Claudia Bernardi Explained

Claudia Bernardi
Birth Date:1955
Nationality:Argentine
Education:University of Buenos Aires

Claudia Bernardi (born 1955)[1] is an Argentine artist who works in the fields of art, human rights and social justice,[2] combining installation, sculpture, painting and printmaking. She has worked with communities that have suffered state terror, violence, forced exiles and who are victims of human rights violations.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Two major artworks are: Tree of Life[8] and Walls of Hope[9]

Bernardi was born in Buenos Aires.[10] She is Professor of Community Arts, Diversity Studies, Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts.[10]

Collections

Bernardi's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Publications

In Popular Culture

Playwright Catherine Filloux wrote a one-woman play, How to Eat an Orange, about Bernardi, set to premiere at La Mama in New York City in 2024.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11 February 2022. Claudia Bernardi. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
  2. Web site: 19 March 2024. Argentina-born artist mixes art with activism . 1 April 2010. spokesman.com.
  3. Web site: Nicole. Peradotto. 11 February 2022. In Argentina, 'the missing' became routine; Claudia Bernardi's art reflects those dangerous times. The Lewiston Tribune.
  4. Web site: Kimberly. Chun. 11 February 2022. TENDER MERCIES / Working for the United Nations, Claudia Bernardi unearthed the mass graves of children in El Salvador. Now the Berkeley artist tries to redeem the past by teaching refugee children in Fruitvale. 10 September 1999. SFGATE.
  5. Web site: 11 February 2022. Artist Claudia Bernardi Finds Beauty Beyond Brutality. The Seattle Times.
  6. Web site: 11 February 2022. Walls of Hope. 21 September 2010. HuffPost.
  7. Web site: Jackie. Abramian. 11 February 2022. Argentinian Artist Claudia Bernardi Visually Unearths Brutalities Of Past And Present. Forbes.
  8. News: 16 March 2016 . Tree of Life Mural Story and Mission Debuts on West Coast . Mary Baldwin University .
  9. Web site: WALLS OF HOPE, SCHOOL OF ART & OPEN STUDIO OF PERQUIN . Walls of Hope.
  10. Web site: People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal - CCA Portal. 10 February 2022. portal.cca.edu.
  11. Web site: 11 February 2022. La Salle University Art Museum Collections - Claudia Bernardi. artcollection.lasalle.edu.
  12. Web site: 11 February 2022. Related to "Claudia Bernardi". Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
  13. Web site: 11 February 2022. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Celebrates Female Artists All Year. 21 January 2020. phoenixmag.com.
  14. Web site: Ser Mujer Es Saber Resistir - Ulrich Museum of Art . 24 March 2023 . ulrich.wichita.edu.
  15. Book: Bernardi, Claudia . Transforming Terror: Remembering the Soul of the World . 2 June 2011 . University of California Press . 2011 . 978-0-520-94945-4 . 195-202 . en . 10.1525/9780520949454/html.
  16. Web site: 19 March 2024. The Ms. Q&A: Award-Winning Playwright Catherine Filloux Takes on Femicide, Trauma, War, Immigration and More. 28 December 2023. msmagazine.com.

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