Claudia Aravena Explained

Claudia Aravena
Birth Name:Claudia Aravena Abughosh
Birth Date:21 October 1968
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Occupation:Visual artist, curator, professor
Notable Works:Lugar común
Alma Mater:University ARCIS

Claudia Aravena Abughosh (born 21 October 1968) is a Chilean visual artist, curator, short filmmaker, and professor who has worked mainly in the field of contemporary art.[1]

Life and work

Claudia Aravena studied graphic design at University ARCIS, which she later complemented with a degree in audiovisual communication and a master's in cultural studies.[1] Some of her works are framed within urban art and media art through installations, photography, and audiovisual presentations, where the city takes a fundamental role as a central thematic axis, in addition to autobiographical and cultural identity fusion.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Exhibitions and distinctions

Aravena has participated in several solo and group exhibitions during her career, among them the 2009 Havana Biennial,[6] 6th and 7th Video and New Media Santiago Biennial (2007),[3] and the 1st Chilean Triennial (2009) at the Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, in addition to the shows Handle with Care (2007) at the same institution,[7] La operación verdad, o la verdad de la operación, collective exhibition at the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (2010),[8] Circa Berlin at the Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center in Copenhagen (2005), From the Other Site/Side at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul (2006), Video-Forum, NBK at the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City (2006), among other exhibitions in Chile, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.[1] [9] [10] [11]

In addition, she has participated in several international film festivals, including the International Documentary Film Fest in Paris, the Palermo International Video Art Festival in Italy, the International Documentary Film Festival of Leipzig in Germany, and the 9th International Documentary Film Festival in Lisbon.[1]

In 2002 she received a nomination for the Altazor Award for National Arts in the Installation and Video Art category for Lugar común, in co-authorship with Guillermo Cifuentes.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Claudia Aravena . . Spanish . 23 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Reconocimiento de Lugar . Portal de Arte . Spanish . 2002 . 23 February 2018 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101914/http://www.portaldearte.cl/agenda/instalacion/2002/reconocimiento.html . dead .
  3. News: Lo último del media art en Santiago . The Latest in Media Art in Santiago . Macarena . García González . . Spanish . 23 November 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075842/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 4 March 2016 . 23 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Claudia Aravena en Out of Place. Greetings from Palestina. . Portal de Arte . Spanish . 2009 . 23 February 2018 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115202/http://www.portaldearte.cl/agenda/instalacion/2009/claudia_aravena.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Claudia Aravena en Galería Gabriela Mistral / Proyecto Palestina . Portal de Arte . Spanish . 2006 . 23 February 2018.
  6. News: Los artistas chilenos que sí viajan a La Habana . Chilean Artists Who Travel to Havana . Óscar . Contardo . . Spanish . 8 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092007/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 4 March 2016 . 23 February 2018.
  7. News: El arte según las mujeres . Art According to the Women . Josefa . Ruiz-Tagle . . Spanish . 6 March 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093812/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 4 March 2016 . 23 February 2018.
  8. Operación verdad o la verdad de la operación . Alejandra . Villasmil . Artishock . Spanish . 19 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130501013751/http://www.artishock.cl/2011/10/operacion-verdad-o-la-verdad-de-la-operacion/ . 1 May 2013 . dead . 23 February 2018.
  9. News: Arte chileno en Italia . Chilean Art in Italy . Elisa . Cárdenas . . Spanish . 4 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075558/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 4 March 2016 . 23 February 2018.
  10. News: Dislocación: un ambicioso proyecto de arte contemporáneo . Dislocación: An Ambitious Contemporary Art Project . Macarena . García González . . Spanish . 29 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084314/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 4 March 2016 . 23 February 2018.
  11. Web site: Claudia Aravena Abughosh . Fondazione Merz . Italian . 23 February 2018 . 24 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113108/http://fondazionemerz.org/artista/claudia-aravena-abughoshclaudia-aravena-abughosh/ . dead .
  12. Web site: Claudia Aravena y Guillermo Cifuentes . . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20110831185443/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/claudia-aravena-y-guillermo-cifuentes/ . 31 August 2011 . dead . 23 February 2018.

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