contemporary
Mariel Polinotto
biography
Born in Buenos Aires and living in Mar del Plata since 1970.
2007 Solo Exhibition, “Mar del Plata/Laguna Beach”, Castagnino Museum, Mar del Plata.
2007 International exhibition, Artistas Argentinos en Sardegna, Italy.
2007 Belgrano National Exhibition, Buenos Aires.
2007 Avon National Exhibition, Buenos Aires.
2006 Finalist OSDE National Prize, La Plata, Buenos Aires
2006 2nd. Prize Drawing, XXIII Nacional Fine Arts Azul exhibitions Buenos Aires
2006 “Artists from Mar del Plata”, Mexican fine arts exhibition, Mexico DF
2006 International exhibition, “Quattro per Otto, Artista Argentino ed Cerdena, Oristano, Italy
2006 Solo Exhibition William Merrill Galley, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Belgrano National Exhibition, Buenos Aires
2006 "Hoy en el Arte" Exchibition, Pinamar
2005 Solo Exhibition City Bank, Mar del Plata, Argentina
2005 Belgrano award, National Exhibition, Buenos Aires
2005 Paloma Alonso Biennial, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina
2005 Blue Season exhibition, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Drawin National award La Pampa / Exhibition Arteforum, Villa Victoria, Mar del Plata
2005 F. M. Campos Exhibition, La Plata, Argentina
2005 Small Treasures Show, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Artist Exhibition, Castagnino Museum, Mar del Plata, Argentina
2004 Drawin Exhibition, Argentina Embassy, Moscow, Russia
2004 Avon Nation Exhibition, Buenos Aires
2004 Expotrastienda, Multiple Languages Exhibitiion, Buenos Aires
2004 Small Treasures, William Merrill Galley, Laguna Beach, CA
2003 Solo Exhibition, Hotel Las Rocas, Mar del Plata, Argentina
2003 Avon Exhibition, Buenos Aires
2003 Graphic Art Biennial Novosibirsk, Siberia Russia
"Actualization Traditional Graphic Tecnics", award.
2003 Lobo de Mar Toledo Fundations, Mar del Plata.
2002 "Urban Undines", Cultural Center Pueblo Blanco, Punta del Este, Uruguay
2002 VII Rasegna d'Arte Contemporaneo Satura, Genova, Italia
2002 Joseph Stella International Grants, Muro Lucano, Italy
2001 "Urban Undines". Exhibition, Sheraton Hotel Mar del Plata, Argentina
2000 La Mirada del Pintor, Altera Gallery, Pinamar
2000 Drawings Exhibition, Galeria del Mar , Hotel Costa Galana
2000 Special Mention Exhibition Museo del Mar, Mar del Plata
2000 Artist's Books Exhibition, Rio Gallegos Gallery
2000 National Exhibition Villa Constitucion, Sante Fe.
1999 Latinas, Mercosur Artists Exhibition, Juis de Fora, Brasil
1999 Drawings Exhibition Richard Hall, Mar del Plata
1999 Dialogos Bonaerenses, Group Exhibition Salon de Pasos Perdidos, National Congress, Buenos Aires
1999 La Mirada del Pintor, Emtur, Mar del Plata, Argentina
1999 El Divino, Buenos Aires
1999 5th. National Sea Salon, Mar del Plata, Argentina
1998 Multiple Languages Exhibition, El Che, Espacio Nave Auditorium Theater, Mar del Plata,
1998 Drawings Exhibition Galeria del Mar, Hotel Costa Galana, Mar del Plata
1998 Avon National Exhibition
1998 Cada Uno en su Papel Exhibition, Auditorium Theater, Mar del Plata
1998 Coap Exhibition, Punta Alta
1998 Coap Exhibition, Junin
1998 Azul National Exhibition
1998 Mercosur Women Forum, Mar del Plata
1997 "Arte y Arte I" Exhibition, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
1997 National Centenary Exhibition La Plata University
1997 Group Exhibition Ghiglieri Gallery, Savona, Italy.
1996 Grand Prize Exhibition Provincial La Plata
1996 "80 Artists 20 years later", Buenos Aires
1996 "El Espiritu de la Colmena", Centro Cultural Recolea
1996 Avon National Exhibition
1996 CoNpasion Exhibition, espacio Nave, Mar del Plata
1996 Multiple Languages Exhibition, "Coffe Stories", Espacio Nave, Mar del Plata
1996 "Art and Art", Castagnino Museum Mar del Plata
1996 "El Vacio Perfecto" Exhibition, Auditorium Theater, Mar del Plata
1995 1st. Prize Coap, La Plata Provincial Exhibition.
1994 3rd. Prize Mar del Plata Municipal Exhibition
1994 1st. Prize Avellaneda Provincial Exhibition.
1993 La Plata Provincial Triennial.
1992 Azul National Mention
1989 Argentinian Artists in Miami, FL
1988 Tres Arroyos Exhibition Mention
1987 Solo Exhibition Robles Gallery, Mar del Plata
1985 Prize Esso Exhibition, Centro Cultural Buenos Aires
1985 12 Artistas Castagnino Museum, Rosario.
1984 Artist's Book International Exhbition, Centro Cultural, Buenos Aires.
1983 Artistic and Visual Seminar, Galeria del Mar, Mar del Plata.
1982 Drawing Biennial, Mar del Plata.
1980 1st. Prize Young Plastic Exhibition, Mar del Plata / Sacred Art Mention, Tandil
1980 1st. Prize Regional Exhibition, Coronel Vidal.
1976-78: Mar del Plata Municipal Exhibition.
artist statement
In my work is recurrent the direct allusion to my origins, and from the attraction to "Commedia dell´Arte" emerge the swimmers, the masks, all scenic, where forms, colors, textures and fragmentation are intense and expressive.
In my paintings, the drawing highlight not only like previous line but as a rhythm that underlines the work's content.
The interpretations can be different for each spectator, but what takes me to work with these images is the illusion and the memory of internal worlds that come into view.
I staged the horses images, I did not do it from a naturalist perspective but reconstructing what is likely a toy horse, a carrousel horse or the imaginary round that a child can dream.
The vision is not ingenuous, it is full of intention and it enhances with the interpretation that each spectator can give.
My idea is that from the broad-mindedness, becomes universal what responds to a personal experience.
From one symbol, offer an aesthetic proposal with mystery and ambiguities.