Berdscarnival (Maraya G Lopez)
2023 SOMOS/WE ARE: Latinx Artists of Long Island, Long Island Museum (affiliate of the Smithsonian), Stony Brook, New York, Guest Curator: Kelynn Alder
2022 Osmosis, Art Cake, Brooklyn, New York, Curated by Gabriel Sehringer, Mini-documentary by The Gentle Cowboys Collective, osmosis.nyc
2022 Shooting Freaks, Live at the Archway (Gallery), Dumbo, Brooklyn, Sponsored by: Dumbo Improvement District
2021 The Six Foot Platform, Dumbo, Brooklyn, Sponsored by: Dumbo Improvement District in association with Brooklyn Arts Council
D.I.Y. & Solo
2015 Magic Machine Artist Residency, Coney Island, New York
2014 The Debt Doll Project a project for Debtfair
2012 Free Pussy!!, New York City Subways, New York
2010 Berd’s Carnival: Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Steuben West Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Group Exhibitions
2022 Towards a Brave New World, The Gallery at 180 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, Collaboration with Art Yard BKLYN
2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Employee Art Exhibit, The Met Museum, New York, New York
2022 Your Flowers Are So Lovely, They Have Made Me Well Again, 339 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York (Part of Storefront Arts Recovery Initiative, curated by Jennifer McGregor), Collaboration with Art Yard BKLYN
2022 More Art Of Coney Island, BWAC, Brooklyn, New York, Curated by Alicia Degener
2021 Ribcage, The Grackle Art Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas 2020 Black & White,BWAC, Brooklyn, New York, Juror: Jeneé-Daria Strand
2019 Met Museum Staff Show, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 199, New York, New York
2018 Wonder Wheel mural, HBO Series, The Deuce, episode 2: There’s An Art to This, clip is at 20:25
2018 From Coney Island to El Barrio, Fallen Heroin, El Barrio’s Art Space PS109, New York, New York
2018 MUAW SHOW! (Museum Union Art Show), El Barrio’s Art Space PS109, New York, New York
2018 Fire and Fury, Resonator Art Space, Norman, Oklahoma
2017 STATE PROPERTY, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, New York, in collaboration with artist, Yasmeen Abdallah
2017 Self Storage, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2017 Whitney Biennial 2017, Debtfair (Berdscarnival), Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York 2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Employee Art Exhibit, New York, New York
2017 With Something, curated by Jo Eun Huh (June), K and P Gallery, New York, NY
2017 5th Avenue SAW (Fool’s Paradise) a collaboration with Maura Falfan, Curated by, Annelie McGavin; Cheim and Read; Michael David, David and Schweitzer Contemporary, Katherine Toukhy, 2015 SAW artist; Joseph Shahadi, 2016 SAW Artist and Co-Founder/Executive Director of The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival; and Sophia Chizuco, SAW Artist, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
2017 A.I.R. Gallery’s 12th Biennial Exhibition, Curated by, Piper Marshall, Brooklyn,New York
2016 Pratt Institute Alumni 2016 Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
2016 A.I.R. Gallery’s 2016 Annual Postcard Exhibition and Sale, WISH YOU WERE HERE 15: Make A Splash, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Debtfair Art League Houston, Houston,Texas
2015 Spring Benefit 2015,Momenta Gallery,Brooklyn,New York
2015 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Employee Art Exhibit, New York, New York
2015 Through the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Nation IIII: Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Generations IX, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013 DebtFair Artist Meetup, Abrons Arts Center, New York, New York
2013 Sideshow Nation II at The Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Working it Out, The Painting Center, New York, New York
2012 7th Berlin Biennial (Occupy Museums), Berlin, Germany
Education
MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BFA, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX
Study Abroad, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Awards and Nominations
2020 West Collection, Emergency Grant, Emergency Fund for Visual Artists
2010 The Joan Mitchell Foundation, MFA Grant Nominee,The Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, New York 2009 Dedalus Foundation Nominee for MFA Fellowship, Dedalus Foundation, New York, New York
2009 2009-2010 Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Publications
2015 EPOCH WEEKEND by Epoch Times (Debt Doll project)
2012 Printed Matter Art and Activist Zine Series (Occupy Museums), New York,New York
2012 Swipe Magazine 3rd Edition, New York, New York
Fundraising Campaigns
2018 Indiegogo Coney Island to El Barrio, Fallen Heroin
2015 Indiegogo Coney Island Magic Machine Artist Residency
Entrepreneurial Endeavors
2018 Pop-up Coney Island In Artist Residency Program