EDUCATION
2012 MFA in Visual Arts & Photography, Miami International University of Art & Design, Miami, FL.
2010 Post-Baccalaureate BFA Visual Arts – Photography (15 credits) – Miami International University of Art & Design, Miami, FL.
2009 BA Graphic Arts, Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, PR
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
2021 Curating exhibitions for Museums, Instituto Mexicano de Curaduría y Restauración, México.
2019 Curatorial Studies, NODE Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin.
2007 Professional Digital Photography, Eduardo Photography Studio, Bayamon, PR.
ORGANIZATIONS
PRISMA Art Projects – Founder
- Artist-run non-profit organization established in 2015. Focused on supporting emerging artists through exhibition & portfolio development.
24hourproject – Ambassador for Puerto Rico
- Connect emerging photographers, aspiring photojournalist and visual storytellers from Puerto Rico to join an international community in document humanity.
- Organize and coordinate event.
- Organize and curate exhibition after the day of the event.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
2021
- La Cepa, from Nuestro Barrio: Entrepreneurial program for creative industries in Santurce. Sagrado Corazón University. Santurce, PR
2019
- Nalac Leadership Institute (NLI): program in arts management and leadership development. San Antonio, TX.
- Fábricas Culturales: Entrepreneurial development program for creative industries. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in partnership with Inversión Cultural, Hato Rey, PR
2018
- Practice//Practice: program for Art Administrators, AS220, Providence, RI. Recipient of the Sustainable Arts Foundation Parent Fellowship. Providence, RI.
GRANTS, AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2020
- Grantee – Fondo de Emergencia para Artistas Profesionales – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
- Grantee – Museum Worker Relief Fund – Museum Workers Speak Initiative
- Grantee – 2020 Actos de Confianza: Emergency Micro-Grants – National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC)
2019
- Grantee – 2019 Puerto Rico Artist Grant – National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC)
2017
- Honorable Mention – La Casa de la Cultura Enrique Ramírez y Ramírez – Mexico City
2011
- Mention, Nude Category – Black & White Spider Awards (Online)
2008
- 1st place, Best Photograph – Black & White Category – Premios Jaguar, UPR, Carolina
2006
- 3rd place Best Photograph – Black & White Category – Premios Jaguar, UPR, Carolina
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
- Casitas – Artes de La Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts – Fort Worth, Texas
2018
- Shifted Realities – Sala de Exhibiciones Fundación Ángel Ramos – Hato Rey, PR
2017
- Shifted Realities – Sala de Exhibiciones en Antigua Casa Alcaldía – Carolina, PR
2012
- MFA Exhibition: Shifted Realities – The Lunch Box Gallery – Wynwood, Miami, FL
- MFA Presentation: Shifted Realities – Miami Intl. University of Art & Design Student Gallery– Miami, FL
- Shifted Realities – The Hangar Gallery – Wynwood, Miami, FL
2011
- One Night Stand Exhibitions Series – The Lunch Box Gallery – Wynwood, Miami, FL
- ArteAméricas The Latin American Art Fair – Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami, FL
2008
- Arte Vivo – Centro de Bellas Artes de Caguas – Caguas, PR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
- The Repeating Island – Colectivo Presencia – Art Basel 2019 – Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL
- Herencias del Arte Caribeño Contemporáneo – 6to Congreso Internacional de Artistas Visuales – Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo – República Dominicana
- Camaradas – Instituto de Subcultura – Santurce, PR
2018
- El Caribe en Puerto Rico – Museo de Arte de Caribbean University (MACU) – Bayamón, PR
- Album Covers Art Show: part B – La Central – Isabela, PR
- Album Covers Art Show: part A – El Local – Santurce, PR
- Bienal SalaFAR 2018 – Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico – Santurce, PR
- María a través de mi lente: Exhibición Fotográfica – Mercado Libre – Santurce, PR
- Catarsis: Re/construyendo después de María – Museo de las Américas – San Juan PR
2017
- Feromonas – CIELO – Santurce, PR
- Mi Barrio – Casa de Cultura Ramírez y Ramírez – Ciudad de México, México
2016
- Summer Love Art Exhibition – Mercado Libre – San Juan, PR
2015
- LUZ An Exploration of Illumination – Galería Casa Jefferson – San Juan, PR
- Perspectivas de Mujer – Galería Epifanio Irizarry – Esc. Especializada de Bellas Artes – Ponce, PR
- TRE-ART-SURES – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- Untitled – Portofino 400 – South Beach, FL
2014
- Miami Mixer – Eleazar Delgado Studio –- Miami, FL
- Square Art Show – Bear & Bird Boutique Gallery – Lauderhill, FL
2013
- The Wall – MANO Fine Art – Bird Road Arts District – Miami, FL
- Muestra Nacional de Artes Plásticas – Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña – Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina – San Juan, PR
- Cardboard Art – Irreversible Magazine Intl. Art Project – Brisky Gallery – Wynwood, Miami, FL
- Cardboard Art – Irreversible Magazine Intl. Art Project – SeaFair – Bayfront Park, Miami, FL
2012
- Miami Independent Thinkers 4th Edition Art Basel Fair – The Armory Studios – Wynwood, Miami, FL
- Faculty Exhibition – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico – Museo de Arte de las Américas – San Juan, PR
- Imbued – The Artisan Lounge – Miami, FL
- My City – The Artisan Lounge – Miami, FL
2011
- NY vs. Miami – Art Basel Miami – The Hangar – Wynwood, Miami, FL
- Art Walk November – The Hangar – Wynwood, Miami, FL
- Insight – Arevalo Gallery – Design District, Miami, FL
- Houston Fine Art Fair – Arevalo Gallery – Houston, TX
- Art over the bridge – Café Society Group – Pompano Beach, FL
- PINTA The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Show – Arevalo Gallery – London, UK
- Bubbling up – SOHO Studios – Wynwood, Miami, FL
2010
- SOLO Art Fair – Doubletree Hotel – Miami, FL
- Student Show – Miami Intl. University of Art & Design – Miami, FL
2009
- Experimento Fotográfico – Casa Aboy – San Juan, PR
- Retomando noches de galerías – Nuyorican’s Café – San Juan, PR
- Arte Erótico – La Respuesta – Santurce, PR
CURATORIAL PRACTICE
2020
- HILO: Textil en el arte contemporáneo – Galería de Arte del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez – Mayagüez, PR
2019
- HILO: Textil en el arte contemporáneo – El Cuadrado Gris/The Gray Square – Santurce, PR
2016
- Eminencia: Homenaje a Abelardo Díaz Alfaro – Casa de Cultura Ruth Hernández – Río Piedras, PR
2015
- LUZ: An Exploration of Illumination – Galería Casa Jefferson – San Juan, PR
- ExplorArt: Puerto Rico – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- “dis·so·ci·a·tion” MFA Exhibition by Eduardo Meléndez – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
2014
- Beautifully Dark: A Requiem, Solo Show by Pam Reagan – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- 2014 Photography Biennale – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- IRAN Contemporary – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- 2014 South Florida Group Show – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- “Interplay” MFA Exhibition by Donna Harvey – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- Wes Carson: The Miami Project – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- “Puerto Rico: The view of colonialism through the eye of the colonized” MFA Exhibition by Alejandra Leon Pineda – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- 2014 Teaching Artists Exhibition – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
2013
- Allegory: Beyond depictions, banalities & cultural statements – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- “The mood behind memory based painting charged” MFA Exhibition by Kseniya Mashyanova – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- Pembroke Pines Art Guild Exhibition – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- 2013 South Florida Group Show – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- Virginia Erdie Solo Exhibition – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- “Live Cinema” MFA Exhibition by Jonathan DeCamps – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- “The Bird & Bee Show” MFA Exhibition by Brittany Smith – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- 2013 High School Students Exhibition – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
- 2013 Faculty Exhibition – Vargas Gallery – Pembroke Pines, FL
ARTIST TALKS / LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2020
- “Artist Talk & Workshop” – Photography artist talk and hands-on workshop on documentary photography – Cochise College, Arizona, USA
- Curator Talk, as part of HILO: Textil en el arte contemporáneo, Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez, PR
2019
- About Puerto Rico’s first participation in the 24hourproject – Ambassador talk – El Cuadrado Gris, Santurce, PR
2018
- “An exploration of architecture” – Artist Talk & Workshop as part of Bienal SalaFAR Exhibition – Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
- “Architecture photography” – Artist Talk & Workshop – Fundación Angel Ramos, Hato Rey, PR
2013
- “Photography in daily life” – Vargas University – Pembroke Pines, FL
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2020
- Flora Fiction Literary Magazine Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer 2020, Isabelita & Yito – Online publication
- Museo de Arte de Bayamón – Artista de la Semana – Online publication
- Rodriguez, Emily M. – Chroma Magazine – Reseña HILO – Online publication
- Pérez Arocho, Jeyka – Prensa RUM – El arte de los hilos y textiles – Online publication
- Museo de Arte de Bayamón – Featured Artist – Artista de la Semana: Annie Y. Saldaña – Online publication
2019
- Knight, Ashleyt – ARTSDISTRICT Magazine – Caribbean Artists in Miami – Online publication
- Ortiz Burgos, Carlos – Revista Vision Doble – El hilo como medio artístico – Art History Program, University of Puerto Rico- Online publication
- Astor Blanco, Anna – Podcast interview for VeoBo: “HILO: Textil en el Arte Contemporáneo” along Niurca Marquez, participating artist.
- Rivera Dávila, Grenda – Desde Cero / 11Q Radio – Interview: “HILO: Textil en el Arte Contemporáneo” along Anna Astor Blanco, Founder of El Cuadrado Gris & Lilliam Nieves, participating artist.
- Rivera Dávila, Grenda – Desde Cero / 11Q Radio – Interview: “24hourproject: Saca a pasear el fotógrafo que vive en ti“, May 24, Online interview, PR
- Fragoso, Angelique – Periódico La Perla del Sur – Article: “Convocan a participar de evento internacional de fotografía callejera“, May 21, Online, PR
- Rodriguez, Jorge – El Vocero Press – “Estrechan lazos artísticos Puerto Rico y República Dominicana“, April 11, Online, PR
2018
- Pérez Rivera, Tatiana – Fundación Angel Ramos – Interview: “Parece pero no es: el juego en las fotos de Annie Saldaña“, April 11, Online, PR
- Cruz, Félix – El Post Antillano – Article: “El Caribe en Puerto Rico [exhibición de arte] en Caribbean University“, Online, PR
2017
- Hernández, Keylla, WAPA TV – Television interview at WAPA al Amanecer: “Shifted Realities” at Noches de Galería Municipio de Carolina, July 20.
- Acevedo, Gaby, NBC New York- Puerto Rican Hurricane Survivors Make Art After María, December 13, online, NY
2016
- Radio Oro – Radio program interview: “Fotomaratón f/100×35“
2015
- Negrón Almodóvar, Coral – El Nuevo Día – Article: “Cacería de arte en Puerto Rico “, August 6, Online, PR
2012
- El Dialogo Online – Interview: “Bienal Internacional de Fotografía”, September 7, Online, PR
- El Vocero – Article: “Bienal de Fotografía”, September 4, Online, PR
- El Nuevo Día – Article: “Bienal de Fotografía”, September 5, Printed, PR
- Revista Cruce – Article: “La bienal se transforma”, September, Online, PR
2010
- “Shifted Realities” by Annie Y. Saldaña – Self published book
CERTIFICATES
2019
2006
- Black & White Photography Seminar, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo Casa Jesús T. Piñero, Canóvanas, PR
2008
- Batik in Contemporary Art, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR
- Introduction to Macramé, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR
