Ximena Armas
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Ximena Armas, born 29 July 1946 in Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 (Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

), is a Chilean painter.

Biography

Ximena Armas Fernández first attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Universidad de Chile, then the Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, where she was trained by Mario Carreño
Mario Carreño Morales
Mario Carreño Morales was a Cuban painter.He studied painting in the Academia de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba since 1925 until 1926. In 1934, he studied in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain...

, Eduardo Vilches, and Mario Toral. Upon her arrival in France in 1971, she attended the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs is a public university of art and design and is one of the most prestigious French grande école...

 and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...

 in Paris. She lives in Paris, and is married to the French painter Henri Richelet
Henri Richelet
Henri Richelet, born 16 June 1944 in Frebécourt , is a French painter.-Biography:Born to primary school teachers, Henri Richelet first attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, then the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1968, he gets the First Grand Prix of the Casa de...

.

Since 1969, she has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Chile, France, Spain, and Mexico.

Ximena Armas's works hide secrets. Nothing is revealed; all is instead veiled with ribbons and bands, hemmed with curtains, burrowed beneath a mass of stones. She fringes all her paintings with mystery, dresses them with shades. One is struck at once by their odd composition, made of striped bands, ruffled feathers, or beach huts. Her figures hide or suddenly appear as shadows or silhouettes. The artist plays at staging over and over again the familiar elements of her dreamlike world, thus totally mastering space and swamping it with symbols.

Solo exhibitions

  • 1969 : Galería Arturo Edwards, Santiago, Chile.
  • 1970 : Galería C.C. Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
  • 1980 : Galerie La Bolée, Anonnay, France.
  • 1982 : « Latino-Américains à Paris », Grand Palais
    Grand Palais
    This article contains material abridged and translated from the French and Spanish Wikipedia.The Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais , is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France...

    , Paris.
  • 1986 : Galerie Lefor Openo, Saint-Cloud, France.
  • 1987 :
    • Espace latino-américain, Paris.
    • Galerie de la Main de fer, Perpignan, France.
  • 1990 :
    • Galería La Fachada, Santiago, Chile.
    • Galerie Ceibo, Paris.
  • 1996 : Hôtel de Ville, Neufchâteau, France.
  • 1999 : Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile.
  • 2001 : Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.
  • 2003 : Musée Roybet-Fould, Courbevoie, France.
  • 2006 :
    • Galería Modigliani, Viña del Mar, Chile.
    • Galería Praxis, Santiago, Chile.
  • 2007–2008 : Le Trait d’Union, Neufchâteau, France.

Main group exhibitions

  • 1969 : « Prix Crav de Peinture », Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.
  • 1972 : « La Peinture chilienne », Unesco
    UNESCO
    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

    , Paris.
  • 1974 : « Grafic 74 », Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ibiza, Espagne.
  • 1981 :
    • « Art pour le Nicaragua », Musée d’Art Moderne
      Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
      Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the arts of the 20th/21st centuries. It is located at 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.-Description:...

      , Paris.
    • « Cent gravures contemporaines »,
  • 1982 : « Chili Vivant », Mexico.
  • 1983 : « Chili-femmes », Espace latino-américain, Paris.
  • 1984 : « Peintres latino-américains », Monaco.
  • 1986 : « Les Figurations de 1960 à nos jours », Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, E.B.A. de Besançon, Musée de Carcassonne, Couvent des Cordeliers de Châteauroux, France.
  • 1989 : « Le Musée de l'Amérique latine », Monaco
  • 1990 : « Art chilien d’aujourd’hui », Espace Belleville et Unesco, Paris.
  • 1991 : « Festival international de la peinture », Château-musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.
  • 1995 :
    • « Femmes ibéro-américaines », Junta de Extramadura, Caceres, Espagne.
    • « Présence du Chili en France », Galería Plastica Nueva, Santiago, Chile.
  • 1996 : « Artistes Chiliens en France », Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.
  • 1997 :
    • « Festival des arts 1997 — Dialogue Est-Ouest », Vayolles, Vienne, France.
    • « Persistance du paysage dans la peinture chilienne », Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.
  • 2003 : « Hommage à S. Allende », Centre culturel Robert-Desnos, Ris-Orangis, France.
  • 2004 : « Georges Sand, interprétations », Couvent des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France.
  • 2007 : « Santiago Paris Santiago », Galería La Ventana Cemicual, Santiago, Chile.

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