AMALIA CAPUTO
is a photo and video Miami based artist and art historian. Her work deals with issues of time and memory, the body, domesticity and the feminine. She has a BA in Art History from Universidad Central de Venezuela and completed her MA from New York University and the International Center of Photography in the fields of Art Theory and Photography. Recent solo shows include Transferencias at La Caja Centro Cultural Chacao, in 2012 and at Galería Artepuy, currently on view in Caracas. Since 1989 her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Bienal de Cuenca in Ecuador, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation in Miami, Museum of Latin American Art in California, the Museo Alejandro Otero in Caracas, Scope in London and New York, Primavera Fotográfica in Barcelona, Miami Art Museum, Centro de la Imagen in Mexico DF, Fundación Banco Mercantil in Caracas, and Ela-Asia Art Taipei in Taiwan, to name a few. Her work is represented in various public and private collections including those of the Galería de Arte Nacional in Caracas Venezuela, Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, the Fundación Banco Mercantil Collection and the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection in Miami, among others. Her range of professional experience within the art world includes working at museums, art institutions, coordination of exhibitions and publications, curating exhibitions, editing for art publications, writing and lecturing.