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MELINA BERKENWALD
Born 1972, Buenos Aires. Lives in Buenos Aires.

 

Education
                 
1999-02 PhD in Art & Communication, University of Westminster, School of Media Arts and Design
1996-97 MA Fine Art (Painting), Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts
1990-94 BA in Fine Art, with qualified teacher status, National School of Fine Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Solo Exhibitions
                 
2010 Galeria Vasari, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 wandering visions, boltax.gallery, Shelter Island, NY
2007 Campos Visuales, Gallery 713 arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
2006 Evidencias, La Casona de Los Olivera, Buenos Aires
2003 Playgrounds, Bear Space, London
1999 Taco de Reina, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires

 

Group Exhibitions
                 
2011 Pessoal 3. Die Ecke Art Gallery, Santiago, Chile
2010 Lugar de Mirada – Cipres. San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
  Pessoal, Linheas y Camadas, Galeria Subterranea, Porto Algegre, Brazil
2009 Pictoira, Museo Genaro Perez, Cordoba, Argentina
  La Casa del Artista, Complejo Cultural Santa Cruz, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
  Pessoal, Dibujos Romances, Z-lab art Gallery
  ArtBA 2009, Galeria Vasari, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 Artists from Argentina, Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, NY
  ArteBA 2008, Vasari Art Gallery, Buenos Aires
  Pintura y Fotografía, Desplazamientos y Fusiones, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
2007 Buenos Aires Photo 07, Vasari Gallery, Buenos Aires
  Desplazamientos y fusiones, Río Gallegos Santa Cruz
  Resplandores, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Bs. As. / Loop Video Festival of Barcelona
  En Construcción, MARQ, Museum of Architecture of Buenos Aires
  Videos Selection, Gallery 713, Buenos Aires
  At Your Convenience, Madame Lillie’s, London
2006 Portela 164 Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires
  2SAR06 Segunda Semana del Arte de Rosario, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario (MACRO)
  Artistas x artistas, Palatina Gallery, Buenos Aires
2005 InsideOut ACA, USA
2004 Estudio Abierto, Palacio Barolo, Buenos Aires
  Art.edits, India
  Café Gallery Projects, London
2003 Living with art, Rivington Gallery, London
  Window Peckham Library, Peabody Trust Millennium Award, London
1999 Non-stop Opening Central Point Gallery, London

 

Residencies and Awards
                 
2010 Austrocedrus, Arte Contemporaneo a Cielo Abierto, Bariloche, Argentina
2008 Roggio, Cordoba, Argentina
2007 Kiosko, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
  Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, Holland
  With support from Direccion General de Asuntos Culturales. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio Internacional y Culto, Argentina
2005 Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA), Daytona, USA
2003 Khoj, red de Triangle Art Trust, Bangalore, India
  Comhla, Triangle Art Trust, North Uist, Scotland
2000 Peabody Trust Millennium Awards, art project in Southwark, London
1999 Quintin Hogg Scholarship for PhD study, University of Westminster
  Award from the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG)