Karla Caprali
Artist, Animator, Director and educator
Artist, Animator, Director and educator
Awards and Grants:
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 Affairs and Tigertail Productions
2015 - Hollywood Art Center Biennial - Honorable Mention to work “Caution”
2015 - A.I.R. Norway Art Council and Messen
2015 - Artist Access Grant - Miami Dade County Department Of Cultural Affairs and Tigertail Productions
2014 - Art Serve and Art Brazil Honorable Mention - The Consulate General Of Brazil In Miami
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 Affairs and Tigertail Productions
2015 - Hollywood Art Center Biennial - Honorable Mention to work “Caution”
2015 - A.I.R. Norway Art Council and Messen
2015 - Artist Access Grant - Miami Dade County Department Of Cultural Affairs and Tigertail Productions
2014 - Art Serve and Art Brazil Honorable Mention - The Consulate General Of Brazil In Miami
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:
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
2017 - Women Behind Threads - April, Bossa Gallery, Miami
2016 - Functional - Pinta Art Fair - Art Basel (December 1 - 4 ) Miami, Fl 2016 - Reduction - Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville North Carolina, NC
2016 - Whitespace Biennial - Mordes Collection, West Palm Beach, Fl
2016 - Intersections - Deering Estate Stone House - Miami, Fl
2015 - Hollywood Art Center - 7th Art Biennial - Hollywood, Fl
2015 - BaCa - Pompano Beach, Fl
2014 - Art Fallout - The Girls Club - Fort Lauderdale, Fl
2014 - Connections - Gold Coast Cultural Center - Great Neck, New York
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
2017 - Women Behind Threads - April, Bossa Gallery, Miami
2016 - Functional - Pinta Art Fair - Art Basel (December 1 - 4 ) Miami, Fl 2016 - Reduction - Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville North Carolina, NC
2016 - Whitespace Biennial - Mordes Collection, West Palm Beach, Fl
2016 - Intersections - Deering Estate Stone House - Miami, Fl
2015 - Hollywood Art Center - 7th Art Biennial - Hollywood, Fl
2015 - BaCa - Pompano Beach, Fl
2014 - Art Fallout - The Girls Club - Fort Lauderdale, Fl
2014 - Connections - Gold Coast Cultural Center - Great Neck, New York
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:
2019 – The Egg, written and illustrated children’s novel
2019 - Places She’d Go, written and illustrated interactive novel
2019 - The Last Tree, illustrated poem book by author Kit Kelen
2018 - Radio, written and illustrated graphic novel
Art Residencies:
2019 - Places She’d Go, written and illustrated interactive novel
2019 - The Last Tree, illustrated poem book by author Kit Kelen
2018 - Radio, written and illustrated 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
Education:
Fine Arts - 1991 - 1993, Faculdade de Belas Artes de Sao Paulo, USP University, Brazil
1993 - 1997, UNAMA, Belem Para
1993 - 1997, UNAMA, Belem Para