Deborah CHAPMAN
Deborah CHAPMAN
Born 1951, Argentina
Lives and works in Montréal, Québec, Canada
“I make up my own paradise, a place of beauty in which I connect with Art, life: come into being /love/ death. Creation is for me a journey where I seek a way to the infinite beauty of the universe…”
Biography
1987, 1988 Scholarship, University of Québec, Montréal, Canada
1990 BA, Fine Arts, University of Québec, Montréal, Canada; Engraving Training, Les Arts Verts, Melun, France
1991 Engraving Training with Joêl Roche, Atelier 63, Paris, France; with Luc Guérin, Atelier Graff, Montréal, Canada
1998 Diploma, Institute of Artistic Creation and Research in Computer Graphic, Montréal, Canada
2015-2019 Workshop, Studio de Grafica la Chicharra, Oaxaca, Mexico; Graphic Art Studio, Centre Parivartan, india; Universidad de Caldas Manizales, Colombia
Awards /selected/
2019 Grand Prix, 5th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2018 Medal of Honor, 1st International Mini Print Triennial, Drohobycz, Ukraine
2017 Honorable Mention, International Printmaking Biennial, Łódź, Poland; Prize Awagami, 3rd On Paper Printmaking Contest, Barcelona, Spain
2017, 2015 2nd, 3rd Prize, Museo Artemio Alisio, Concepcion del Uruguay, Entre Rios, Argentina
2016, 2013 Prize, Ural Print Triennial, Ufa, Russia; 1st Prize, 2nd International Jogja Miniprint Biennale, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; 1st Prize, MiniPrint Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2015 Prize for Full Correspondence of Technique and Imagery, 3rd IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2014, 2013 Concurso Internacional de Grabado, Garzapapel, Spain
Solo Exhibitions/selected/
Galerie d’Outremont, Montréal, Canada /2019/; Galerie Alain Piroir, Montréal, Canada /2018/ ; Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Rosario, Argentina ; Galerie Arts, Sutton, Canada ; 4th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia /2017/; Arte Galeria, Kazanlak, Bulgaria /2016/; De la frontera dela sombra… la luz, San Miguel, Mexico /2015/.
Group Exhibitions/selected/
Mostra International de Maneira Negra, Campinas, Brazil; 8th International Print Triennial, Sofia, Bulgaria; International Biennial of Contemporary Engraving, Iași, Romania; 20th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria; 19th Biennale Internationale de Gravure, Sarcelles, France; 2nd International Print Biennale, Yerevan, Armenia; International Biennale Small Graphics and Exlibris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland; Ural Print Triennial, Ufa, Russia /2019, 2016/; Iosif Iser, Ploiești, Romania; 4th & 5th IMF, Ekaterinburg, Russia; 3rd Macao Printmaking Triennial, China; 5th Triennale International Print Exhibition, Bankok, Thailand /2019/; Mezzot’India, Patna, India /2018/; International Print Biennial, Čačak , Serbia; Intaglio, 1st International Mini Print Triennial, Drohobycz, Ukraine; International Print Biennial, Łódź, Poland; International Mezzotint Invitational, Seattle, USA /2018/; International Contemporary MiniPrint, Kazanlak, Bulgaria /2017, 2016/; 16th International Printmaking Biennial, Łódź, Poland; International Print Biennale, Bucharest, Romania; International Exhibition of Mini Print, Leopolis, Ukraine; 2nd Printmaking Festival On Paper, Glasgow, UK; Miniprint Competicion Internacional, Paraná, Argentina; BIMPE, Vancouver, Canada; Biennale Internationale d’Art Miniature, Ville Marie, Canada; 1st Biennale Internationale de l’Estampe, Dreux, France; 2nd International Jogja Miniprint Biennale, Yogyakarta, Indonesia /2016/.
Artist in residence Guanlan International Printmaking Base, Guanlan, China /2014/; Studio Val-David, Canada /2012/; Studio Zocalo, Longeuil, Canada /2008/; Sagamie Center, Contemporary Digital Arts, Alma, Canada /2017/.
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