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BIO

Macarena Ruiz-Tagle
1981 Santiago, Chile.
Contact: mrta000@gmail.com

ACADEMIC STUDIES
-MFA Studio Arts, Sculpture and Ceramics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Sept 2008-May 2010.
-Bachelor in Fine Art, P. Universidad Católica, with a Minor Diploma in Film Aesthetics, Santiago, Chile, Mar 2000-Jan 2005.
-Exchange student for one semester at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Barcelona, Spain, Sept 2002-Mar 2003.

WORKSHOPS
-Body, Image and the Other, International Performance Workshop with the artists Helge Meyer (Black Market International): Germany, Jamie McMurry: USA and Alexander Del Re: Chile, Valparaíso, Chile, Nov 2006.
-PerfoPuerto Collective performance Workshop, with the artist Alexander del Re, Santiago, Chile, Apr-May 2006.
-Creative Project Developments Workshop, with the Sculpture Artist Pablo Rivera Mesa, Santiago, Chile, Apr-Oct 2005.


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
-MFA Show “Time Off”, Sculpture installation, Gallery Art-Mûr, www.artmur.com, Montreal, Canada, Mar-Apr 2009.
-BAC! 08, IX Contemporary Art Festival, Video installation, Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, www.bacfestival.com, Curators: Constanza Güell (Chile) and www.lasanta.org (Spain), Barcelona, Spain, Dec 2008.
-Máquina Blanda, Video installation, Museum of Visual Arts, www.mavi.cl, Curator Ivan Palmarola, Santiago, Chile, Feb 2008.
-Periférica, Arte de Base, Independent Art Fair of self run-artist centers, Sculpture and Video installation, www.ccborges.org.ar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec 2006.
-Liminoides, Performance with Alexander Del Re at the opening of Body, Image and the Other, Museum of Contemporary Art, www.perfopuerto.net, Santiago, Chile, Nov 2006.
-Life and Death Cycle, street Performance, PerfoPuerto Collective, Santiago, Chile, May 2006.
-Paisaje 1, Claude Monet Art Center, Sculpture installation, San Juan, Chile, Jul 2005.
-Umbrales, Selection of BFA’s final graduate exams, Sculpture installation, Centro de Extensión, P. Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile, Mar 2005.
-Arte Off, massive Art Festival done in between Santiago and Valparaíso, Sculpture installation, www.artek.cl, Chile, Nov 2004.

GRANTS
-Scholarship Award, Fine Art Faculty, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2008-2010.
-International Tuition Fee Remission Award, Minister of Culture of Quebec, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2008-2010.
-Canson Engraving Contest, Centro de Extensión, P. Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile, Jun 2006.

CATALOGUE PUBLICATIONS
-“MFA Show Time Off”, Gallery Art-Mûr, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2009.
-“PerfoPuerto 2002-2007, Arte de Performance en Chile”, Alexander Del Re editor, PerfoPuerto Editions, Santiago, Chile, Nov 2007.
-“Cuadernos de la Escuela de Arte número 11”, Periodic Publications, P. Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile, Nov 2005.

TRIPS
2008-2010: Studying and working in Montreal, Canada.
2008: New York.
2007: Berlin, Kassel Documenta XII and Münster Skulptur Project II.
2002-2003: Barcelona (7 months), London, París, Venice and Madrid