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First Name

Mariela

Last Name

Soldano

Username

mariela-soldano

Bio

Mariela Soldano Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1972.
She is a visual artist and cultural manager. Art understood as language is not only for Mariela Soldano the possibility of communicating with the world, but also understanding it through the production of one’s own system of signs.
She has two undergraduate courses in Communication and Design respectively (UADE-INTEGRAL), postgraduate courses in contemporary art and curatorship in Argentina (ESEADE-FLACSO) and a Master’s degree in design of Cultural Experiences in Spain (UNIV de Valencia).
She is the founding director of PUERTAS ADENTRO artist house, an independent art space for the development and linking of international contemporary artists, in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
During the year 2022, she held an individual exhibition at the Atelier Gallery in Punta del Este, (URU), she was selected at the CAAT National Salon of Textile Art, Gender and Rights, (ARG) and awarded at the Colonia Biennial of Contemporary Art (URU) In 2023, she exhibited her works at the Azur Gallery in Madrid, (ESP) She was selected for the #8M project in Montevideo (URU) and one of her artworks was exhibited in the Valencia Biennial (ESP)
In 2024 she participates with her project INHALE in the Fresh Air Sulpture Biennial in Quenington (UK).
Her works are part of the Climate Art Collection, Berlin (DEU), the Alliance Francoise in Montevideo (URU) and private collections in Argentina, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Uruguay.
Lives and works in Punta del Este, Uruguay

Website

http://www.marielasoldano.com

Country of residence

Uruguay

Statement

Statement

I am a chameleon artist when choosing my languages ​​of expression.

My projects are rhizomatically linked around reflections on existence. Life and death. The physical body, intimacy and memory are the basis of my research. Nature, technology and music are triggers to pull to develop projects linked to my most important interests.

Found objects, from contemplation or through a deconstruction process, are the usual basis for my research.

Vibration, as a presence of life, is an underlying element that is repeated in my research in my sculptures linked to music, and in installations, photographs and videos that dialogue with nature or the body.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

2024. De la belleza al caos. COHEN. Group exhibition. Buenos Aires. Argentina

2024. Fresh Air Biennale. Cirencester. England.

2024. VI Bienal de Valencia, Spain

2023. Metamorfosis. Group exhibition. Maldonado. Uruguay

2023. Galeria Azur, Madrid. Group exhibition

2023. Diario de un encierro. El Saltillo, México. Group exhibition

2023. #8M Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay. Group exhibition

2023. ¿Qué hacíamos en pandemia?. Argentinian Consulate in Uruguay

2022. III Bienal Colonia. Honor special mention Uruguay.

2022. Sostén. Atelier Point Punta, Uruguay. Solo exhibition

2022. AmHaus-Pagana Casa de Arte. Buenos Aires Argentina. Solo exhibition

2022. Salón Nacional de Arte Textil, Genero y Derechos. CAAT. Buenos Aires, Argentina

2022. Brota Bio Gallery. Buenos Aires. Argentina. Group exhibition

2021. Galería Colorida. Lisboa, Portugal. Group exhibition

2021. Equinox. Latin American Artist exhibition. Argentina

2020. Barbijos intervenidos. Textile Art Exhibition. Centro de Arte Textil Argentino – CAT. Argentina

2020. “Mujeres en el arte”. Casa de la Cultura, Maldonado. Uruguay. Group exhibition

2019. Espacio Cultural Dalarna. Punta del Este, Uruguay. Solo exhibition.

2018. I Bienal Colonia. Colonia, Uruguay

2016. Argentinian Consulate in Uruguay Solo exhibition

2015. Alianza Francesa. Montevideo, Uruguay. Solo exhibition

Interests and medias

Interests

Ceramics, Filmmaking / Video art, Mixed media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

Ceramics medias

Pottery

Painting medias

Acrylic, Ink

Filmmaking / video art medias

Video installation, Single-channel video

Printmaking medias

Monotype

Sculpture medias

Wood, Metal, Found objects, Textile, Wood

Photography

Digital image