ESTEFANIA ARRIAZA
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EDUCATION:
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
· Foundation Year/BA Candidate, Spring 2013
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, PITTSBURGH, PA
· Candidate for Bachelor of Arts, 2013-2015
· Intended Major: B.A. in Fine Arts with an interest in Biology and Behavioral Economics
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
· BFA, 2016-2019
· Seeing Through the Garden X Tokyo Gedai MFA program, Japan/Chicago 2017
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
· Lower Residency MFA program 2020 - 2022
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
ELLIS GALLERY CARNEGIE MELLON
Pittsburgh, PA 2013
ELLIS GALLERY CARNEGIE MELLON
Pittsburgh, PA 2015
SEEING THROUGH THE GARDEN
Hiketa, Japan 2017
TAKING THE WATERS, ECO DESIGN RIVERWORKS CHICAGO CHICAGO RIVER CONGRESS 2017
PROVOCAR FUTURO – SOCIALAB 2018
Guatemala City
Installation work: Obtrusive, Invasive and Unpredictable- mixed media (dimensions: 4x7m). Work was exhibited alongside notable Guatemalan artists; Edgar Calel and Jorge de Leon.
SANTO SPIRITU
2018 Antigua, Guatemala
THESSALONIKI QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2020 Thessaloniki, Greece
NAHR 2020
COEXISTENCE in Times of COVID-19 ANIMALS: Interdependence Between Species – online exhibit
GABELICH CONTEMPORANEO, Sincronismo 2022
Rosario, Argentina
MFA SHOW, SAIC Galleries 2022
Chicago, IL
JUANNIO 2023
Guatemala City, Guatemala
UPCOMING EXHIBITS:
Juannio 2024, Guatemala City
AWARDS:
Parsons The New School 2012
Merit Scholarship
Carnegie Mellon University 2014
Dean’s List
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2016-2019
Presidential Scholarship for BFA program
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2020-2022
Presidential Scholarship for MFA program
Juannio, Guatemala City 2023
#1 Prize Winner for Emerging Artist
RESIDENCIES:
Guldagergaard 2019
Oxbow School of Art 2022
SCREENING AND LIVE EVENTS/PUBLIC WORK:
SEEING THROUGH THE GARDEN, Hiketa, Japan 2017
DENDROGYRA URBANA, Guatemala City, Guatemala 2018
PROVOCAR FUTURO – SOCIALAB , Guatemala City, Guatemala 2018
FESTIVAL DEL AGUA, Guatemala City, Guatemala 2019
AUSENCIA ESPONTANEA, Guatemala City, Guatemala 2019
THESSALONIKI QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL, Thessaoniki, Greece 2020
NAHR, Bergamo, Italy 2020
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS:
GULDAGERGAARD ARTIST IN RESIDENCE LECTURE 2019
THESSALONIKI QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2020
ART MEETS TV SOUTH AFRICA 2020
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, THESIS LECTURE 2022
CREATIVE MORNINGS GUATEMALA 2023
PUBLICATIONS:
SEEING THROUGH THE GARDEN, SAIC/TUA (Tokyo University of the Arts), Gedai X Global
Publication (Book) – Seeing Through the Garden, Perspectives of Nature from East and West, 2018, P. 70-73
https://www.geidai.ac.jp/english/news/201709019683.html
http://www.kagawa-arts.or.jp/event/201708/event00695.php
http://tua-saic2017.geidai.ac.jp/