Magdalena Fernández (born in 1964) is a

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n installation and

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artist known for her work with light, sound, and abstractions of nature. Her work has been exhibited internationally at the

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, the

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, and the

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Biography

Fernández was born in

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, Venezuela in 1964. She currently lives and works in Caracas. In 1982 she studied Graphic Arts at

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. Between 1983 and 1984 she attended the

Andrés Bello Catholic University Andrés Bello Catholic University () is a private university in Venezuela. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as Caracas (main campus), Los Teques, Guayana Region, Guayana, and Coro region, Cor ...

, UCAB, where she studied education, with a focus on physical and mathematical disciplines. In 1985 she joined the Neumann Institute of Caracas, where she graduated as a graphic designer in 1989. In 1990 she began to attend the Scuola Bottega with AG Fronzoni in Milan, Italy, with whom she took a course in

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and Graphic Design until 1993. From 1990 to 2000 she worked as a freelance graphic designer in Italy. In 2001 and from 2002 to 2004 she taught workshops called ''Approach to Space'' and ''Practice and Criticism of Contemporary Systems of Visual Representation'' at the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón (IUESAPAR) in Caracas. In 2011, Fernández's solo exhibit, ''Shifting Objects/Atmospheres-Structures-Grounds'', at the Periférico Carcas/Arte Contemporáneo in Caracas.

References

External links

www.magdalenafernandez.com
Living people Venezuelan women artists Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Andrés Bello Catholic University alumni 1964 births {{Venezuela-artist-stub