Karla Caprali
Artist, Animator, Director and Filmmaker
Website: caprali.com
Instagram: @karlacaprali
e-mail: karla@caprali.com
Cinematic portfolio: https://vimeo.com/karlacaprali
Animation Reel: https://vimeo.com/775567446
Artist, Animator, Director and Filmmaker
Website: caprali.com
Instagram: @karlacaprali
e-mail: karla@caprali.com
Cinematic portfolio: https://vimeo.com/karlacaprali
Animation Reel: https://vimeo.com/775567446
Biography:
My name is Karla Caprali; I was born in 1971 in the city of Belem, also known as the “Edge of the Amazon,” in northern Brazil. I live in Miami, Florida, where I work as an artist, animator, director, and filmmaker.
Awards and Grants:
2025 – The Ellies Award and grant ($8,000)
2024 – 2025 – MIA Stipend Grant Miami Dade County ($3,000)
2024 – MIA Stipend Grant Miami Dade County ($3,000)
2023 – MIA Stipend Grant Miami Dade County ($7,500)
2023 – Local Love Letters, Oolite Arts competition award and grant ($5,000)
2023 – CAP Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Contemporary Art Project, Public Participatory Art PPA and Exhibition. Project commission competition ($15,000).
2022 – Local Love Letters by Oolite competition award and grant ($5,000), December, Miami Beach, Florida 33138
2022 – MIA Stipend, City Of Miami ($2,000)
2022 – Official selection of Miami Film Festival
2021 – The Ellies, Creator Award and grant ($6,000), Oolite Arts, October, Miami, Florida
2020 – Winner of Brazilian Press Awards by Focus Brazil, Category: multidisciplinary art practice
2019 – Winner of Brazilian Press Awards by Focus Brazil, Category: Installation
2019 – Certificate Of Appreciation by the City of Doral
2017 – A.I.R. Norway Art Council and Messen
2017 – Artist Access Grant – Miami Dade County Department Of Cultural
2025 – The Ellies Award and grant ($8,000)
2024 – 2025 – MIA Stipend Grant Miami Dade County ($3,000)
2024 – MIA Stipend Grant Miami Dade County ($3,000)
2023 – MIA Stipend Grant Miami Dade County ($7,500)
2023 – Local Love Letters, Oolite Arts competition award and grant ($5,000)
2023 – CAP Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Contemporary Art Project, Public Participatory Art PPA and Exhibition. Project commission competition ($15,000).
2022 – Local Love Letters by Oolite competition award and grant ($5,000), December, Miami Beach, Florida 33138
2022 – MIA Stipend, City Of Miami ($2,000)
2022 – Official selection of Miami Film Festival
2021 – The Ellies, Creator Award and grant ($6,000), Oolite Arts, October, Miami, Florida
2020 – Winner of Brazilian Press Awards by Focus Brazil, Category: multidisciplinary art practice
2019 – Winner of Brazilian Press Awards by Focus Brazil, Category: Installation
2019 – Certificate Of Appreciation by the City of Doral
2017 – A.I.R. Norway Art Council and Messen
2017 – Artist Access Grant – Miami Dade County Department Of Cultural
*Full list upon request
Short animation nominations (2021- 2025):
Filmography:
2023 – Bonswa Mesye O, animated short film
2023 – The Kitchin, stop motion animation
2023 – Erosion, animated short film
2021 – Eternal Haze, animated music video
2022 – South Of 5th, animated short documentary
2020 – Light, animated short film
2020 – Times Like These, animated music video
2023 – Bonswa Mesye O, animated short film
2023 – The Kitchin, stop motion animation
2023 – Erosion, animated short film
2021 – Eternal Haze, animated music video
2022 – South Of 5th, animated short documentary
2020 – Light, animated short film
2020 – Times Like These, animated music video
Publications and links:
2023 – Clafoutis Sonata Art Installation at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens https://vizcaya.org/event/sonata/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E60L60zbhEo
2023 -The Kitchin project at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens https://vizcaya.org/posts/making-the-kitchin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E60L60zbhEo
2023 -The Kitchin project at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens https://vizcaya.org/posts/making-the-kitchin/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/article277052208.html
2023 – CAP at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens https://vizcaya.org/posts/cap2023/
2022 – Kino Magazine, Poland
2022 – https://www.wlrn.org/art-and-culture/2022-12-14/filmmakers-create-local-love-letters-to-miami-beach
2023 – CAP at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens https://vizcaya.org/posts/cap2023/
2022 – Kino Magazine, Poland
2022 – https://www.wlrn.org/art-and-culture/2022-12-14/filmmakers-create-local-love-letters-to-miami-beach
2021 – https://www.socialitefiascomusic.com/post/complicated-animals-release-single-times-like-these
2020 – https://girlsclubcollection.org/drawing-closer-karla-caprali/2020/
Selected Solo Shows:
2023 – Clafoutis Sonata, an immersive animation installation at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
2023 – CAP Vizcaya Museums and Gardens Contemporary Art Project
2017- The Memorial Beach – Messen Foundation, Norway
2016 – Arts Garage Gallery, Delray Beach, Florida
2015 – Paper Stories For White Rabbits – Gumenick Family Gallery – Cultural Arts Center – Richmond,Virginia
2015 – Sweet And Sour – Swenson Gallery – Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, Florida
2014 – Paper Stories For Trees And Unicorns – Pinecrest Gallery – Miami, Florida
Selected Group Shows and Screenings, 2014 – 2023:
2025 – Infinitto Brazil special screening at Cinema O, Miami Beach
2024 – Screening of the film “Erosion” by Karla Caprali and Behrooz Zandi, Art After Dark Screenings at The Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida.
2023 – “Bonswa Mesye O”, premiere at Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.
2023 – Film “The Kitchin”, directed and animated, screened at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Florida
2023 – Film South Of 5th is an official selection for the 40th edition of the Miami Film Festival, Miami, Florida
2022 – Screening of the film “South Of 5th”, Soundscape Park, at New World Symphony, Local Love Letters by Oolite Arts and city of Miami Beach – December, Miami, Florida
2022 – Screening of the music video “Eternal Haze”, Silverspot Cinema, Filmgate Film Festival – October, Miami, Florida
2022 – Screening of the film “Light”, Silverspot Cinema, Filmgate Film Festival – August, Miami, Florida
2022- Screening of the film “Light”, Arsht Center, Miami Film Festival – March, Miami, Florida
2021 – Miami Film Festival, Knight Made in Miami Award, Shortlisted October
2022 – Screening of the film “Light”, Deering Estate, Miami Short Festival – October – Miami, Florida
2021- Screening of the film “Light”, Regal Cinemas South Beach, Miami Short Film Festival – November, Miami Beach, Florida
2021- Miami Short Film Festival Short animation Light 2021 Nominee for best animation.
2021- Serlachius Gallery, October 27th, Mäntä, Finland
2021 – Ciconia Art Collection, March – November, Miami FL
2020 – Home Sweet Home, Hartvest Project, Miami, FL
2019 – Pinta Art Fair – Pinta Applied Arts Booth, Miami, FL
2019 – Women Of Vision – DORCAM, Miami, Florida
2018 – Women Weavers – Ideobox Art Space, September- November, Miami.
2018 – Ser, Habitar, Imaginar – Concrete Space, September- November, Miami.
2018 – Land + Body = Scape – NARS Foundation, May – June, New York City, 2018 – No Constraints to Beauty – Pompano Beach Arts Center, March 20th, Pompano Beach, Fl.
2018 – Land + Body = Scape – The 55 Project, Wynwood, March 10th,
Miami.
2017 – Take your Art For A Walk – Bossa Gallery, December 3 to 10 – Miami Art Week, Miami
2017 – Power Tools, Memories sized – Textile Museum, September 14th -Rydal, Sweden
2017 – Being There – October 2nd, Messen Ålvik, Norway
* Full list upon request
2024 – Screening of the film “Erosion” by Karla Caprali and Behrooz Zandi, Art After Dark Screenings at The Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida.
2023 – “Bonswa Mesye O”, premiere at Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.
2023 – Film “The Kitchin”, directed and animated, screened at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Florida
2023 – Film South Of 5th is an official selection for the 40th edition of the Miami Film Festival, Miami, Florida
2022 – Screening of the film “South Of 5th”, Soundscape Park, at New World Symphony, Local Love Letters by Oolite Arts and city of Miami Beach – December, Miami, Florida
2022 – Screening of the music video “Eternal Haze”, Silverspot Cinema, Filmgate Film Festival – October, Miami, Florida
2022 – Screening of the film “Light”, Silverspot Cinema, Filmgate Film Festival – August, Miami, Florida
2022- Screening of the film “Light”, Arsht Center, Miami Film Festival – March, Miami, Florida
2021 – Miami Film Festival, Knight Made in Miami Award, Shortlisted October
2022 – Screening of the film “Light”, Deering Estate, Miami Short Festival – October – Miami, Florida
2021- Screening of the film “Light”, Regal Cinemas South Beach, Miami Short Film Festival – November, Miami Beach, Florida
2021- Miami Short Film Festival Short animation Light 2021 Nominee for best animation.
2021- Serlachius Gallery, October 27th, Mäntä, Finland
2021 – Ciconia Art Collection, March – November, Miami FL
2020 – Home Sweet Home, Hartvest Project, Miami, FL
2019 – Pinta Art Fair – Pinta Applied Arts Booth, Miami, FL
2019 – Women Of Vision – DORCAM, Miami, Florida
2018 – Women Weavers – Ideobox Art Space, September- November, Miami.
2018 – Ser, Habitar, Imaginar – Concrete Space, September- November, Miami.
2018 – Land + Body = Scape – NARS Foundation, May – June, New York City, 2018 – No Constraints to Beauty – Pompano Beach Arts Center, March 20th, Pompano Beach, Fl.
2018 – Land + Body = Scape – The 55 Project, Wynwood, March 10th,
Miami.
2017 – Take your Art For A Walk – Bossa Gallery, December 3 to 10 – Miami Art Week, Miami
2017 – Power Tools, Memories sized – Textile Museum, September 14th -Rydal, Sweden
2017 – Being There – October 2nd, Messen Ålvik, Norway
* Full list upon request
Selected Private and Public Collections:
The Girls Club Collection – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Viviane Spinelli – Brazilian Film Festival, Miami, FL
Myra Wexler – Miami, FL
Pamela Cohen – Art Miami, Art Wynwood, Art Hamptons, Acqua Miami Sylvester Cancer Center Miami, FL
Juan Luis Toro – U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management Wynwood Art Center – Miami ,FL
David Grutman, Miami Marketing Group and Arkadia – Miami Beach Michael D’Andrea, Macalusos – Miami Beach
Williamsburg Art Center Williamsburgh Museum – Brooklyn, New York Phillipe Valls – USB Bank – Miami, FL
Viviane Spinelli – Brazilian Film Festival, Miami, FL
Myra Wexler – Miami, FL
Pamela Cohen – Art Miami, Art Wynwood, Art Hamptons, Acqua Miami Sylvester Cancer Center Miami, FL
Juan Luis Toro – U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management Wynwood Art Center – Miami ,FL
David Grutman, Miami Marketing Group and Arkadia – Miami Beach Michael D’Andrea, Macalusos – Miami Beach
Williamsburg Art Center Williamsburgh Museum – Brooklyn, New York Phillipe Valls – USB Bank – Miami, FL
Books (illustration):
2021 – Quotes Are The Best Medicine by Allan Herskowitz II, Illustrated and edited
2020 – I Wish I were an Octopus by Marina Jovanovic, Illustrated and edited
2019 – The Egg, written, illustrated and edited children’s novel
2019 – Places She’d Go, written, illustrated and edited interactive novel
2019 – Quotes Are The Best Medicine by Allan Herskowitz I, Illustrated and edited
2019 – The Last Tree, illustrated poem book by author Kit Kelen
2018 – Radio, written, illustrated and edited graphic novel
Art Residencies:
2020 – I Wish I were an Octopus by Marina Jovanovic, Illustrated and edited
2019 – The Egg, written, illustrated and edited children’s novel
2019 – Places She’d Go, written, illustrated and edited interactive novel
2019 – Quotes Are The Best Medicine by Allan Herskowitz I, Illustrated and edited
2019 – The Last Tree, illustrated poem book by author Kit Kelen
2018 – Radio, written, illustrated and edited graphic novel
Art Residencies:
Serlachius Museum Residency, October 2021, Mäntä, Finland
Kunstnarhuset Messen – September, October, 2017 Ålvikvegen 1065, 5614 Ålvik, Norway. www.khmessen.no , +47 954 25 625
Deering Estate – 2015 to 2016. 16701 SW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157 www.deeringestate.org (305) 235-1668
Kunstnarhuset Messen – September, October, 2015 Ålvikvegen 1065, 5614 Ålvik, Norway www.khmessen.no +47 954 25 625
Bakehouse Art Complex – 2011 to 2015 561 NW 32nd St, Miami, FL 33127 www.bacfl.org (305) 576-2828
Kunstnarhuset Messen – September, October, 2017 Ålvikvegen 1065, 5614 Ålvik, Norway. www.khmessen.no , +47 954 25 625
Deering Estate – 2015 to 2016. 16701 SW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157 www.deeringestate.org (305) 235-1668
Kunstnarhuset Messen – September, October, 2015 Ålvikvegen 1065, 5614 Ålvik, Norway www.khmessen.no +47 954 25 625
Bakehouse Art Complex – 2011 to 2015 561 NW 32nd St, Miami, FL 33127 www.bacfl.org (305) 576-2828