1204 Cristina Santander

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CRISTINA SANTANDER
Argentina | Artist-Professor

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The daughter of a famous jazz musician, she is brought up in a creative and cosmopolitan environment that leads her to feel her artistic vocation very early. At the age of 13, she entered the “Manuel Belgrano” National School of Fine Arts. She completes her studies at the “Prilidiano Pueyrredón” National School of Fine Arts and the “Ernesto de la Cárcova” High School. There she studies with Aída Carballo. Ideal Sánchez and Fernando López Anaya were also her teachers. She was a professor of Drawing and Engraving at the Faculty of Fine Arts “Prilidiano Pueyrredón” and holder of the Chair of Painting at the School of Fine Arts “Ernesto de la Cárcova”. She has exhibited in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Korea, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, USA, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Her works can be found in the following museums abroad: Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain; Contemporary Art, Ibiza, Spain; Modern Art Museum ¨Emilio Petorutti¨, Asunción, Paraguay; Engraving Museum, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Dickinson State College, North Dakota.USA; Castillo del Real de Manzanares, Madrid, Spain; National Library, Madrid, Spain; National Library, Paris, France; Institute of Graphic Arts, Oaxaca, Mexico; Universal Graphic Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Kuhmo Museum, Seoul, Korea. In Argentina: Olavarría Museum, Tandil Museum, Coronel Pringles Museum, Necochea Museum, Resistance Museum, ¨Genaro Pérez¨, ¨Emilio A. Caraffa¨, Contemporary Art Center¨Chateau Carreras¨. Cordova; Ushuaia Museum. Museum of Modern Art of the City of Buenos Aires.