Claudia Bernardi

Claudia Bernardi
Born	1955 (age 69–70) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Education	University of Buenos Aires

Claudia Bernardi (born 1955) ^[1] is an Argentine artist who works in the fields of art, human rights and social justice, ^[2] combining installation, sculpture, painting and printmaking. She has worked with communities that have suffered state terror, violence, forced exiles and who are victims of human rights violations. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Two major artworks are: Tree of Life ^[8] and Walls of Hope ^[9]

Bernardi was born in Buenos Aires. ^[10] She is Professor of Community Arts, Diversity Studies, Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts. ^[10]

Collections

Bernardi's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• La Salle University Art Museum, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1 piece (as of 11 February 2022) ^[11]
• Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona: 2 pieces (as of 11 February 2022) ^{[12] [13]}
• Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas: 1 piece (as of 20 March 2023) ^[14]

Publications

• The Tenacity of Memory. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. ^[15]

In popular culture

Playwright Catherine Filloux wrote a one-woman play, How to Eat an Orange, about Bernardi, set to premiere at La Mama in New York City in 2024. ^[16]

References

1. "Claudia Bernardi". Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
2. "Argentina-born artist mixes art with activism". spokesman.com. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
3. Peradotto, Nicole. "In Argentina, 'the missing' became routine; Claudia Bernardi's art reflects those dangerous times". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
4. Chun, Kimberly (10 September 1999). "TENDER MERCIES / Working for the United Nations, Claudia Bernardi unearthed the mass graves of children in El Salvador. Now the Berkeley artist tries to redeem the past by teaching refugee children in Fruitvale". SFGATE. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
5. "Artist Claudia Bernardi Finds Beauty Beyond Brutality". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
6. "Walls of Hope". HuffPost. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
7. Abramian, Jackie. "Argentinian Artist Claudia Bernardi Visually Unearths Brutalities Of Past And Present". Forbes. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
8. "Tree of Life Mural Story and Mission Debuts on West Coast". Mary Baldwin University. 16 March 2016.
9. "WALLS OF HOPE, SCHOOL OF ART & OPEN STUDIO OF PERQUIN". Walls of Hope.
10. "People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal - CCA Portal". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
11. "La Salle University Art Museum Collections - Claudia Bernardi". artcollection.lasalle.edu. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
12. "Related to "Claudia Bernardi"". Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
13. "Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Celebrates Female Artists All Year". phoenixmag.com. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
14. "Ser Mujer Es Saber Resistir - Ulrich Museum of Art". ulrich.wichita.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
15. Bernardi, Claudia (2 June 2011). Transforming Terror: Remembering the Soul of the World. University of California Press. pp. 195–202. doi:10.1525/9780520949454/html. ISBN   978-0-520-94945-4.
16. "The Ms. Q&A: Award-Winning Playwright Catherine Filloux Takes on Femicide, Trauma, War, Immigration and More". msmagazine.com. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.