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Clara Toro

Clara Toro is a Colombian American photographer and resident artist at The Bakehouse Art Complex. She holds a degree in Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism from the International Center of Photography ICP and a degree from PhotoEspaña master's program.

She has done work for Univision.com, The 19th.com, FIU and Museum of Art and Design MOAD. Clara does volunteer photography work for nonprofits, has been a photography teacher at Oolite Arts and teacher assistant at ICP.

Toro has participated in group exhibitions in Miami at The Bakehouse Art Complex, Coral Gables Museum, MIFA, Mexican consulate, Clandestina Fair, Pinecrest Gardens, Little Haiti Cultural Complex, Green Space and Barry University. She also participated in a group exhibition at Centro de Arte Alcobendas in Madrid, Spain. Clara has had solo exhibits in Miami, at The Bakehouse Art Complex, Tory Burch flagship store, Colombian Consulate and at Roberto Clemente Park in Wynwood.

She is a winner of a 2022 Ellies Creator Award for her project “Eight minutes”. In 2024 she received a creative grant from Community Engagement and a Miami Individual Artists Program (MIA) grant from Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.

In March 2024, Clara was invited by Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator DVCAI, to participate in an International Cultural Exchange program in Bermuda.

She has worked for the past five years on a project about the Wynwood and Allapattah neighborhoods in Miami, documenting the stories of its residents, through photographs and audio recordings. The Allapattah project was recently published by the Spanish photography magazine Exit.

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