Marta Ximena Armas Fernández (born 29 July 1946) is a Chilean painter, drafter and engraver active in France.
Biography Armas was born Marta Ximena Armas Fernández on 29 July 1946 in Santiago, Chile. Armas studied for a year at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile. From 1965 to 1969, Armas studied painting, graphic design, and film at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile under Mario Carreño, Eduardo Vilches, and Mario Toral.
Awarded a scholarship by the French government in 1970, and settled in Paris the following year. Armas studied mural painting under and Jacques Despierre at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, and painting and lithography at the Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1971 to 1974. Armas was married to the French painter Henri Richelet.
Since 1969, she has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Chile, France, Spain, and Mexico. Works by Armas are held at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, University of Talca and .
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
1969: Galería Arturo Edwards, Santiago, Chile 1970: Galería C.C. Providencia, Santiago, Chile 1980: Galerie La Bolée, Anonnay, France 1982: Latino-Américains à Paris, Grand Palais, Paris 1986: Galerie Lefor Openo, Saint-Cloud, France 1987: Espace latino-américain, Paris Galerie de la Main de fer, Perpignan, France 1990: Galería La Fachada, Santiago, Chile Galerie Ceibo, Paris 1994: Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile 1996: Town Hall, Neufchâteau, France 1999: Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile 2001: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile 2003: Musée Roybet-Fould, Courbevoie, France 2006: Galería Modigliani, Viña del Mar, Chile Galería Praxis, Santiago, Chile 2007–2008: Le Trait d'Union, Neufchâteau, France
Main group exhibitions
1969: Prix Crav de Peinture, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile 1972: La Peinture chilienne, UNESCO, Paris 1974: Grafic 74, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ibiza, Espagne 1981: Art pour le Nicaragua, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris Cent gravures contemporaines 1982: Chili Vivant, Mexico 1983: Chili-femmes, Espace latino-américain, Paris 1984: Peintres latino-américains, Monaco 1986: Les Figurations de 1960 à nos jours, Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, E.B.A. de Besançon, Musée de Carcassonne, Couvent des Cordeliers de Châteauroux, France 1989: Musée de l'Amérique latine, Monaco 1990: Art chilien d'aujourd'hui, Espace Belleville and UNESCO, Paris 1991: Festival international de la peinture, Château-musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 1995: Femmes ibéro-américaines, Junta de Extramadura, Caceres, Espagne Présence du Chili en France, Galería Plastica Nueva, Santiago, Chile 1996: Artistes Chiliens en France, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile 1997: Festival des arts 1997 – Dialogue Est-Ouest, Vayolles, Vienne, France Persistance du paysage dans la peinture chilienne, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile 2003: Hommage à S. Allende, Centre culturel Robert-Desnos, Ris-Orangis, France 2004: George Sand, interprétations, Couvent des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France 2007: Santiago Paris Santiago, Galería La Ventana Cemicual, Santiago, Chile 2022-2023: 58th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, États-Unis
See also
Post-surrealism
References
External links Artistas Plásticos Chilenos@Ximena Armas Site officiel de Ximena Armas Sitio official de Ximena Armas Recent paintings