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BIOGRAPHY
Graciela Nardi was born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. During her years of painting, Graciela became
fascinated with the New York-based movement of Abstract Expressionism.
Expression through color is how she describes her works. In her work, Graciela
used an array illusionist devices. She expresses all of this through colors and
texture. The painting’s entire surface is covered with animated brushstrokes,
drips, layers, and different medium. She is one of what may be called “post-abstract”
painters.
In her style and technique
the fictive space is made up of layer upon layer of net that “mirror” her own
life and feelings. Her works explores the relationship between two-dimensional
painting and three-dimensional sculpture, that she constructs locating her in
the innovative art “Combine”.
EDUCATION
Vinci School of Art – Buenos
Aires, Argentina
School of Art – Barcelona,
Spain
Art Workshops – Puerto Rico,
New Orleans and California
Citrus College – Associate
Degree in Art – Azusa, California
University of La Verne –
Bachelor in Fine Art – La Verne, California
University of La Verne –
Non-Profit Management Certificate
University of La Verne –
Master in Leadership and Management (in progress) – La Verne, California
FORMER AND PRESENT
ACTIVITIES
Cafe dell’Arte – Owner – New
Orleans, Louisiana – 1994-1998
Art Teacher, Noteworthy
Learning Systems, California - 1997-2001
Art Teacher, Montessori
School, San Dimas, California – 1998-2002
Art and Spanish Teacher –
Sycamore School, Claremont, CA – 2004 to present.
Art Coordinator, Latin
American Art Museum, Miami, Florida - 1997-2001
Director and Founder, Latino
Art Museum, Pomona, California – 2001 to present.
Coordinator and Founder,
Latino Art Museum Ontario Center Outreach, Ontario, California, 2009 to
present.
School of Art and Enterprise
– Board Member 2002 to present
PROJECTS IN CONJUNCTION
SIAC – Salon International de
Arte Contemporaneo – January 2008
Yearbook 2008 – February 2008
Samir Sammoun – Brochure –
July 2008
International Modern and
Contemprary Biennale 2008 – September, October 2008 – Publisher and Co-Curator
Santa Ana College
Invitational and Collaboration – October 2008
Museum of the Americas/Latino
Art Museum “Henry Hirsch” Traveling Exhibition - November, 2008
“Yearbook 2009” – Latino Art
Museum – February, March 2009
Museum of the Americas/Latino
Art Museum Pomona- “Colors and Shapes – August 2009
Museum of the Americas/Latino
Art Museum Pomona- “Marco Salvatore Mallamaci” August 2009
Museum of the Americas/Latino
Art Museum Pomona– “Xavier Carbonell” Travelling Exhibition - October 2009
Museum of the America/Latino
Art Museum Pomona– “The Hollywood Connection” March 2010
“Rincon Cultural La Carreta” Celebration Bicentenario Argentina, Chile,
Colombia and Mexico – May 2010
“Yearbook 2010” Latino Art
Museum – May, June 2010
Museum of the America/Latino
Art Museum Ontario Center – “California Award” – June, 2010
“Cindy Mayoral” – Publisher
and Curator – Brochure July 2010
Crisolart Galleries/Latino
Art Museum/Pomona & Ontario–“World Artist in California 2010 “-
August/September 2010
Museum of the Americas/Latino
Art Museum Pomona– “A Perspective Towards 2011” December 2010
Museum of the Americas/Latino
Art Museum Ontario – International Artists in California – January 2011
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
1993-1994-1995
“Trinity” - Oil on Canvas -
Associated Artists
“Time and Life” - Oil on
Canvas - Pomona Valley Art Association
“Common Thoughts” - Oil on
Canvas - Pomona Valley Art Association
1998
“Alice Trebol’s Adventures”-
Children Book -English and Spanish
Litrus Magazine - Citrus
College
Who is Who in America
Alpha Gamma Sigma - May, 1998
– Citrus College, California
The National Trust for
Historic Preservation - Member
Children Home Society –
Active Member
Children Fun Association –
Active Member
1999
Honorable Mention
“Untitled III - Combine
Painting on Canvas with Net
“20 Latin American Women in Art” – Book: “Biblioteca de Artistas de las
Comunidades Europeas”
2000
Conducting “Feelings through
Art” - Blind Children’s Center - Los Angeles, California
Associated Artists of the
Inland Empire Member
Argentinean Professional
Association - Vice President and Founder
The Florida Museum of
Hispanic and Latin American Art - Art Coordinator
2000 Academic Achievement
Award – Fine Art Department – Citrus College - California
2001
“Contemplating the Geometry”
Painting selected by the Latin Business Association to honor the four
Latina Entrepreneurs. The LBA
was proud to recognize the accomplishments of these women with four
reproductions of Graciela
Nardi’s art work.
“1er Festival Anual de las Artes Latinas”-Celebrando a los Niños y los Jóvenes en un ambiente artístico - Pomona
2002
Academic Award – Leadership
and Management – Graduate Program - University of La Verne – California
2003
“Self Portrait” Painting
selected by the Latin Business Association to honor the “Three 2003 Latina
Entrepreneurs.”
The LBA was proud to
recognize the accomplishments of these women with three reproductions of
Graciela Nardi’s
art work.
Arts International Exhibition
2003 – El Paso, Texas October 10-30 – JuryWorkshop “Abstract
Expressionism”
El Paso Art Association.
5th Annual Parents,
Students, Teachers and Model Businesses of the Year Award – National Parents’
Day – by City Mayor Pomona City Hall
Envisioning the Future –
Interdisciplinary project to imagine. Facilitated by Judy Chicago and Donald
Woodman.
2004
Participation in a Case Study
Barrio Museology: the Musealization of Chicano Culture in Los Angeles.
2005
Lecture “Latin American
Artists in the United States” Miami, Florida
Lecture “Latin American Art
in the United States” Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation, Claremont,
California
2008
Asociación International de Barcelona, Arte y Cultura Contemporánea. March 2008 Latino Art Museum
2010
“Kethy Castedo” New Book
presentation: “No solo el amor es poesia” Guest Speaker May 2010, Burbank, CA
COLLECTIONS
Mrs. Susan Shapiro - Los
Angeles, California
Mrs. Maria Miranda -
California
Mr. and Mrs. Trinca -
Claremont, California
Mr. and Mrs. Dubon -
Riverside, California
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Barbossa
- Los Angeles, California
Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Cordon -
London
Mr. and Mrs. Juan Jose
Lertora - New Orleans, Louisiana
Mr. and Mrs. Rodrigo Palacios
- Walnut, California
Mr. Norberto Nardi - Ontario, California
Mr. and Mrs. Hector
Barbarossa - Claremont, California
Argentinean Consulate - Los
Angeles, California
Mr. and Mrs. Ivette Peltir -
Glendora, California
Mrs. Adriana Costa -
Claremont, California
Mr. and Mrs. Jennifer Guerra
- Upland, California
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Argumosa -
Walnut, California
Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Culasso -
New Orleans, California
North -West College - West
Covina, California
Mr. and Mrs. Jennifer Guerra
– Alta Loma, California
Dr. and Mrs. Carmen Nieva –
Upland, California
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Gee Lopez
– Temple City, California
Mrs. Virginia Charles – Long
Beach, California
Mr. and Mrs. Sandra
Woodmansee – San Dimas, California
Mr. Bruce Cruickshank – Chino
Hills, California
Mr. & Mrs. David
Pion-Berlin – Claremont, California
Mr. Michael Brand –
California
Sanator Gloria Negrete McLeod
Isidro Con Wong – Costa Rica
Julie Porter and Dagmar
Greefe, Pomona, California
SOLO AND SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS
1991 - 1992 - 1994 - 1995
Pomona Valley Art
Association, Claremont, California
1993 - 1994 - 1995
Upland Art Association,
Upland, California
1995 - 1996
Buenos Aires Exhibición - Claremont, California
Fallis Place - Ontario, California
Gallery Las Americas, Santa Monica, California
1997
“A Passage Through Nature” Bistango
Gallery - Irvine, California May 1997
Studio Gallery - Irvine,
California
Claremont United Church -
Claremont, California
Associated Artist - Inland
Empire, California
Tango Festival Exhibition –
Cultural Affair - City of Los Angeles
1998
Citrus College Art Gallery -
Glendora, CA
Sheraton Grande, Torrey Pines - La Jolla, CA & Studio Gallery February 1998
1999
“Harris Gallery” - University
of La Verne
“Women in the Arts’99” The
Florida Museum of Hispanic. and Latin American Art
“La Tazza” - Covina, California
Cal State Dominguez Hill
University
“Breast Cancer Exhibition” -
California
“Europart’99”- Switzerland,
Geneva
Cuttress Gallery - Pomona,
California
“Bienestar” - Van Nuys, California
“Argentine Cultural Month” -
The Florida Museum of Hispanic. and Latin American Art- Florida
“H2O an Aquarium Oasis” - DA
Center for the Arts - Pomona, California
“Mensajes Latinos #2” The San
Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art- San Francisco, California
“Argentine Pathways” – Group Show - El Museo Latino de Historia, Arte y Cultura- Los Angeles, California
“Argentina-America in Los
Angeles: Paintings of the Millennium” – Pasadena
“Argentina International
Week” Jonathan Club – Los Angeles October 10-15 Curator
Gladys Blasco Art Gallery –
Group Exhibition, November 1999 Pasadena, CA
2000
“Arte del Nuevo Milenio” -
The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Florida
“Women of the 2000” - The
Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Florida
“Space 2000” - Brandstater
Gallery - La Sierra University - Riverside – California September 2000
2001
“Labyrinth-Laberinto” – Solo
Exhibit - Cantegril Country Club - Punta del Este - Uruguay
“Women of the XXI Century” -
Latin American Art Museum - Miami, Florida
“Transformation: Art and
Healing” - Da Center for the Arts - Pomona, California
“Women in the Arts” Spain,
Barcelona
“Latin Business Association”
– Convention Center – Los Angeles, California
2002
“Implicit Depth” – Latino Art
Museum – Pomona, California
“APEX International Exhibit”
Lantern of the East – Los Angeles - Angel’s Gate, San Pedro
“Latin Business Association”
– Convention Center – Los Angeles, California
“Women and Values” – Hatmann
Gallery – Coral Gables, Florida
“Soho” Annual Exhibition –
Pomona Art Colony – California
2004
“Latino Business Exhibit” –
Convention Center – Los Angeles, California
2005
Claremont’s 100 Angels –
Latino Art Museum – Claremont, California
“Defining Self &
Inspiration” Latino Artists of Los Angeles the Millard Sheets Gallery Fairplex
September 2005
2006
“52 Artists and 300
Miniatures Show” - Latino Art Museum
“Portrait and Self Portrait”
Exhibition
“International Artists’
Yearbook 2006 Biblioteca de Artists de las Comunidades Europeas – Museum of the
Americas
2008
“Yearbook 2008” and
Exhibition Latino Art Museum
“Go Green – Mother Earth –
Save the World” April 2008 - Latino Art Museum
2009
“Labyrinth Rebirth: Hidden
Images” Solo Show – January and February 2009 - Latino Art Museum
“25 de Octubre 2009,
International Day of Paintings” Barcelona, Spain
“6th. Annual
Women’s International Exhibition “– March 2009 – Latino Art Museum
“Flags and Liberty” June 2009
– Latino Art Museum
2010
Santa Ana College – Group
Exhibition – September 2010 – Santa Ana, Santora Building, California April
2010
“All U Can Eat 2010” Group
Exhibition Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA February 2010
2011
Carlos Horne – Photographs
from 1937 and Graciela H. Nardi – Drawings – January 2011
“7th. Women
International Show” March 2011 – Latino Art Museum
Museum of History Ontario, CA
–“6th. Biennal Open Juried Exhibition” – May, June 2011
LANGUAGE
Spanish and English
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