Maristela Ono

1960 Born in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil

Academic background:
1980 Classified in 1st place in the Entrance Examination of the Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts – field: Painting / Curitiba, Brazil;
1983 Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) / Cur...

1960 Born in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil

Academic background:
1980 Classified in 1st place in the Entrance Examination of the Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts – field: Painting / Curitiba, Brazil;
1983 Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) / Curitiba, Brazil;
1983 - 2010 Professor at the Industrial Design Department of the Federal Center of Technological Education – Paraná; (CEFET-PR), which became the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR) in 2005 / Curitiba, Brazil;
1985 Graduated in Teacher’s Formation Course at CEFET-PR / Curitiba, Brazil;
1986 Attended the Industrial Design Training Course at JIDPO / JIDA, supported by JICA / Tokyo, Japan;
1887-89 Worked as Coordinator of the Industrial Design Department of the CEFET-PR / Curitiba, Brazil;
1988-89 Attended a Teacher training at the Industrial Design Course of the Fachhochschule München, supported by DAAD / Munique, Germany;
1999 Achieved her Master in Technology at the CEFET-PR;
2004 Achieved her Doctor degree at the Post-graduate Program of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo. Note: Her dissertation was approved with honor and stood out among the best dissertations of the period from 2004 to 2006 / São Paulo, Brazil;
2005 – 2013 Professor (Master and Doctor degree levels) at the Technology Post-graduate Program of the UTFPR / Curitiba, Brazil;
2008-2010 – Editor of the Technology and Society Journal of the Technology Post-graduate Program of the UTFPR;
2006 – 2011 Collaborator Professor at the Design Post-graduate Program of the UFPR / Curitiba, Brazil;
2012 Achieved her Entrepreneurial Post-doctorate at Dangelo Di Co., supported by CNPq-Brazil / Curitiba, Brazil;
2013 Began to work as an ad hoc reviewer of the Design Studies Journal (online - https://estudosemdesign.emnuvens.com.br/design) / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
2019 Founded an Individual Microenterprise (Maristela Ono) dedicated to artworks.

Personal exhibitions:
2018-2020 Poetics of light. Participant of the 13th Spring of Museums / Espaço Energia–Copel Museum, Curitiba, Brazil;
2017-2018 Luminescence – colors, lights and the poetic complexity of life. Participant of the 11th Spring of Museums / Munespi, Curitiba, Brazil.

Group exhibitions:
2017 Light, Science and Emotion: interactive exhibition for children (curatorship, artworks and design) / Municipal Museum of Arts of Curitiba / Curitiba, Brazil;
2015 Curitiba: multiple looks / Curitiba Memorial / Curitiba, Brazil;
2014 Glasses + Glasses (organized by Loire Nissen). Participation with a LED glass luminaire / Mokiti Okada room / Curitiba, Brazil;
2013 II International Craftsmanship Design Fair and Symposium. Artistic installation “Urban Polissemy” / Londrina Country Club / Londrina, Brazil;
2013 Violence against women: until when? / UTFPR, Curitiba, Brazil;
1987 1st Nadir Figueiredo’s Industrial Design National Award. 1st prize proposal: Glassware set / Federação das Indústrias de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;
VIII UGC Plastic Arts Salon. Participation with the artworks: The light; Detachment (drawings with colored pencils on paper). Yukijirushi Refrigerator’s Prize. Sala Américo Sato - UGC, Curitiba, Brazil;
Uniarte 1980 / Participation with the artistic installation: Experimental box . Uniarte’s Prize / Museum of Contemporary Art, Curitiba, Brazil.

Art Projects:
2019 Maristela Ono’s personal exhibition: “(In)visibilities: looking beyond what is seen” / Artist and Art Director: Maristela Ono / Note: This project has been approved by the Brazilian Federal Culture Incentive Law, but has not yet been executed / Intended museum: Oscar Niemeyer / Curitiba, Brazil;
2017 Artworks, curatorship and design of “Light, science and emotion: an interactive exhibition for children” / Coordinator: Prof. Dr. James A. Baraniuk, Dep. of Electric Engineering of the UFPR / Curitiba, Brazil;
2015 Curitiba: multiple looks / Luceram Art Group / Curitiba, Brazil;
2013 Urban polissemy / Luceram Art Group / Curitiba, Brazil.

Grants and awards:
2013 Finalist / Green Project Awards 2013 - Research and Development category / Research and development project: Urban multimedia equipment for river signaling and environmental education / São Paulo, Brazil;
2007 Publication of an article referring to doctoral research, as it stood out among the best theses of the Post-graduation Program of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo, from 2004 to 2006. Reference: ONO, Maristela Mitsuko. Design industrial e diversidade cultural. GITAHY, Maria Lúcia Caira; LIRA, José Tavares Correia de (Org.). Tempo, cidade e arquitetura (Coleção Arquiteses n. 1). 1ed. São Paulo: Annablume Editora; FAU-USP; FUPAM, 2007, v. 1, p. 303-323. ISBN: 85-7419-704-3 / 85-8816-64-0;
2005 First prize / I CEFET Digital Creativity Award applied to e-learning / Curitiba, Brazil;
1987 First prize / 1st Nadir Figueiredo’s Industrial Design National Award. Proposal: Glassware set / Federação das Indústrias de São Paulo (FIESP) / São Paulo, Brazil;
1981 Yukijirushi Refrigerator’s Prize conceded to the drawings on paper: “The light” and “Detachment” / VIII UGC Fine Arts Salon/ UGC, Curitiba, Brazil;
1980 Uniarte Prize conceded to the installation “Experimental box”/ Uniarte 1980 / Museum of Contemporary Art, Curitiba, Brazil.