MARIA SERVELLÓN

Sept. 20 2022

Hybrid Event

MARIA SERVELLÓN (she/her) is an award-winning filmmaker, multimedia artist, educator, and arts advocate from Boston, MA. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from UMass Boston, and her Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media Art from Emerson College. Her focus is film and digital media, including projection, installation, photography, and design. Maria’s work often explores identity formation and the synesthetic relationships between art, music, and dance.

Maria’s work has been exhibited and screened in Massachusetts, New York, California, Oregon, the UK, and Mexico. One of her most lauded works to date is the magic-realist short film, Hyphen (2018). In recent years, she has been named one of 2018’s “Latinos 30 Under 30” by El Mundo Boston; a 2019 New England Film Star Award finalist; a 2020 Amplify Latinx “Latina Leader” and a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Leader honoree. She has been awarded grants, fellowships, and residencies from the Mayor’s Office Of Arts & Culture, Boston Arts & Business Council, Boston Public Schools, Boston Dance Theater, Danza Orgánica, and MASS MoCA.