bienal de Istanbul, Turkey
Scene from Behind, curated by Carla Berger, Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York, NY
Galería Sol del Río, Guatemala
Marta María Pérez Bravo & Albert Chong, The Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
Cuban Photographers, curated by Manuel Gonzalez, Generous Miracles Gallery, New York, NY
1996
The Image as Object: A New Look at Photo Conceptualism, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
No where: Walking, Thinking and Walking. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art & Copenhagen, Denmark
Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y sincretismo, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona
Pushing Images Paradigms, Portland, OR
Installations: Marta María Pérez Bravo, Lorna Simpson, Elena del Rivero and Valeska Soares, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
A Glimpse of the Norton Collection as revealed by Kim Dingle, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1995
Cartographies, Fundacion La Caixa, Madrid, Spain
Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Cuerpos Alterados with Eugenia Vargas, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Viven del cariño, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
Las formas de la tierra, Galeria Buades, Madrid, Spain
Still Life: Five Photographers, Americas Society, New York, NY
La isla posible, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona, Spain
The Meaning of the Mask, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994
Cartographies, National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada and Bronx Museum, NY
The New Generation: Contemporary Photography from Cuba, Fotofest, Houston, TX
1993
La imagen infiel, Fototeca de Cuba,
Cartographies, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada; Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota, Colombia
1992
Von Dort aus Kuba, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Desde la Tierra, Aktuelle Kubanische Kunst, Hamburg, Germany
1991
Los hijos de Guillermo Tell, Museo Alejandro Otero, Venezuela; Biblioteca Luis Angel Anango, Bogota, Colombia
IV Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba.
De Cubanese Renaissance, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1990
The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba now, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston and The Bronx Museum, New York
No Man is an Island, Museo de Arte de Pori, Finland; Mucsarnok Museum, Budapest & Palacio Palffy, Austria
Kuba OK, Statische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
Aktuel Kunst aus Kuba, IFA Stuttgart, Germany
21st. Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo. Brazil
1989
III Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
Made in Havana, Australian Center of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
1988
Raices en Accion, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima, Peru; Museo de Art Moderno, Caracas, Venezuela
Signs of Transition: 80’s Art from Cuba, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York
Made in Havana. Art Gallery of South Wales, Sidney, Australia
1986
X años del ISA, La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1984
Hecho en Lationamerica. III Coloquio Latinoamericano de Fotografia, Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Art, Pori, Finland
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
