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CECILIA PAREDES

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Brisas, 2012
Acid free photograph paper print
39 x 39 1/2 in. (99.06 x 100.33 cm Ed:2/7

One Man Exhibitions

2012

A veces me asaltan las dudas celestes, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami, FL

2009

Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art", Natural World Museum, Humboldt State University, California.

2008

FIA Ibero American Art Fair , Caracas-International, Guest Artist, Venezuela.            
Michela Rizzo Venice, Italy.

2007

Costa Rica Museum of Art, Costa Rica.

2006

Borrowed World, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL.

2005

Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, Spain.

2004

Galeria Animal, Chile
Sol de Rio Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala
Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
Arthobler Gallery, Porto, Portugal

2003

Museo C. Guardia San Jose "El jardin de Dafne", Costa Rica
Universidad de Indiana, PA
Universidad de Salamanca Centro de la Fotografia, Salamanca, Spain
Seem: Camuflajes y Transparencias, New York
ARCO, ArtexArte, Madrid, Spain

2002

Galeria ArtexArte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru

2001

Sol de Rio Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala.
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama, Panama.

2000

Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo: Rutas Alternas,
San Jose, Costa Rica.

1998

Museo de Arte Moderno, Guatemala.

Group Show Exhibitions

2011

Pacific Foundation LA Four WomenALLI Latin American Art, Madrid, Spain

2010

Beijing Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, ChinaUniversity Museum del Chopo with Art for Change, Mexico City, MexicoEsofoto 10, El SalvadorMigrations, Museum of Art and Design, San Jose, Costa Rica

2009

Nature's Toolbox, Natural World Museum, CA
Bienal del Caribe, Dominican RepublicArt and Gender Contemporary Center, Seville, SpainOff the Beaten Path, Fodazione Prada, Milan, ItalyStenersen Museu, Oslo, NorwayUniversity Art Gallery, San Diego, CA

2008

Real Museum of Monaco. Museo Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Unlearning Intolerance Series, United Nations and Natural World Museum, NY, NY.
Mutations, Bilbao, Spain.
Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art, Natural World Museum, United Nations, Paris., France

2007

Museo Real de Las Bellas Artes, Brussels.
Photography Month, San Antonio, Texas.
30 Aniversario IILA, Roma.
Animalistica, Central Bank Museum, Costa Rica.
Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway.
Contemporary Museum, Santiago, Chile.
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

2006

IILA 40th Anniversary  Rome, Italy.
Art and Architecture Biennial Canary Islands.
Isla del Hierro.Oltre Lilith, Scuderie Aldobrandini Frascati, Italy.
Chemin D’Art, St  Flour, France.

2005

Biennale di Venezia, Venezia.
La Costilla Maldita, Comisaria Margarita Aizpuru, Centro de Arte Moderno, Lanzarote GranCanarias.

2004

Museo de Arte Costarricense: Armas de Poder.

2003

Mapas Abiertos, Comisario Alejandro Castellote, Barcelona/ Madrid.
Espadas de Doble Filo, Teoretica, Centro Cultural de España, San Jose.
Proyecto E+va, Comisaria Virginia Perez-Ratton, Irlanda.

2002

Proyecto DO IT/ Teoretica, San Jose.
Bienal Centroamericana, Nicaragua.

2000

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Panama, Coleccion Permanente, Panama.
Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo San Jose, Coleccion Permanente, San Jose.
VII Bienal de La Habana, Instalacion Barrio San Isidro, Cuba.

1999

Bienal de Escultura Cerveceria Costa Rica.
Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo: Paisaje Interior, San Jose.
Museo del Banco Central Imagenes de Mujeres, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Escuela Artes Universidad de Pennsylvania, Coleccion Permanente, USA.
Museo de Arte Costa Rica.

1998

Instalo-Mesotica:Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo, San Jose.
Centro Wifredo Lam, Coleccion Permanente, La Habana, Cuba.

1997

Bienal de Escultura, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Coleccion permenente, Lima, Peru.
VI Bienal de La Habana, Cuba.

1996

Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo. Nuevas Adquisiciones, Costa Rica.
Nuevas Tendencias, Museo de Arte de Costa Rica.
Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo. Coleccion permanente, Costa Rica.

Art Fairs

2013

Arte Fiera, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Bologna, Italy

2012

ARCO, Madrid, SpainTexas Contemporary, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Houston, TX
Arte Fiera, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Bologna, Italy

2011

Pulse Miami, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FLHouston Art Fair, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Houston, TXArt Chicago, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Chicago, ILArte Fiera, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy

2010

Pulse Miami, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FLArt Chicago, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Chicago, ILPulse New York, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, New York, NY
Arte Fiera, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy

2009

ArteAmericas, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL.Pulse Miami, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FLArt Chicago, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
Pulse New York, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, New York, NY
Arte Fiera Bologna, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy

2008

CIRCA, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Puerto Rico.
PULSE MIAMI, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL.
Art Chicago, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Chicago, IL.
ArteAmericas, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL.
Arte Fiera, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy.

2007

Balelatina, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Basel.
ArteAmericas, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL.

2006

ArteBa, Buenos Aires ArteXArte Foundation.

2005

Art Basel Miami Beach, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami.
Art Cologne, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami.
MACO, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Mexico DF.
Chicago Contemporary, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts.
ARCO, Madrid. Galeria Lucia De La Puente.

2004

ARCO, Madrid. Galeria ArtexArte.

2003

ARCO, Madrid. Galeria ArtexArte.

2002

ARCO, Madrid. Comisario Antonio Zaya Futuribles
Galeria Sol del Rio.

Awards & Scholarships

2006

Chemin D Art, invited artists St. Flour, France.

2003

Universidad de Salamanca: Centro de Fotografia, Publicacion Libro de Artista, Spain.

2002

Primera Mencion de Honor, Bienal Centroamericana.

2002-2001

Proyecto Woodford, Artista invitada, Queensland, Australia.

2001

Galeria Regional de Noosa; Artista invitada Proyecto "La Tierra Flotante", Queensland, Australia.

2000

Centro Banff: artista invitada residencia tematica DISCOVERY, Canada.

1999

Universidad de Pennsylvania: artista residente, Philadelphia, USA.

1998

Fundacion Rockefeller, Residencia Bellagio, Italy.

1995

Primer Premio " II Bienal de Escultura Cerveceria Costa Rica", Costa Rica.

1986

Primer Premio " Salon Nacional de Grabado", Lima, Peru.

1983

Primer Premio " Municipalidad de Lima" Serigrafia, Lima, Peru.

1981

Primer Premio Universidad Catolica: Esc. de Teatro/ Litografia, Lima, Peru.

Collections

San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas.
Deutsche Bank, New York, USA
Javier Varez, Madrid, SpainLehigh University Collections, USA
Costa Rica Museum of Art Contemporary Art and Design Museum, Costa Rica
Contemporary Museum, Panama
Natural World Museum, California
University of Salamanca Collection, Spain.
University of Engineering, Lima Peru
Art Nexus Collection Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana.
Tomas Ybarra Frausto, New York.
Daniel Yankelewitz, Costa Rica.
Maria De Corral, Madrid.
Margaux Miranda, Australia.
Marcelo Narbona, Panama.
Lucia de la Puente Wiesse, Lima.
Celia Birbragher, Miami.
Fwad & Marbella Farach, San Jose.
Carol Damian, Miami.
Aimee Joaristi, Madrid.
Virginia Perez-Ratton, San Jose.
Sagrario Perez-Soto, Caracas.
Luis Gutierrez, Puerto Rico.
Javier Panera, Salamanca.
Solita MishaanCota Cohen Ronald Zurcher  
Up
Down

In the latest series Skin Deep, part of the landscape is the representation of Paredes' own body. For this work, she chose specific natural fabrics as printed linen. Pure linens come from a plant and in this case, flora is printed on them, so there is an inherent double value, a plant representing a plant. Paredes states, “I wrap, cover or paint my body with the same pattern of the material and re-present myself as part of that landscape. Through this act, I am working on the theme of building my own identification with the entourage or part of the world where I live or where I feel I can call home. My bio has been described as nomadic so maybe this is also a need of addressing the process of constant relocation. There is also the factor in my mind that flora as we know it, is coming to be endangered so with all these preoccupations, I think that in these works, aesthetics bind with the anthropologic in order to register fragments of personal and social memory.”