Cecilia Flaten

since she is four until she is twenty-seven years old, the dance comes to be in the core of her life and simultaneously she maintains sporadic romances with Painting, Theater and Literature. In the search of a more tangible art she looks after the painting coming to be at the present day her great love. At the beginning of this engagement, things happened in a rather playful and innocent way, all which is completely demonstrated in her Na?f works, in which she experiences with techniques and colors that allude directly to her Scandinavian ancestors. Entering into a more mature stage, she works the oil, instance that provides her the stability and the so much yearned pattern of expression, which allows her to be able to represent properly the legends, the myths and the dreams that nest in her mind and her

Biography: The Story of Cecilia Cecilia was born in La Reina (Santiago, Chile) in 1950, a key day that makes the beginning of transcendental changes in our country... the 4th of September. In the same way her passage though the world has been subject to changes and diverse variants of cyclical character, all of them linked to the most sublime manifestation of her spirit: The Art. At the age of two she begins to recreate in her own flesh the history of her mother, who was prima donna in the National Ballet of Santiago. Since she is four until she is twenty-seven years old, the dance comes to be in the core of her life and simultaneously she maintains sporadic romances with Painting, Theater and Literature. Delighted with the stages, she explores all of their dimensions, starting from the back-stage, all through to the border-stage, arriving to direct plays in her school and being a moving body of expression within ICTUS company of actors. Her artistic and humanist vein grows day by day, in contrast to the mathematics, forced hours of class she takes advantage to the maximum to explore the world of the painting. By that time she already was distinguished for being teacher of her classmates, condition that endured, arriving to be professor of many children and teenagers. Cecilia urges them to fight for their autonomy of criterion and expression, using creativity as the main weapon. Within her evolution in the dance, she begins to notice its ephemeral character, and, deeply affected by the death of her paradigm and cult leader, Nureyev, she decides that the hour has arrived to untie herself from the world of the dance, at least partially. Closing this cycle, her spirit persists in the search of a more tangible art and retakes her flirt with the painting, coming it to be at the present day her great love. At the beginning of this engagement, things happened in a rather playful and innocent way, all which is completely demonstrated in her Na?f works, in which she experiences with techniques and colors that allude directly to her Scandinavian ancestors. Entering into a more mature stage, she works the oil, instance that provides her the stability and the so much yearned pattern of expression, which allows her to be able to represent properly the legends, the myths and the dreams that nest in her mind and her blood. Main Exhibitions » (1993) She exhibits in the halls of "Na�f paintings" and "Members paintings" of the National Society of Fine Arts. » (1994) She participates in the "X Autumn Meeting" of the National Society of Fine Arts » (1995) ) She attends the "National Meeting of the National Society of Fine Arts" and performs her first individual exhibition in the "La Reina Rotary Club" Hall » (1996) She exhibits in the city of Vi�a del Mar in the "Mar Futuro" Hall. Show, organized by the Universidad del Mar and the Re�aca Cultural Center. » (1997) She's invited for second year to attend the "Mar Futuro" Hall in Vi�a del Mar. » (1998) She participates in the first and second exhibition of the "La Reina Plastic Artists" promoted by the La Reina Cultural Center. She ends the year developing another individual exhibition in the prestigious "Ebro Deontological Institute" » (1999) She takes part of a collective exhibition in the "C�mara Chilena de la Construcci�n Cultural Corporation". She exhibits her work in the "Fabrics" Gallery, and then takes part of an event organized by the National Association of Cancer. She also makes a great exhibition in the prestigious hall "Marcos Bont�" » (2000) She produces a cultural exhibition in Algarrobo, in the Cultural Center of this important beach resort. » (2001) She inaugurates her own web site: www.flaten.cl called "Cuentos que me cuento" (Stories I tell myself) » (2001) She exhibits all her work in the Vi�a del Mar Casino. » (2001) December 1st, she promotes and produces the "First Celt - Scandinavian Encounter" in the "Plaza de los Insurgentes" Caf� in Santiago, Chile. » (2002) Individual anual exhibit "La Gargola" Events Gallery » (2002) She participates in the Celtic Music Encounter Duoc Theatre » (2002) She participates in the First Medieval Fair Encounter "Festus Hibernus", Campus Oriente Universidad Católica de Chile » (2003) She is selected and invited to participate in the Art Biennial of Comtemporary Art of Florence 2003. » (2004) Exhibition in the Event " Women in the Arts 2004" , in the Latin American Art Museum of Miami (U.S.A) » (2004) Exhibition in the Gallery " Desde La Plástica", in Buenos Aires ( Argentine). » (2004) Exhibition in the Gallery " Núcleo de Arte" , in Buenos Aires ( Argentine). » (2005) Exhibition in Gallery " Portal de La Dehesa" in Chile. » (2005) Exhibition in the " Agora Gallery " , in the Soho in New York.(U.S.A.). » (2005) Exhibition in the Gallery Estrategia, who belongs to the Newspaper Estrategia. » (2006) Exhibition Art Expo from New York. » (2006) Leipzig Exhibition, Art Domain Gallery. » (2006) Exhibition in New York , Gallery World Fine Art. » (2006) Exhibition in New York, Jadite Gallery. » (2007) Exhibition in Barcelona, Salón de Invierno. » (2007) Exhibition in Espacio Cultural Pere Pruna, Barcelona. » (2007) Exhibition in Galería Hibisco, Lisboa. » (2007) Exhibition in Galería Zero, Barcelona. » (2007) Exhibition in Gallery Loyd,Oslo. » (2008) Exhibition in Galerie Thuillier, París. » (2008) Exhibition in Tribeca, New York. » (2008) Exhibition in Museum of the Americas, Miami. Main Awards » (1993) First honoring mention in the oil section of the "X Autumn Hall" of the National Society of Fine Arts. » (1998) Best Assembling of the year Award. The award was given in the "Ebro Deontological Institute" » (2004) Award " Mención Honrosa" in the expo "Artistas Latinoamericanos" at the "Arte Expresión" gallery in Buenos Aires. » (2006) Award of Merit in ArtExpo of New York » (2006) Medail and Certificate of Excelence Palm Award, Art Domain Gallery , Leipzig, Germany. » (2007) Medail and "Mención Honrosa" award, Salón de Invierno at Barcelona. » (2008) Award of Excellence, Artoteque, London.

Country: Chile

E-mail: flaten@flaten.cl

Site: http://www.flaten.cl