Claudia Bernardi (born 1955) is an Argentine artist who works in the fields of art, human rights and social justice, combining installation, sculpture, painting and printmaking. She has worked with communities that have suffered state terror, violence, forced exiles and who are victims of human rights violations. Two major artworks are: Tree of Life and Walls of Hope Bernardi was born in Buenos Aires. She is Professor of Community Arts, Diversity Studies, Critical Studies at the

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Collections

Bernardi's work is held in the following permanent collections: *

La Salle University Art Museum The La Salle University Art Museum is located in the basement of Olney Hall at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The museum features six galleries. Collections include European and American art from the Renaissance to the present ...

, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1 piece (as of 11 February 2022) *

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) in the state of Arizona is a museum in the Old Town district of downtown Scottsdale, Arizona. The museum is dedicated to contemporary art, design, and architecture. The Museum has five galleries t ...

, Scottsdale, Arizona: 2 pieces (as of 11 February 2022) * Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art,

Wichita State University Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...

, Kansas: 1 piece (as of 20 March 2023)

Publications

*''The Tenacity of Memory''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

In popular culture

Playwright Catherine Filloux wrote a one-woman play, ''How to Eat an Orange'', about Bernardi, set to premiere at

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in 2024.

References

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