Welcome!

ABOUT THE ARTIST Gabriela Esquivel is a Costa Rican-American artist that creates art with sound and color. She creates projects combining her talents as a singer and visual artist. She has participated in several art fairs and exhibitions in Italy, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Miami, and more.   Botello Gallery in Old San Juan Puerto Rico sells her work since 2005.

EDUCATION   

2021-2024        M.M. Music Business and Production, Florida International University
2019-2021        B.M. Music Production and Commercial Music Composition,
                           Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2011- 2015        B.A. in Humanistic Studies, minor in Vocal Performance,
                           Interamerican University of Puerto Rico   
2005-2011        B.A. in Sculpture, Minors in Film & Fashion Design, School of Fine Arts                                                             of Puerto Rico                                   
2000-2004       Studies in Business Administration and Music, University of Costa Rica
1999                  Painting and Voice lessons, Migros Klubschule, Switzerland   
1999                  Goethe Institute, Germany

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

2025                  Community Grant - Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs
2025                  Mom & Pops Business Grant - District 12 - City of Doral, Florida
2025                  ScaleUp Small Business Course, The Idea Center, Miami Dade College
2025                  Miami Beach Hispanic Heritage Month Award - Arts and Entertainment 
2025                  Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs Community Grant
2022                  Official Costa Rican Cultural Ambassador - “Essential Costa Rica”
2021                   Undergraduate Researcher of the Year – FAU College of Arts and Letters
2021                   FAU Undergraduate Researcher of the Year Grant
2018-2019         CIP Grant – Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, USA
2020                  CIP Grant – Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, USA
2019                   Self-Published Author – Gema, the Curious Butterfly
2015                   X Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2015-2016         Art Basel, Miami, USA
2005                   The Dean’s List, USA

INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2026                  “Gallery Night”, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
2026                  “Carnaval on the Mile”, Coral Gables, FL, USA
2026                  Fundraising Event, Beach Club, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA
2025                  AQUA, Art Miami, Art Basel Week, Miami Beach, FL, USA
2025                  Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2025                  Fundraising Event, Ritz Carlton Tennis Courts, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA
2025                  Vizcaya Farmer's Market, Coconut Grove, Miami, USA
2025                  Giralda Artisan Plaza, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA
2025                  Gallery Night, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, Florida, USA
2025                   Live Painting at "Savor the Sounds", City of Pembroke Pines, Florida
2024                   Live Painting at Key Biscayne Farmers Market, Key Biscayne, Florida
2024                  "Open House Exhibition", Botello Art Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2024                  "Sound and Color at Nuria Camino’s recital", FIU, Miami, Florida, USA
2024                  "PROCOMER event", Chamber of Commerce, Miami, FL, USA
2023                  "Costa Rica in Sound and Color at FIU CIBER", MMC Campus, Miami, FL
2022                  "Los Colores de Miami Exhibition", Consulado General de México, Florida
2022                  "Los Colores de Miami Exhibition", Consulado General de Colombia
2022                  "Los Colores de Miami Exhibition", MIFA Gallery, Florida, USA
2022                  "Sister Cities - Friendship Month Exhibit", Fort Lauderdale City Hall, USA
2022                  "Inner Heavens", Graham Center Student Art Gallery, FIU, Miami, FL
2022                  "Artist Reunion Show", Plunge Beach Resort, Laudedale by the Sea, FL
2022                  "HOME", GalleryOne DoubleTree by Hilton, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2022                  "Gema, the Curious Butterfly" at Action for Literacy Day, FL
2021                  "Costa Rica in Sound and Color", Plunge Beach Resort, FL
2020                  Botello Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2020                 "Gema, the Curious Butterfly", Butterfly Festival, Coconut Creek, Florida
2019                  "Gema at Barnes and Noble", Book Store in Plantation, Florida, USA
2019                  "Spectrum" Exhibition, Studio 18, Pembroke Pines, FL
2019                  "Art Fort Lauderdale Art Fair", Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2019                  "Florida International Trade and Cultural Expo", Fort Lauderdale, FL 
2019                   Live Painting at "Jazz in the Pines", Frank Art Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL
2018                  "Soul and Mysticism", Solo Show at Artserve, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2018                  "Garden of Freedom Exhibition", 33rd St Wine Bar, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2018                   Botello Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2018                  "Art at the Convention Center", Florida Int Trade and Cultural Expo
2018                   Art and Soul, Business for the Arts of Broward, Hilton, Fort Lauderdale
2018                   Pop up Exhibition, The Frank Contemporaries, Pembroke Pines, Florida
2018                   Art Fort Lauderdale Fair, Florida
2018                   The Studio in the Living Room, W Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2018                   Las Olas Art Fair, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2018                   "Live Painting at Light Up the Galt", Fort Lauderdale, FL
2018                   "Live painting at Jazz at the Pines", The Frank Contemporaries, Florida
2017                    Galeria Rancho Santana, Tola/Rivas, Nicaragua
2017                   "Imagining the Sublime", Village Design Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
2017                   Village Design Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2017                   Botello Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2016                   ArtBox.Gallery, Art Basel, Miami, Florida
2016                   Galería Rancho Santana, Tola/Rivas, Nicaragua
2016                   Botello Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015                   Contemporary Art Projects, Art Basel, Miami, Florida
2015                   Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2014                   Botello Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2014                   "From the Mystical to the Abstract", Interamerican University of PR
2011                   "Spiritual Cell Performance", National Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2009                  "Thanatos and Narciso", Performance with Ballet Concierto of                                                                            Puerto Rico
2004                  "At the Bank", Lafise Bank, San José, Costa Rica 2003 "At the Bank",                                                                 Lafise Bank, Costa Rica 

MUSIC

2025             “Sounds & Colors of Hispano-America”, Miami Beach Botanical Garden,                                                          Miami Beach, USA
2023             "GrammyU Mixtape, New Year It's Poppin, Spotify Playlist, Recording                                                               Academy Grammys - Grammys on Spotify
2023              FIU National Anthem Singer - Women's Basketball Game, FIU vs FAU,                                                              Ocean Bank Convocation Center, Miami, Florida, USA
2022              FIU National Anthem Singer - Graduation Ceremony, Ocean Bank                                                                    Convocation Center, Miami, Florida, USA
2022             "Voces del Periodismo Awards" - featured artist singing songs from Costa                                                      Rica and Ecuador, FIU Wolfe University Center, BBC Campus
2022              FIU National Anthem Singer - Men's Basketball Game, Ocean Bank                                                                 Convocation Center, Miami, Florida, USA
2022              FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra, featured artist singing songs from Costa Rica                                                        & Ecuador, Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music and Performing Arts
2022               FIU National Anthem Singer - Graduation Ceremony, Ocean Bank                                                                    Convocation Center, Miami, Florida, USA
2022              "The Summit: cello composition ft. cellist Itzel Manon", Student Art Gallery,                                                FIU Graham Center, Miami, FL, USA
2022              FAU Composers Concert ft. cellist Dr. Jason Calloway, Boca Raton Museum                                                   of Art, Florida, USA
2022              FIU Big Band Concert, Wertheim School of Music Theater, Miami, Florida
2021               Music Videos Drop, Plunge Beach Resort, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL
2020              Costa Rican composer's presentation, Composition studio of composer                                                         Kevin Wilt, Florida
2020             “The Summit”, online multimedia project with cellist Brent Charran, Florida
2019              Official drop of Gema:  song of children’s book Gema, the Curious                                                                     Butterfly. Available in English and Spanish on all social media platforms.
2018             “Butterflies for Puerto Rico”, online international musical-artistic-social                                                         project, Puerto Rico - Florida

MUSEUMS, MURALS, AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2018              “Ride Over the Rainbow”, street-mural, MASS District, Fort Lauderdale
2018              “The Tarpon’s Dance”, Little Library Project at Hardy Park, Fort Lauderdale
2018              “Genii Loci”, Artist Assistant of 1.2 mile long “road tattoo”, Palm Beach
2017              “Open Canvas Project”, Murals in Andrews Av. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 
2015              “La Campechada dedicated to Rafael Ríos Rey”, Museo de Arte de                                                                     Puerto Rico, PR
2014              “La Campechada dedicated to Myrna Báez”, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
2013              “La Campechada dedicated to Rafael Tufiño” , Museo de Arte de                                                                        Puerto Rico, PR

LITERATURE AND REVIEWS  

JUNE, 2026    "Meet Gabriela Esquivel," CanvasRebel, Miami, USA   

MAY, 2026      “Rising Star: Gabriela Esquivel, Voyage Miami Magazine, Miami, USA

SEPT, 2025     "An Inspired Chat with Gabriela Esquivel, Bold Journey Magazine, USA
NOV, 2024.     "Interview with the Creative Spirit Channel", South Florida, USA
JAN, 2023       "GrammyU Mixtape, New Year It's Poppin, Spotify Playlist, Recording                                                              Academy, Grammys on Spotify
NOV, 2022      "Wonderful Fusion Between Visual Arts and Music", Doral Arts and                                                                    Beyond, Radio Interview at Doral Voice, Miami, Florida, USA 
SEP, 2022        "Embajadores Marca País, los representantes de llevar el talento                                                                      costarricense a nivel mundial", Periódico La República, Costa Rica
AUG, 2022        FAU Alumni Spotlight, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters,                                                             Boca Raton, Florida 
APR, 2022        Stories and Insights, "Meet Gabriela Esquivel", CanvasRebel Magazine,                                                            Miami, Florida
DEC 2021         “El Chinamo”, Costa Rica TV Show, Teletica Canal 7, San Jose, Costa Rica
NOV, 2021         Meet Gabriela Esquivel, Open Radio Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
NOV, 2018        "Meet Gabriela Esquivel in Fort Lauderdale", Voyage Miami Magazine,                                                             Miami, Florida
DEC, 2017         Midtown Miami Magazine, “The sublime state of painter Gabriela                                                                     Esquivel”,  Miami, Florida 
SEPT, 2017        Go Riverwalk Magazine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 
DEC, 2015         Contemporary Art Projects USA Catalogue, Spectrum, Miami   
NOV, 2015        “Artistas en Florencia”, Periódico Índice, Puerto Rico   
NOV, 2015         “Arte, conciencia  y alegría en la Campechada 2015, UPR-Dialogo,                                                                   Universidad de Puerto Rico  
NOV, 2015         “Reconocen su trabajo artístico”, El Nuevo Día, Flash y Cultura,                                                                          Puerto Rico  
OCT, 2015          Florence Biennale Catalogue, Italy    
ENE, 2014          “Las Zonas Limítrofes y espirituales en la pintura de Gabriela                                                                            Esquivel”, Puerto Rico Art News
SEP, 2013           Galenus Magazine, Puerto Rico   
JUL, 2009          El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico  
FEB, 2005          Imagen, San José Costa Rica  
 
PERMANENT ART COLLECTIONS  

New York Private Collection, USA
Fort Lauderdale Private Collection, USA
Costa Rican Private Collections, Costa Rica
New Jersey Private Collection, USA
California Private Collection, USA   
Puerto Rican Private Collections, Puerto Rico
W Hotel Paintings Collection – Fort Lauderdale, USA      
Puerto Rican Painting Collection” Interamerican University of Puerto Rico  
Latin American Art Collection, Galenus Magazine, Puerto Rico

 

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