DESIREE MALDONADO

VISUAL ARTIST

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OBJETIVES

Visual  Artist–Painter Photographer

Assistant-Curator

Art Librarian

Art Teacher

EDUCATION

1997-2002-University of Arts  -Cordoba-Argentina

1991-1994-Primary Teacher

2002-2007-Private Courses of fine art –

1988-2011-Courses of theatre , music, (Private  classes of singing , Contemporary  and  classic dance and workshops of art , seminaries of writing classes etc.

Work experience

2013- Teaching  Art Private Classes

2012- Video about my art and my career filmed in NYC

You can find my video in www.Youtube.com and in my website

2012-Videophotographer and photographer of the American artist Ron Rundo

2010-2012- Juror in some art competitions in Argentina

2008-2011- Photographer and writer-Reviewed of many art  openings in Buenos Aires , Argentina

2009-2011- Curator and Assistant Curator of many group exhibitions

2005-Art teacher in private classes

1993-2008- Agent librarian in a public library in Argentina

AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS

2008-OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN FINE ARTS .BEIJING, CHINA

2009- DISTINGUISH NEIGHBOR BY RESOLUTION 027/09 DUE IN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC

LEVELS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ALTA GRACIA, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

SELECTED IN MANY ART COMPETITIONS IN ARGENTINA,  SPAIN, CUBA, COLOMBIA, AND NYC

PLAY A ROL IN A SHORT FILM OF AN  ADAPTATION OF THE BOOK OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ, LA PRODIGIOSA TARDE DE BALTAZAR, WICH WAS SELECTED IN THE CINE ART  FESTIVAL IN  SWISS

 2014- Solo Exhibition at 4 West and 43 Street , Manhattan with Alex Garcia Afromantra ,Emmys winner ,  latin jazz music Band invitated by New York City Business Club, ( on May 2 nd)

 2014- Solo Exhibition at 4 west and 43 street, Manhattan with A Gala of A Puro Tango , invitated and presented by New York City Business Club

2013-ELEMENTS IN RED-works on canvas –Current collective exhibition in New World Stages gallery, Manhattan,  until march 31 Th

2011-Human Expressions, Solo exhibition in Jadite Gallery, Manhattan

2011Collective exhibition in Chelsea Room gallery, Chelsea, Manhattan

2011-SOLO EXHIBITIOON IN THE ART HALL OF HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL, CORDOBA,

ARGENTINA

2011-SELECTED IN SPAIN WITH  A SERIE OF  ARTISTIC DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS ABOUT BOLIVIA

2010-SELECTED IN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION IN JADITE GALLERY, WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICA

2010-GROUP EXHIBITION “ MOUNTAIN”, IN CENTRO CULTURAL RECOLETA, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

2010-GROUP EXHIBITION “MOUNTAIN” IN PASEO DEL BUEN PASTOR, PUBLIC GALLERY, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

2010-COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS IN BIEDERMEIER GALLERY, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

2009-SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE CONSULATE OF ARGENTINA , NYC

2008-SELECTED IN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION IN MAGMA GALLERY, BUENOS AIRES

2008-MURALS –LIVE PAINTINGS EXHIBITION IN CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM CHATEAU CARRERAS , CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

2008-SOLO EXHIBITION IN MARIA ELENA KRAVETZ INTERNATIONAL GALLERY, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

2008-SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ART   COLLECTIVE EXHIBIITON IN GUAYASAMIN HOUSE  CUBA.

2007-SOLO EXHIBITION IN A PUBLIC GALLERY IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

2004-SOLO EXHIBITION IN ANDRES PINERO MUSEUM, ALTA GRACIA

2002-COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION IN  BRITISH CULTURE, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

2001-SOLO EXHIBITION IN LAWYER COLLEGE, ALTA GRACIA

Desirée Maldonado-visual expressionist artist- Alta Gracia-Córdoba- Zip Code 5186,email: andemaldonado@gmail.com,
http://www.obradesiree.blogspot.com/

Oil*Murals*Portraits

Honors and Awards

Olympic Medal award-winning, Olympic Fine Art Committee,

Beijing, for “La Paz será nuestra victoria” (Peace will be Our Victory), 2009.

Selected in “La Bienal de Pintura de la ciudad de Rafaela”, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2009.

Declared “Vecina Destacada” (distinguished neighbor) by Resolution 027/09 due to International Artistic levels of accomplishments, Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, 2009.

Selected in “31° Salón y Premio Ciudad de Córdoba”, drawing and engraving. Córdoba, Argentina, 2009.


Selected in “Salón nacional de dibujo” (national drawing hall) of the Province of La Pampa, Argentina, 2009.

Selected to exhibit in the Consulate General of Argentina in New York, 2008.

Selected to exhibit in Havana, Cuba, 2008.

Selected in primer salón de dibujo faber-castell (the first national drawing hall), galería de arte Magma-Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina

, 2008.

Selected in “XIII salón ciudad de Carlos Paz”, Córdoba, Argentina, 2004.

Collective Exhibitions

“MIRARTE” event, glasses and sunglasses as the only and unique design piece engraved with small art pieces of ten local artists (Juan Juarés, Ramiro Vázquez, Marcos Acosta, and Andrés Silva Sle among others) “Galería Hijos del Rey” city of Córdoba, 2009.

La Bienal, Premio ciudad de Rafaela, Museo Urbano Poggi, 2009.

Museo Municipal Dr. Genaro Pérez, city of Córdoba, 2009.



Exhibition in honor of the painter Diego Cuquejo. (Artists involved Roque Fraticelli, Candelaria Silvestre, and Andrés Silva Sle among others) Museo Cultural, Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, 2009.

“ArTecho”, organized by (NGO) “un techo para mi país”, with the support of Fundación de arte Mirabile. Selected, together with other 39 artists, to paint small houses that will be auctioned to help homeless people. Galería del Buen Pastor, Córdoba, Argentina, 2009.

Murals-live exhibition. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Córdoba. (Artists involved: Juan Juáres, Ramiro Vázquez, Andrés Silva Sle, Pía Urbinatti, Gerardo Oberto and Luli Chalub), 2008.

Outlet de arte contemporáneo. Galería Espacio Centro, 2007.



End of the year exhibition galería Josefina Cangiano , Córdoba, Argentina, 2007.

Participated in “Tercer encuentro de artistas solidarios” (3rd charity artistic meeting), 2003.

Asociación Argentina de Cultura Británica, Córdoba Argentina, 2001.

Participated in native artists of Córdoba in “Centro de Participación Comunal” (Center for Communal Participation) (CPC) Colón, Argentina, 2001.


Participated in Local Artists. Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, 1999

Participated in “muestras de arte jóven” (young art exhibitions) in Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, 1998-1996.

Collective Exhibition in “CAG-ARTE” event organized by Carolina Nazar,1996.

Collective Exhibition in Museo Andrés Piñero, Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, 1994.

Indivual Exhibitions

Consulate General of Argentina in New York, 4th of June, 2009.

María Elena Kravetz Art Gallery, Córdoba, Argentina, 2008.

“Tres individuales” galería Josefina Cangiano, Consejo Provincial de la mujer (Provincial council of women) Artists involved: Luz Novillo Corvalán and Julia Di Renzo) Córdoba, Argentina, 2007.


Lo permanente y lo invariable” (the lasting and the invariable). Together with the sculptor Nélida Cipoletta. Andrés Piñero museum, Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, 2004.

Exhibition and artistic installation in “Espacio de Arte Alternativo Morondanga”, Córdoba, Argentina, 2003.


“La sensibilidad diversa” Colegio de Abogados de Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, 2001.

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