BIOGRAPHY Graciela Nardi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During her years of painting, Graciela became fascinated with the New York-based movement of Abstract Expressionism. Expression through color is how she describes her works. In her work, Graciela used an array illusionist devices. She expresses all of this through colors and texture. The painting’s entire surface is covered with animated brushstrokes, drips, layers, and different medium. She is one of what may be called “post-abstract” painters. In her style and technique the fictive space is made up of layer upon layer of net that “mirror” her own life and feelings. Her works explores the relationship between two-dimensional painting and three-dimensional sculpture, that she constructs locating her in the innovative art “Combine”. EDUCATION Vinci School of Art – Buenos Aires, Argentina School of Art – Barcelona, Spain Art Workshops – Puerto Rico, New Orleans and California Citrus College – Associate Degree in Art – Azusa, California University of La Verne – Bachelor in Fine Art – La Verne, California University of La Verne – Non-Profit Management Certificate University of La Verne – Master in Leadership and Management (in progress) – La Verne, California FORMER AND PRESENT ACTIVITIES Cafe dell’Arte – Owner – New Orleans, Louisiana – 1994-1998 Art Teacher, Noteworthy Learning Systems, California - 1997-2001 Art Teacher, Montessori School, San Dimas, California – 1998-2002 Art and Spanish Teacher – Sycamore School, Claremont, CA – 2004 to present. Art Coordinator, Latin American Art Museum, Miami, Florida - 1997-2001 Director and Founder, Latino Art Museum, Pomona, California – 2001 to present. Coordinator and Founder, Latino Art Museum Ontario Center Outreach, Ontario, California, 2009 to present. School of Art and Enterprise – Board Member 2002 to present PROJECTS IN CONJUNCTION SIAC – Salon International de arte contemporaneo – January 2008 Yearbook 2008 – February 2008 Samir Sammoun – Brochure – July 2008 International Modern and Contemprary Biennale 2008 – September, October 2008 – Publisher and Co-Curator Santa Ana College Invitational and Collaboration – October 2008 Museum of the Americas/Latino Art Museum “Henry Hirsch” Traveling Exhibition - November, 2008 “Yearbook 2009” – Latino Art Museum – February, March 2009 Museum of the Americas/Latino Art Museum Pomona- “Colors and Shapes – August 2009 Museum of the Americas/Latino Art Museum Pomona- “Marco Salvatore Mallamaci” August 2009 Museum of the Americas/Latino Art Museum Pomona– “Xavier Carbonell” Travelling Exhibition - October 2009 Museum of the America/Latino Art Museum Pomona– “The Hollywood Connection” March 2010 “Rincon Cultural La Carreta” Celebration Bicentenario Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico – May 2010 “Yearbook 2010” Latino Art Museum – May, June 2010 Museum of the America/Latino Art Museum Ontario Center – “California Award” – June, 2010 “Cindy Mayoral” – Publisher and Curator – Brochure July 2010 Crisolart Galleries/Latino Art Museum/Pomona & Ontario–“World Artist in California 2010 “- August/September 2010 Museum of the Americas/Latino Art Museum Pomona– “A Perspective Towards 2011” December 2010 Museum of the Americas/Latino Art Museum Ontario – International Artists in California – January 2011 AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS 1993-1994-1995 “Trinity” - Oil on Canvas - Associated Artists “Time and Life” - Oil on Canvas - Pomona Valley Art Association “Common Thoughts” - Oil on Canvas - Pomona Valley Art Association 1998 “Alice Trebol’s Adventures”- Children Book -English and Spanish Litrus Magazine - Citrus College Who is Who in America Alpha Gamma Sigma - May, 1998 – Citrus College, California The National Trust for Historic Preservation - Member Children Home Society – Active Member Children Fun Association – Active Member 1999 Honorable Mention “Untitled III - Combine Painting on Canvas with Net “20 Latin American Women in Art” – Book: “Biblioteca de Artistas de las Comunidades Europeas” 2000 Conducting “Feelings through Art” - Blind Children’s Center - Los Angeles, California Associated Artists of the Inland Empire Member Argentinean Professional Association - Vice President and Founder The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Art Coordinator 2000 Academic Achievement Award – Fine Art Department – Citrus College - California 2001 “Contemplating the Geometry” Painting selected by the Latin Business Association to honor the four Latina Entrepreneurs. The LBA was proud to recognize the accomplishments of these women with four reproductions of Graciela Nardi’s art work. “1er Festival Anual de las Artes Latinas”-Celebrando a los Niños y los Jóvenes en un ambiente artístico - Pomona 2002 Academic Award – Leadership and Management – Graduate Program - University of La Verne – California 2003 “Self Portrait” Painting selected by the Latin Business Association to honor the “Three 2003 Latina Entrepreneurs.” The LBA was proud to recognize the accomplishments of these women with three reproductions of Graciela Nardi’s art work. Arts International Exhibition 2003 – El Paso, Texas October 10-30 – JuryWorkshop “Abstract Expressionism” El Paso Art Association. 5th Annual Parents, Students, Teachers and Model Businesses of the Year Award – National Parents’ Day – by City Mayor Pomona City Hall Envisioning the Future – Interdisciplinary project to imagine. Facilitated by Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman. 2004 Participation in a Case Study Barrio Museology: the Musealization of Chicano Culture in Los Angeles. 2005 Lecture “Latin American Artists in the United States” Miami, Florida Lecture “Latin American Art in the United States” Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation, Claremont, California 2008 Asociación International de Barcelona, Arte y Cultura Contemporánea. March 2008 Latino Art Museum 2010 “Kethy Castedo” New Book presentation: “No solo el amor es poesia” Guest Speaker May 2010, Burbank, CA COLLECTIONS Mrs. Susan Shapiro - Los Angeles, California Mrs. Maria Miranda - California Mr. and Mrs. Trinca - Claremont, California Mr. and Mrs. Dubon - Riverside, California Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Barbossa - Los Angeles, California Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Cordon - London Mr. and Mrs. Juan Jose Lertora - New Orleans, Louisiana Mr. and Mrs. Rodrigo Palacios - Walnut, California Mr. Norberto Nardi - Ontario, California Mr. and Mrs. Hector Barbarossa - Claremont, California Argentinean Consulate - Los Angeles, California Mr. and Mrs. Ivette Peltir - Glendora, California Mrs. Adriana Costa - Claremont, California Mr. and Mrs. Jennifer Guerra - Upland, California Mr. and Mrs. Frank Argumosa - Walnut, California Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Culasso - New Orleans, California North -West College - West Covina, California Mr. and Mrs. Jennifer Guerra – Alta Loma, California Dr. and Mrs. Carmen Nieva – Upland, California Mr. and Mrs. Mario Gee Lopez – Temple City, California Mrs. Virginia Charles – Long Beach, California Mr. and Mrs. Sandra Woodmansee – San Dimas, California Mr. Bruce Cruickshank – Chino Hills, California Mr. & Mrs. David Pion-Berlin – Claremont, California Mr. Michael Brand – California Sanator Gloria Negrete McLeod Isidro Con Wong – Costa Rica Julie Porter and Dagmar Greefe, Pomona, California SOLO AND SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1991 - 1992 - 1994 - 1995 Pomona Valley Art Association, Claremont, California 1993 - 1994 - 1995 Upland Art Association, Upland, California 1995 - 1996 Buenos Aires Exhibición - Claremont, California Fallis Place - Ontario, California Gallery Las Americas, Santa Monica, California 1997 “A Passage Through Nature” Bistango Gallery - Irvine, California May 1997 Studio Gallery - Irvine, California Claremont United Church - Claremont, California Associated Artist - Inland Empire, California Tango Festival Exhibition – Cultural Affair - City of Los Angeles 1998 Citrus College Art Gallery - Glendora, CA Sheraton Grande, Torrey Pines - La Jolla, CA & Studio Gallery February 1998 1999 “Harris Gallery” - University of La Verne “Women in the Arts’99” The Florida Museum of Hispanic. and Latin American Art “La Tazza” - Covina, California Cal State Dominguez Hill University “Breast Cancer Exhibition” - California “Europart’99”- Switzerland, Geneva Cuttress Gallery - Pomona, California “Bienestar” - Van Nuys, California “Argentine Cultural Month” - The Florida Museum of Hispanic. and Latin American Art- Florida “H2O an Aquarium Oasis” - DA Center for the Arts - Pomona, California “Mensajes Latinos 2” The San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art- San Francisco, California “Argentine Pathways” – Group Show - El Museo Latino de Historia, Arte y Cultura- Los Angeles, California “Argentina-America in Los Angeles: Paintings of the Millennium” – Pasadena “Argentina International Week” Jonathan Club – Los Angeles October 10-15 Curator Gladys Blasco Art Gallery – Group Exhibition, November 1999 Pasadena, CA 2000 “Arte del Nuevo Milenio” - The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Florida “Women of the 2000” - The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Florida “Space 2000” - Brandstater Gallery - La Sierra University - Riverside – California September 2000 2001 “Labyrinth-Laberinto” – Solo Exhibit - Cantegril Country Club - Punta del Este - Uruguay “Women of the XXI Century” - Latin American Art Museum - Miami, Florida “Transformation: Art and Healing” - Da Center for the Arts - Pomona, California “Women in the Arts” Spain, Barcelona “Latin Business Association” – Convention Center – Los Angeles, California 2002 “Implicit Depth” – Latino Art Museum – Pomona, California “APEX International Exhibit” Lantern of the East – Los Angeles - Angel’s Gate, San Pedro “Latin Business Association” – Convention Center – Los Angeles, California “Women and Values” – Hatmann Gallery – Coral Gables, Florida “Soho” Annual Exhibition – Pomona Art Colony – California 2004 “Latino Business Exhibit” – Convention Center – Los Angeles, California 2005 Claremont’s 100 Angels – Latino Art Museum – Claremont, California “Defining Self & Inspiration” Latino Artists of Los Angeles the Millard Sheets Gallery Fairplex September 2005 2006 “52 Artists and 300 Miniatures Show” - Latino Art Museum “Portrait and Self Portrait” Exhibition “International Artists’ Yearbook 2006 Biblioteca de Artists de las Comunidades Europeas – Museum of the Americas 2008 “Yearbook 2008” and Exhibition Latino Art Museum “Go Green – Mother Earth – Save the World” April 2008 - Latino Art Museum 2009 “Labyrinth Rebirth: Hidden Images” Solo Show – January and February 2009 - Latino Art Museum “25 de Octubre 2009, International Day of Paintings” Barcelona, Spain “6th. Annual Women’s International Exhibition “– March 2009 – Latino Art Museum “Flags and Liberty” June 2009 – Latino Art Museum 2010 Santa Ana College – Group Exhibition – September 2010 – Santa Ana, Santora Building, California April 2010 “All U Can Eat 2010” Group Exhibition Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA February 2010 2011 Carlos Horne – Photographs from 1937 and Graciela H. Nardi – Drawings – January 2011 “7th. Women International Show” March 2011 – Latino Art Museum Museum of History Ontario, CA –“6th. Biennal Open Juried Exhibition” – May, June 2011 LANGUAGE Spanish and English