Maria Morales
maria@moralesllc.com • www.moralesllc.com • www.instagram.com/mariamoralesart
Born in Portugal, lives and works in New Jersey, USA
Education
1978 - 1982: Parsons School of Design, BFA – Illustration, New York, NY
2014: Fleisher Art Memorial, Life Drawing, Mixed Material Sculpture, Philadelphia, PA
2010: Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Artistic Anatomy, Burlington, NJ
Exhibitions
2026
Powell Lane Arts, All The Rage, Collingswood, NJ
Sutherland Art Gallery, Through the Artists Eyes, Voorhees, NJ
Medford Arts Center, 2026 Once Upon a Time Juried Show, Medford, NJ
2025
Medford Arts Center, 2025 Small Works, Honorable Mention, Medford, NJ
Sutherland Art Gallery, Small Works, Voorhees, NJ
Sutherland Art Gallery, Transcend, Second Place Award, Voorhees, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, As You Wish, Collingswood, NJ
Willingboro Art Alliance, 28thAnnual Open Juried Exhibition, First Place, Mount Holly NJ
Powell Lane Arts, Disrupted Realism, Collingswood, NJ
RCBC Gallery, 2025 Summer Art Exhibition, Mount Holly, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Members Show, Medford, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, Unusual Suspects, Collingswood, NJ
Medford Arts Botanical Exhibit, First Place award, Medford, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, Girl Talk, Collingswood, NJ
Bellview Winery, Veranda Gallery, Solo Show, Landisville, NJ
Gallery 4%, 5th Annual Scenes & Places, Online Exhibit, Distinction Award
Monmouth University, Femininomenon, West Long Branch, NJ
World Wide Art Art Expo, New York, NY
Powell Lane Arts, I SPY, Collingswood, NJ
Medford Arts Center, 2025 Wild Things, First Place Award, Medford, NJ
2024
Wayne Arts Center, Attraction to Abstraction, Wayne, Pa
Sutherland Art Gallery, Connections: Within & Without, two-person show, Voorhees, NJ
Medford Arts Center, 2024 Small Works, Medford, NJ
Willingboro Art Alliance, 27th Annual Juried Exhibit, Honorable Mention Award, Mount Holly, NJ
Medford Arts Center, 2024 Just Faces, First Place & People’s Choice Awards, Medford, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, Materials Matter Show, Collingswood, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Art of the Flower, Honorable Mention Award, Medford, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, Small Works Show, Collingswood, NJ
2023
Burlington County Art Guild, 14th Annual Gisele Bly Show, Mount Holly, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, 2023 2nd Annual Juried Show, Collingswood, NJ
Medford Arts Center, 2023 Wild Things Show, Medford, NJ
Medford Arts Center, 2023 Just Faces, People’s Choice Award, Medford, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, The Marvelous and Unusual, Collingswood, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Art of the Flower, Honorable Mention & People’s Choice Awards, Medford, NJ
RCBC Gallery, Summer Exhibit, Mount Holly, NJ
Azgour Art Group, Summer Open Online Exhibit
Burlington County Art Guild, 15th Annual Bly Ransley, Third Place Award, Mount Holly, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, Small Works Show, Collingswood, NJ
Sally Sketch Kean Library, 10th Annual Show, Vincentown, NJ
Willingboro Art Alliance, 26th Annual Juried Exhibit, Second Place, Mount Holly, NJ
Art Fair 14C, 5th Edition Fair, Jersey City
Medford Arts Center, Fall Annual, Medford, NJ
Medford Arts Center, 2023 Small Works Juried Show, Medford, NJ
Sutherland Art Gallery, Small Works Show, Voorhees, NJ
2022
Medford Arts Center, Art of the Flower Juried Show, Medford, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, 1st Annual Juried Show, Collingswood, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Just Paintings, President’s Award, Medford, NJ
Cherry Hill-Croft Farm, Art Blooms, Honorable Mention, Cherry Hill, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Just Faces Juried Show, First Place Award, Medford, NJ
Powell Lane Arts, Paperworks Exhibit, Collingswood, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Members Only Exhibit, Award of Excellence, Medford, NJ
Medford Arts Center, The Great Outdoors, Medford, NJ
Burlington Co Farm Fair, Plein Air Competition, Achievement with Light Award, Columbus, NJ
Willingboro Art Alliance, 2022 WAA Summer Open, First Place Award, Smithville, NJ
Burlington County Art Guild, 2022 Ransley Show, Mount Holly, NJ
Studio Montclair, Surfaces, Montclair, NJ
Willingboro Art Alliance, 25th Annual Open Juried, Best of Show Award, Burlington City, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Fall Annual, Medford, NJ
Women’s Work, Its Uter-Us Not Uter-You, Online exhibit
Powell Lane Arts, Small Works Show, Collingswood, NJ
2021
Alfa Art Gallery, Mirror to the World: Watercolor and Mixed Media, New Brunswick, NJ
Art at the Farm, 10th Annual Exhibit, Pemberton, NJ
Medford Arts Center, Fall Fine Art Exhibition, Medford, NJ
Sally Stretch Keen Mem. Library, Paint the Town - Vincentown Plein Air, Vincentown, NJ
Smithville Annex Gallery, 2021 WAA Summer Open Show, Eastampton, NJ (Honorable Mention Award)
Medford Arts Center, Members Exhibition, Medford, NJ (First Place & Honorable Mention Awards)
Medford Arts Center, Just Faces Juried Exhibition, Medford NJ (First Place Award)
Smithfield Gallery, WAA Plein Air Competition and Workers House Gallery Show, Eastampton, NJ
Croft Farms Arts Center, Art Blooms, Cherry Hill, NJ (Honorable Mention)
Medford Arts Center, Art of the Flower, Medford, NJ (Third Place Award)
Medford Arts Center, Works on Paper, Medford, NJ (Honorable Mention)
2020
Embracing Our Differences, 17th Annual Outdoor Art Exhibit, Sarasota, FL
Pollak Gallery, Monmouth Univ. Access And Opportunity, Diversity & Inclusion, Lincroft, NJ
See.Me S(H)e Persisted Exhibition, New York, NY
Collections
The artist has participated in numerous juried exhibitions and her work is in private international collections
including in the US, Europe, UK, and the Middle East.
Publications
Artsy Shark, Featured Artist: www.artsyshark.com/2024/04/04/featured-artist-maria-morales
CanvasRebel, Meet the Artist: https://canvasrebel.com/?post_types=&s=maria+morales
Discover Jersey Arts, Interview: www.jerseyarts.com/stories/medford-arts-just-faces-juried-exhibition
The Hasting Center, Time to Rebuild: Essays on Trust in Health Care and Science (Cover Art)
Instructor
2019 – present, Willingboro Art Alliance, Willingboro, NJ – Workshops, Demonstrations, Presentations