IN A WORLD Artist Info
IN A WORLD | MARIANA PEIRANO
SEP/15 - NOV/10
1793 EAST MAIN STREET VENTURA, CA 93001
EDUCATION
Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Van Nuys, CA
La Verne University, La Verne, CA - Master of Arts in Educational Management
Chapman University, Orange, CA - Bachelor of Arts in Social Science
AWARDS
2018
Contemporary Art Gallery Online, All Women Show, 6th place, Self Observer
The Artist Table's 2018 All Women Exhibition, Staff Pick Award: Self Observer
2017
Circle Quarterly Magazine Contest, Circle Quarterly Art Review, Fall 2017
Second place in the 22nd Online Contest: Back cover of the book "Important World Artists" Volume 2, Self Observer
2016
Finalist in the Portraits/Figures category of The Artist's Magazine 33rd Annual Art Competition, Art Peace
Second placeISAP, 7th International Open On Line Show
First PlaceArt Gallery Online, All Women
2015
First PlaceColors of Humanity, Blue
Bronze winnerArt Forward Contests, Past and Present
Second placeArts for Earth, Ventura, Earth Spirit Exhibit
Evelyn Michell Memorial AwardNCA Inc., Sacramento Fine Arts
First placeBuenaventura Art Association, Ventura, BAA 29th Annual Open Competition
Honorable mentionArtist Compete-Art Preferred
2014
Merit awardBuenaventura Art Association, Ventura, HV Member Show
ORGANIZATIONS
Ventura Artist Union, 415 Howard St., Ventura, CA 93003-4532
Circle Foundation of the Arts, https://circle-arts.com/mariana-peirano/
TreeSisters - Women Seeding Change, www.treesisters.org, Bristol BS1 5UH UK
Los Angeles Art Association, 825 N. La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90069
Buenaventura Art Association,700 E Santa Clara St. Ventura, CA 93001
Portrait Society of America, P.O. Box 11272, Tallahassee, FL 32302
Studio Channel Islands Art Center, 2222 E Ventura Blvd.Camarillo, CA 93010
BIO
Mariana is an an award winning figurative artist living in Ojai, California. Born and raised in Argentina, she has spent most of her life in Southern California. Although mainly self taught, she received her basic atelier instruction at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art.
Her work reflects a passion for beauty in all it's forms and a deep concern for the human condition. Preserving the realness of emotions and expressions in the people she paints, she captures humanity in its true form.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018
Hillcrest Center for the Arts, Thousand Oaks, CA, group show
Contemporary Art Gallery Online, All Women Show, group show
Art City Studios Gallery, Ventura, CA, Bodies of Proof, group show
The Artist Table's 2018 All Women Exhibition, online group show
Kavli Theater Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA, group show
Bank of America, Ojai, CA, solo exhibit
Lichthof Kunstfabrik, Bremen, Germany, Rootless, group show
Ventura College East Campus, Santa Paula, CA, solo exhibit
Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA, Women and Their Art, group show
2017
Comstock & Calhoun Real Estate Co., Ventura, CA, Rootless, group show
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Wet Paint Online Exhibit
Arts Council of Conejo Valley, Rootless, UBS Westlake Village, CA, group show
Comstock & Calhoun Real Estate Co., Ventura, CA, solo show
2016
Studio Channel Islands Blackboard Gallery, In The Dark, Camarillo, CA, Pop-up art exhibit
Namba Arts Center, Denizen, Survey of Portraits, Ventura, CA, curated by Dab Art
Super Wonder Gallery, Reversion, Toronto, ON, juried by Daniel Anaka
7th Annual ISAP International Open Online Show, juried by Stephen Quiller
Contemporary Art Gallery Online, All Women Show
Downey Civic Theater, Tempest, Downey, CA
2015
Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Harmony and Mirth, Camarillo, CA
Colors of Humanity, Blue 2015, online group show
The Artist Table online art gallery, Ladies First, juried by Yael, Tamar, Shira Van der Wouden
Las Laguna Gallery, Talent Plus, Laguna Beach, CA
Arts for Earth Foundation, Earth Spirit Exhibit, Ventura, CA
NCA Inc., Bold Expressions, Sacramento, CA, Juried by Margot Schulzke
TAG Gallery, California Open Exhibition, Santa Monica, CA, Juried by Jim Morphesis
Ventura Arts Council, Portraits, Ventura, CA
Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA, Solo show, April 7-May 2
H Gallery, Ventura, CA, group exhibit
2014
Buenaventura Art Association, Ventura, CA, Member show