Artist Registry
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RESUME
“wickedly surreal paintings”
Jillian Steinhauer for The New York Times “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in January 2024”
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“Via anthropomorphization, Korol has injected these bestial tableaus with humanity’s patently unfunny pecking orders of class, gender, and race.”
Sean J. Patrick Carney for Artforum “Critic’s Pick”
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María Korol's artistic practice is rooted in drawing and painting. She is interested in storytelling, literature in conversation with history, memory, and transformation. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1980, in the middle of a military dictatorship, she was exiled to Brazil for five years and later returned to grow up in her home country. She moved to the United States in 2004. Korol has shown her artwork nationally and internationally in places such as March Gallery and The Painting Center in New York City, Institute 193 in Lexington, KY, Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta, Cluster Contemporary in Rome, Italy, and the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, among other places. Her artwork is in numerous collections. She is a distinguished fellow of the Junge Akademie der Künste, the Hambidge Center, and the Women's Art Institute. In recent years she was a finalist for the Atlanta Artadia Award and the recipient of the Edge Award with the Forward Arts Foundation. Her work has been mentioned in The New York Times, ARTFORUM, ART PAPERS, Burnaway, and ArtsATL. Her studio is based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she is an assistant professor of art at Morehouse College.
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MARÍA KOROL
EDUCATION
2014 Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington. Emphasis: Painting and Drawing
2009 Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Irvine. Major Field: Studio Art
SOLO SHOWS
2025 Playing Ball Without a Ball. Lyndon House Arts Center. Athens, GA, USA.
2025 Tierra adentro (Hinterland). Institute 193. Lexington, KY, USA.
2024 Azul, azul, azul. Ground Floor Contemporary. Birmingham, AL, USA.
2023 Bichos. Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2021 Rango de mareas (Tidal Range). Marcia Wood Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2020 Nightwork. Swan Coach House Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2018 La casa de Ariadna. WonderRoot Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2017 Cazadora nocturna (Night Hunter). The Box Gallery at Knox College, IL, USA.
2016 New Drawings. Susan Hensel Gallery. Minneapolis, MN, USA.
2014 Unravel and Bound. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN, USA.
GROUP SHOWS
2025 MPM/IRL, curated by mepaintsme. 48 Hester Street, New York, NY, USA.
2025 Conflicting Feelings, curated by Domenico De Chirico and Marco Crispano. Contemporary Cluster Gallery. Rome, Italy.
2025 Winter Juried Exhibition, curated by Glenn Goldberg. Blue Mountain Gallery. New York, NY, USA.
2025 Echo Locator, Field Projects Gallery. New York, NY, USA.
2024…an Atlanta biennial…curated by Antonio Darden, Scott Ingram, Melissa Messina, and Dr. Fahamu Pecou. The Temporary Art Center. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2024 Beastiario, a Latin American Art Overhaul, curated by Esteban Patiño. Ger-Art Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2024 Ten by Night. The Canopy Gallery. Chelsea, NY, USA.
2024 What Fierce Looks Like, curated by Pat Olson and Chris Cinque. Form + Content Gallery. Minneapolis, MN, USA.
2024 The Sea Swept the Sandcastles Away. (To wake up in Atlanta!), curated by Daniel Fuller. MARCH Gallery. New York, NY, USA.
2024 In the pale moonlight, curated by Kristen Dodge. September Gallery. Kinderhook, NY, USA.
2024 Pollinators, curated by K. Joy Ballard Peters. Jack Sinclair Gallery at The Arts XChange Art Center. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2024 Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh, Heart of my Heart: The Figure in Contemporary Art, curated by William Downs. Day & Night Projects. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2023 Hidden Gems, curated by Danille Taylor. Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2023 Afar. Sonnestein Loft, Hybrid Art Space. Kunstuniversität Linz. Linz, Austria.
2023 Open Studios Showcase. Cobertizo Residency. Jilotepec, Mexico.
2023 Framing the Future. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2023 38th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition. Bradley University Galleries. Peoria, IL, USA.
2022 Chrysalis, curated by Jessica Helfrecth. Westside Paper. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2022 Finding a Memory, curated by Erika B. Hess. Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA, USA.
2022 Transfer Credit, curated by Vivial Lidell and Joe Levickas. ARTS+ATHLETICS Gallery. Athens, GA, USA.
2022 Reimagine Peace: The Art of Resistance, curated by Charmaine Minnifield. Jack Sinclair Gallery at The Arts XChange Art Center. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2021 All Eyes on Georgia, curated by Melissa Messina and Sarah Higgins. Laney Contemporary Gallery via Artsy.
2021 Welcome. Back. Marcia Wood Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2021 A Cow in the Backyard. Collaboration with Elena Rykova. Plug and Play, Territory Festival. Performed by Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble. Moscow, Russia.
2021 Little Things, curated by Michelle Laxalt and ShowerHaus (Abigail Justman and Jacob O’Kelley). Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2020 A Cow in the Backyard. Collaboration with Elena Rykova. Invited by Bettina Junge and performed by ensemble mosaik. Chimeras at Kesselhaus. Berlin, DE.
2020 Celebrating Georgia Artists of Hispanic/Latinx Descent. Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2019 Controlled Burn. Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2019 Study in Yellow and Violet. Collaboration with Elena Rykova. Invited by Bettina Junge and performed by ensemble mosaik. Up to Three at Friedriechstadt Palast. Berlin, DE.
2019 Little Things, invited by Marianne Lambert. Swan Coach Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2019 Transcend, new works by artists in The Creatives Project. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2019 The High Rise Show. Fulton County Arts and Culture. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2018 MINT Fifth National Juried Exhibition, juried by Jiha Moon. MINT Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2018 Nova, new works by artists in The Creatives Project. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2018 Artistas Abstractos de Latino América en Atlanta. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2018 Ni Aquí Ni Allá. The Bakery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2018 Recent Acquisitions of the Agnes Scott College Collection. Dalton Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2018 Behoven, A Subversive Group Show, curated by Zachary Carlile. IU Kokomo Downtown Gallery, IN, USA.
2017 Under Construction. Collaboration with Elena Rykova. Akademie der Künste. Berlin, DE.
2017 Showing Thinking. Dalton Gallery. Decatur, GA, USA.
2016 Open Studios. Akademie der Künste. Berlin, DE.
2016 Eight National Juried Exhibition, juried by Graham Nickson. Prince Street Gallery. New York, NY, USA.
2015 Faculty Show. Cyrus M. Running Gallery. Moorhead, MN, USA.
2014 Inside and Out. The Painting Center, New York, NY, USA.
AWARDS, HONORS, and RESIDENCIES
2023 Cobertizo Residency. Jilotepec, Mexico.
2023 The Canopy Program with painter Yevgeniya Baras. New York, NY, USA. Recipient of the JBH scholarship and Title III federal grant for professional development.
2022 Artadia Award Atlanta Finalist.
2022 Pensamiento contemporáneo feminista (Contemporary Feminist Thought) with Tamara Tenenbaum. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022 NYC Crit Club with Mira Schor. Six week virtual residency.
2022 NYC Crit Club with Clarity Haynes. Six week virtual residency.
2020 Edge Award with the Forward Arts Foundation of Atlanta, GA, USA.
2020 Distinguished Fellowship to The Hambidge Residency. Rabun Gap, GA, USA.
2020 Hughley Fellowship with WonderRoot Art Center in Atlanta, GA, USA.
2020-2018 The Creatives Project, artist residency with studio at The Goat Farm in Atlanta, GA, USA.
2016 Young Akademie Fellowship, scholarship for a three-month residency with Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany.
2015 Women’s Art Institute, scholarship for a six-week residency and workshop at Saint Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN, USA.
PUBLICATIONS
2024 What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in January Jillian Steinhaur for The New York Times.
2024 “...an Atlanta Biennal” Louise E. Shaw for ArtsATL.
2024 Art Show Review Madeleine Seider for Burnaway.
2024 Art Show Review Taliesin Thomas for Chronogram.
2023 Critic’s Pick Sean J. Patrick Carney for ArtForum.
2023 Action, Spectacle Invited to showcase my artwork by editor Ashley Farmer.
2021 Constitutionally Flawed Art project including an essay and an animation by María Korol for ART PAPERS.
2020 Conversation with Images, Stories at Play Jerry Cullum for ArtsATL.
2020 Women of the Night, in Daylight Clara Busé for SCAN.
2020 Mood Ring Art project including poems and images by María Korol for Burnaway.
2020 Our Favorite Stories of 2020 Mood Ring by María Korol selected as a highlight by Logan Lockner.
2020 Glitter on the Pavement Review of Michael Jones’s show by María Korol for Burnaway.
2020 Unexpected Sunlight Review of Rocío Rodríguez’s show by María Korol for Burnaway.
2020 Commanding Shadows of Death Review of William Downs’s show by María Korol for Burnaway.
VISITING LECTURES
2025 Artist Talk for solo show Playing Ball Without a Ball. Lyndon House Arts Center. Athens, GA, USA.
2025 Panel discussion participant. MARCH Gallery, New York, USA.
2024 Moderator for artist talk with Aineki Traverso at Swan Coach House Gallery. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2024 University of Florida: Visiting Artist with a guest lecture and critiques with graduate students. Gainesville, FL, USA.
2023 SeekATL: studio visit lecture. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2022 Westminster School: Visiting Artist with a solo show in the campus gallery, a guest lecture, and a studio art workshop with high school students. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2024-2022 Judge in panel for the Edge Award with the Forwards Arts Foundation. Atlanta, GA, USA.
2021 Florida State University: Zoom Guest Speaker with an artist talk and critiques with graduate students. Tallahassee, FL, USA.
2019 University of Georgia: Visiting Artist with critiques with graduate students. Athens, GA, USA.
2018 Knox College: Visiting Artist with a solo show in The Box Gallery, a guest lecture, and critiques with undergraduate students. Galesburg, IL, USA.
2016 Agnes Scott College: Kirk Visiting Artists with an art show and a guest lecture. Atlanta, GA, USA.