Maria Hoyos

Birthdate: N/A

Birthplace: Santiago de Cali

Based location: Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Québec, Canada

Social profiles 

Maria Hoyos Artist Website (in French) 

Maria Hoyos Artist Profile at Sur Gallery 

Maria Hoyos Artist Profile at CDex, UQAM (in French)

Maria Hoyos YouTube

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Biography  

Maria Claudia Hoyos Moncayo (Santiago de Cali, Colombia) 

Maria Claudia Hoyos Moncayo is a Colombian installation artist based in Montréal. She holds a Masters degree in Visual and Media Arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), completed in 2022, and a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Art Education from the same institution. Aside from her solo and collective exhibitions, Maria is a member of the Intervals collective, where she has facilitated participatory workshops on food-related issues under a decolonial lens. She has also given artist talks on her solo exhibition Memorias de Azúcar (2022). In 2023, Maria was a resident research-creation artist for Intersections, awarded by the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the OPTICA contemporary art center and UQAM’s École des arts visuels et médiatiques. Her work has appeared in media outlets such as Radio-Canada, Journal Métro, and Mutual Art Magazine.    

Maria’s practice is centered around the geopolitical history of sugar, a leading industry from the Cauca Valley, where her hometown of Santiago de Cali, Colombia is located. In Maria’s work, sugar is a material which symbolizes identity, Colombia’s history, and its colonial legacies of injustice, labour exploitation, and poverty. Her work has been showcased in the solo exhibition Memorias de Azúcar (‘Memories of Sugar’) at the UQAM Art Gallery in Montréal, Québec, 2022. Maria’s collective exhibitions include Tracing Labor Territories, curated by Mariza Rosales Argonza and Tamara Toledo (Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2024); Flux Acoustiques (Fondation LatinArte, Montréal, 2023); Lanuitnoire (UQAM Art Gallery, Montréal, 2020); Mi-lieu (Écomusée du Fier Monde, Montréal, 2018); and Passage à Découvert (UQAM Art Gallery, Montréal, 2015).

Nefropatía Azucarera

Video Installation, 2020-2021

Still Image, Maria Hoyos, UQAM Salle de Presse, 2022 

Google Images 2024

Solo exhibitions

Maria Hoyos Solo Exhibition Memorias de Azúcar, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, 2022

Collective exhibitions

Maria Hoyos Collective Exhibition Tracing Labor Territories, curated by Mariza Rosales Argonza & Tamara Toledo, Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2024

Maria Hoyos Collective Exhibition Flux Acoustiques, curated by Mariza Rosales Argonza, Fondation LatinArte, Montréal, 2023

Maria Hoyos Collective Exhibition Lanuitnoire, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, 2020

Maria Hoyos Collective Exhibition Mi-lieu, Écomusée du Fier Monde, Montréal, 2018

Maria Hoyos Collective Exhibition Passage à Découvert, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, 2015  

Interviews

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Presentations

​​Maria Hoyos Artist Talk Estéticas Decoloniales, UQAM, 2022 (online, in French)

Maria Hoyos Artist Talk Memorias de Azúcar, Galerie de l'UQAM, 2022 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Artist Talk Azúcar, Forum de recherche et de création, UQAM, 2020 (in French)

Published work by Maria Hoyos

Maria Hoyos, Sucre: exploration de la mémoire, de la culture et de l'identité, selon une approche décoloniale dans une pratique installative, MA Thesis in Visual and Media Arts, UQAM, 2022 (in French) 

Maria Hoyos, L'installation comme vecteur de conscience décoloniale, Forum de recherche et de création, UQAM, 2020 (in French)

Published work about Maria Hoyos

Maria Hoyos news coverage Con azúcar y poesía, estas artistas latinas se reinventan en Canadá, Radio-Canada, 2022 (in Spanish) 

Press release

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Tracing Labor Territories, Radio-Canada, 2024 (in French) 

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Tracing Labor Territories, Espace Art Actuel, 2024 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Flux Acoustiques, Journal Métro, 2023 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Flux Acoustiques, Réseau Art Actuel, 2023 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Flux Acoustiques, Px News, 2023 

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Flux Acoustiques, Montréal.ca, 2023 

Maria Hoyos Press Release Research-Creation Residency Intersections, UQAM, 2023 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Research-Creation Residency Intersections, MutualArt Magazine, 2023 

Maria Hoyos Press Release Solo Exhibition Memorias de Azúcar, MutualArt Magazine, 2022

Maria Hoyos Press Release Solo Exhibition Memorias de Azúcar, UQAM Communiqué, 2022 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Catalogue Solo Exhibition Memorias de Azúcar, UQAM Communiqué, 2022 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Solo Exhibition Memorias de Azúcar, UQAM Salle de Presse, 2022 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Solo Exhibition Memorias de Azúcar, Vie des arts, 2022 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Mi-lieu, Revue ExSitu, 2018 (in French)

Maria Hoyos Press Release Collective Exhibition Mi-lieu, UQAM, 2018 (in French)

List of Grants, Awards and Projects

Maria Hoyos Participatory Event Around the Table, Intervals Collective, La Centrale, Montréal, 2024

Maria Hoyos Artist-in-residence, Résidence Intersections de recherche, création et production, UQAM, Montréal Arts Council and OPTICA, 2023-24

Maria Hoyos Honorary Mention Prix d’excellence Irène-Senécal, UQAM, 2023

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