selected bibliography

2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2006
Inside Out: FIU Exhibit Examines Women's Inner Worlds,
Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida,October 15, 2006
Room To Show: Four Cuban-American Women Get Their Due,
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, New Times, Miami, Florida, October 12, 2006
4 Instalaciones De Un Fuerte Impacto Conceptual,
Carlos M. Luis, El Nuevo Herald, October 1, 2006
Four Ways: A Room Of Her Own,
Julia P. Herzberg, Catalog Essay, A Room Of One's Own; Teresita Fernandez, Maria Elena Gonzalez,
Quisqueya Henriquez, & Maria Martinez-Cañas,
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, September 2006
María Martínez-Cañas,
Literal Magazine, Houston, Texas, Volume 5, Fall 2006 [Cover + 7 pages]
Lies + Dustograms,
FotoFest 2006, Catalog Interview, Ricardo Viera, Houston, Texas, March 2006
FotoFest 2006,
Carla Valencia, Art/Living, 002houston Magazine, March 2006

2005
Mentiras Como Verdades De María Martínez-Cañas
Carlos M. Luis, El Nuevo Herald, September 18, 2005
MOCA Collaborators: From Dust To Art
Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, August 22, 2005
Makeover At MOCA
Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, August 14, 2005
Finding Magic In Dust
Dawnell Smith, Anchorage Dauly News, Anchorage, Alaska, July 31, 2005
Defining Latin American Art
Dorothy Chaplik, McFarland & Company Inc., First Edition, Pages 104 & 105, 2005

2004
Photography Speaks II: 150 Photographers On Their Art
Brooks Johnson, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Aperture Foundation, 2004
 Light’s Fantastic, Imagination, Too
Elisa Turner, Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami Florida, August 8, 2004
Hope and Glory
Elisa Turner, Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami Florida, July 14, 2004
Nueva Luz Photographic Journal
Volume 9, No. 3, Spring

2003
María Martínez-Cañas
Review, Victor M. Cassidy, Art In America, December.
Expanding Horizons: Report From Miami

Roni Feinstein, Art In America, December.
María Martínez-Cañas: A Retrospective
Joel Weinstein, Atlantica, Centro Atlántico De Arte Moderno, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Spain, No. 34, Winter.
City Focus: Miami/South Florida
Elisa Turner, ARTnews, February
Toxin Avengers
I.D. Magazine, June [Cover + 4 pages]

2002
Art Highlights: Year In Review
Elisa Turner, Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami Florida, December 22.
María Martínez-Cañas, Review
The New York Sun, New York, New York, December 19.
A Step To Greatness: ‘Miami Currents’ Puts The Miami Art Museum’s Best Foot-And Art-Forward

Elisa Turner, Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, November 10.
MAM: Para Celebrar Una Coleccion Y Una Comunidad

Armando Alvarez Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida,November 10.
María Martínez-Cañas
Carol Damian, Art Nexus, October - December
Dos Décadas De Fotografía: María Martínez-Cañas
Armando Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, June 23.
Fort Lauderdale Exhibit Is Worthy Of Praise
Elisa Turner, Living and Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, May 22
.Identity Crisis: María Martínez-Cañas
Elisa Turner, Living and Arts, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, May 22.
Drawing With Light: María Martínez-Cañas
Matt Schudel, Arts & Leisure, Sun Sentinel, May 19.
10 Artists To Watch: Into The Blue Light - María Martínez-Cañas
Elisa Turner, ARTnews, March
Snap Decisions: María Martínez-Cañas
Charles Dews, Latino Learders Magazine, Carrollton, Texas, Volume 3, Number 1, February-March
Irritating, Witty ‘Humid’ Is Sure To Get Under Your Skin”
Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, January 19
ReMembering Cuba: Legacy Of A Diaspora
Andrea O’Reilly Herrera, University of Texas Press, First Edition, Pages 260-262
Miami-La Habana: Contrapunteo En Paris
William Navarrete, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, January 28
Artistes Cubains A Miami

José Alonso, Connaissance Des Arts, Paris, France, January
Art Reviews: María Martínez-Cañas

Nancy Barnes, Art News, January
Retrospectiva De María Martínez-Cañas
Armando Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, November 26
María Martínez-Cañas En Buenos Aires
Carlos Luis, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, August
The Melancholic Garden: Nature Lost And Re-Gained In The Recent Work Of Maria Martinez-Cañas
Edward J.Sullivan, Catalog Essay, Galeria Arte X Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August                 
María Martínez-Cañas: Evidence of Belonging

Britta Konau, Essay, Women In The Arts Newsletter, The National Museum Of Women In The Arts, Washington, DC, Spring, Volume XVIII, No.1         
Report From Miami: Banking On Art

Paula Harper, Art In America, May, No. 5             
Artists Bond In Doomed Building
Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, January 30
María Martínez-Cañas
Cecilia E. Lueza, Art Nexus, February-April, No. 35
María Martínez-Cañas: El Rumbo De Las Cosas
Miguel Sirgado, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, November, 28
Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction To Understanding Images

Terry Barrett, Mayfield Publishing Company, Third Edition, pages 88 and 90
María Martínez-Cañas

Justin Spring, Artforum, November, No. 3
Miami Heats Up, Report From Miami: Part II

Roni Feinstein, Art In America, November, No. 11
Art Guide

The New York Times, New York, New York, October 1        
Visual Art: MarÌa Martinez-Cañas

Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, September 26
Museum Salsa, Report From Miami: Part I

Roni Feinstein, Art In America, May, No. 5
Photography’s Multiple Roles: Art, Document, Market, Science
Denise Miller, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois, Exhibition Book, November                 
María Martínez-Cañas

Carol Damian, Seis Continentes, Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, No.10, Fall
Latin American Art: Contemporary Expressions From A Cross Cultural Community
Justin Spring, Florida International Magazine, No. 4, Fall
Contact Sheet 97

25th Anniversary Edition, Light Work Visual Studies, Syracuse, New York
Dreaming Postcolonial Volcanoes

Edwin Tangonan Ramoran, Catalog Essay, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Bronx, New York, April
María Martínez-Cañas
Gordon Haines, Art Issues, Los Angeles, California, January/February
María Martínez-Cañas:Moldeando La Imagen
Eliseo Cardona, El Nuevo Herald, November 2
Art Reviews: María Martínez-Cañas

Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, October 31
Art Reviews: María Martínez-Cañas

Jake Miller, Cover Magazine, New York, New York, Volume 11, Number 4
Breaking Barriers: Forty Years Of Cuban Art

Carol Damian, Catalog Essay, Museum Of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October
Emotions Of Life In Exile Animates Artist’s Work
Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, September 14
María Martínez-Cañas

Review: Latin American Literature and Arts, The Americas Society, New York, New York, Issue 54, Spring
Exhibiting Photography: Twenty Years At The Center For Creative Photography
Terence Pitts, The Archive 32, Center For Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Fall
Airport Corridor Is Alive With Immense Public Art

Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, February 8th, 1996, Miami, Florida
City Focus: Miami South Florida

Elisa Turner, ARTnews, January
Tracing Cultures
Andy Grundberg, see: A Journal of Visual Culture, Issue 1:3                 
Cuba: Image And Imagination

Aperture, Number 141, Fall
Photography Speaks II: 70 Photographers On Their Art
Brooks Johnson, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Aperture                  
María Martínez-Cañas: Voyage To The Past

Vicky Goldberg, Catalog Essay, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, September             
Black Totems: Photographs By María Martínez-Cañas

Alison Devine Nordstrom, Catalog Essay, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida, April
Transcending The Borders Of Memory

Carol Damian, Art News, Volume 94, Number 3, March
From Diversity Come Struggles
Vicky Goldberg, The New York Times, New York, New York, November 27th 
Memories Of Cuba, Imagined And Real, Create Jewel Of A Show

Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, October 2nd
Lentes y Objetivos Cubano-Americanos
Jorge Cisneros Morales, El Nacional, México City, México, September 8th
Polidori, Ladrón  Y  Cinco  Cubanos En La Galeria De Nina Menocal
A. Moncada, Uno Más Uno, México City, México, September  8th
Inundan Colonia Roma Con Fotos
Francisco Santiago, Reforma,  México City, México, September 8th
Cuba Of Her Mind: María Martínez-Cañas Photographic Constructions

Donald Kuspit, Catalog Essay, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April
Not Castro's Cuba But A Cuba Of Dreams
Jonathan Saville,  San Diego Reader, San Diego, California, May  26th
The Liberated Image

Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, April 24th
Una Imagen Vale Mas Que Mil Palabras
Armando Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, October 29th
María Martínez-Cañas: El Viaje A Casa

Carol Damian, Art Nexus/Arte En Colombia, Volume 55, Number 9, June-August
María Martínez-Cañas:Profile

Elisa Turner, Latin American Art Magazine, Volume 5, Number 1, June
Cuban-Born Artist's Intricate Forms Reflect Cultural Exile
Abigail Foerstner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, September 11th
Notes From The Material World: Contemporary Photomontage
Nancy Bless, Catalog Essay, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin , March
Maria Martinez-Cañas

Elisa Turner, Reviews, Art News, March
La Busqueda De La Identidad En Muestra De Maria Martinez-Cañas
Armando Alvarez-Bravo, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, January 19th
Local Photographer Maps Out Different Direction In Prints

Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, January 16th
Reflections of Fantasy, Positions of Power
Maria Porges, Visions Art Quarterly, Fall, Volume 5, Number 4
Photoprojects

New York In Review, Peggy Cyphers, ARTS Magazine, September; Vol 66, No.1
Personal Quest

Lynda Barckert, The Reader, Chicago, Illinois, May 24
Visual Folktales Of An Exile In Search Of Her Homeland

Larry Thall, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, May 3rd
Photography In The Balance: Maria Martinez-Cañas

Terence Pitts, Catalog Essay, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona, March
An Alternate View: MCA's Cuba Exhibit Relies on Content, Not on Form

Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, January 27th
La Saison des Clichés
M.G., Le Figaro, Paris, France, November 5th
Bombs and Oranges: Discovering Miami's Explosive Art Scene
Giulio V. Blanc, ARTS Magazine, November
Contact Sheet 68

Jeffrey Hoone, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, June
Norton's Photos Show Floridians' Versatility
Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, March 11th
Contemporary Florida Photography

Bruce Weber, Catalog Essay, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, March
Post-Miami Has Global Influences
Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, February 23rd
At Home and Abroad: The Personal Odysseys of Clarissa T. Sligh, Celia Alvarez-Muñoz and Maria Martinez-Cañas

Moira Roth, Catalog Essay, INTAR Gallery, New York, New York, January
They'll Take South Florida: Introducing Nine Promising Young Artists To Watch In The 90's
Season Preview, Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, November 9th
Photo Exhibit Presents A Challenge
Joanne Milani, The Tampa Tribune-Times, Tampa, Florida, May 28th
Bending The Rules
Mary Ann Marger, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, May 26th
Habana, U.S.A
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Robert M. Tilendis, Dialogue Art Journal, Columbus, Ohio, January/February
Shows Challenge Viewer's Perceptions

Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, January 18th
Maria Martinez-Cañas/Tony Mendoza
J.P. Brown, New Art Examiner, Chicago, Illinois, January
Strong, Contrasting Photo Show at Miami-Dade
Leslie J. Ahlander, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, Dec. 2nd
Martinez-Cañas: Longing for Belonging to Someplace
Jenny Robles, Windy City Times, Chicago, Illinois, October 20th
Show Brings Home Art of Exiles

Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, October 9th
Outside Cuba: The Art of Exile (A Profile: Soriano, Calzada and Martinez-Cañas)
Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, October 2nd
Away From Home, A New Generation Refines Style
Diana Montané, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, September 30th
From Maps, Artist Charts A Sense of Identity, Belonging
Diana Montané, The Miami News, Miami, Florida, November 19th
Florida's Finest Really Shines

Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, November 13th
North Miami Art Center Hosts Special Exhibit

Scott Jacobs, North Miami Community Paper, North Miami, Florida, November 16th
Outside Cuba
Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, June 7
Las Fotos de Maria Martinez-Cañas
Antonio J. Molina, Anaquel Cultural, El Visitante, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 14
Posturas Visuales de la Nueva Fotografia Puertorriqueña
Teresa Tio, El Mundo, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 10th
Everything's Fine In Puerto Rico As It Is
Myrna Rodriguez, The San Juan Star, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 13th
Acecho, Violencia y Poseción de los Cómplices de la Luz
Felix Jiménez, El Nuevo Dia, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 18th
Photographers Focus on Experimentation
Marsha Miro, Detroit, Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, December 2nd
Spatiality in the Photographs of Maria Martinez-Cañas
Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Catalog AIPAD, November 3rd
Photographers Bring New Views To Gillman Show
Helen L. Kohen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, April 30th
Photography: Jorge Garcia Garcia and María Martínez-Cañas
Félix Bonilla Norat, San Juan Star Magazine, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 4