Maria Elisa Quiaro

About

My work is a visual confrontation with reality where reduction, accumulation and construction meet with poetry.
In every medium I use, fragments are given a new function to recreate a totality.

Statement

María Elisa Quiaro is a Venezuelan mixed media artist and collagist based in Germany.
Two things have always shaped her life: images and words. She grew up under the inﬂuence of pop culture, science ﬁction books and TV commercials. As a child one of her favourite pastimes was to create imaginary worlds. Her work combines encaustic, collage and assemblage.

In every medium she uses, fragments are given a new function to recreate a totality.
Quiaro reﬂects a contemporary sense of life with all its metaphysical complexities and contradictions where the impossible is not anymore.

EXHIBITIONS

COLLAGE

2020 Universo Collagem online exhibition organised by universidadedopapel, Sao Paulo Brasil.
2020 Drowing Culture/ Kaos Festival online exhibition
2020 Schwietters‘ Army ,SCOTLAND, Merz Gallery, Samquhar Scotland
2020 Collage Art International exhibition of retroavangarda / Poland- PENDING
2020 “Fresh Cuts No.2” – Deda Gallery | Derby | Derbyshire UK – Group Collagistes Collective Show – PENDING
2020 Twin Cities Collage Collective, International Collage Exhibition / USA
2019 „Wuschzettel“,Kultur Kasino Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany.
2019 “Elementarteilchen / Elementary Particles” International Collage Exhibition. Frauen Museum Wiesbaden, Germany.
2019 Collagistas festival #6 Brüssels Belgium.
2019 “Leftovers” Kaos Festival #19. Škrlovec Tower Gallery, Kranj, Slovenia.
2019 “Fresh Cuts” The Electric Picture House Gallery, Congleton, Cheshire, UK.
2019 World Collage Atlas – Exhibition Verbeke Fundation, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
2019 Retroavangarda, International Collage Ausstellung Warsaw Poland.
2018 „Wuschzettel,“ Kultur Kasino Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
2018 Exhibition 25th Anniversary Atelier Stellwagen, Idar-Oberstein, Germany
2018 “Collage and more collage” Luna13 Gallery / Techhub Office 20 Ropermarket Street, London UK.
2018 “Pop-up” collage exhibition at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary
2018 Kaos Collage Festival, – Exhibition Illustration, Design and Moving Collage Kranj, Slovenia.
2018 “Vinylism” Collage Exhibition of Edinburgh Collage Collective. Tent Gallery. City of Edinburgh, UK.
2018 “Femenine glance” Collage Exhibition Mula Fest 2018 Madrid, Spain.
2018 „Elective Affinities“, – Solo Exhibition Atelier Gröbl, Koblenz, Germany.
2018 “Vinylism” Collage Exhibition of Edinburgh Collage Collective. Edinburgh Central Library. City of Edinburgh, UK.
2017 „Wuschzettel“ Kulture Kasino, Höhr-Grenzhausen. Germany.
2017 Atelier Moshammer, Solo Exhibition, Linz am Rhein. Germany.
2017 “Ecocidio“ Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2017 “G.L.U.E” Collage Exhibition of Edinburgh Collage Collective. Stirling, UK.
2017 “College Noir”, Cartagena, Spain.
2017 “G.L.U.E” Collage Exhibition of Edinburgh Collage Collective. City of Edinburgh, UK.
2017 “Nudo” Collage Exhibition Visual Poetry, Barcelona, Spain.
2017 “Fiambre Fabuloso” Collage Exhibition, Terrasa Barcelona, Spain.
2016 “Visions, Collage Exhibition” Atelier Stellwagen, Idar-Oberstein, Germany .
2016 “Maria Elisa Quiaro Collage,” Solo Exhibition. Atelier Baja, Linz am Rhein, Germany.
2016 Dada Exhibition. International Collage Museum Santa Fe, USA.
2016 Kunstdirekt ‘16 Mainz, Artists exhibition Rheinland Pfalz. Germany.

ASSEMBLAGE

2015 Exhibition Collection Banco Mercantil. Caracas, Venezuela.
2009 ‚Westerwaldpreis – Ceramics of Europa, Keramikmuseum Westerwald. Germany.
2009 ‚TatORT – KeramiK, Höhr-Grenzhausen. Germany
2007 4th World Ceramic Biennale Korea CEBIKO International Competition.
2006 6th International Ceramics Festival ’08 MINO, Japan.
2006 Exhibition “Project bridging Art and technic. Germany
2005 Autonomía y Desplazamiento, Colombian and Venezuela
2005 V Bienal de Barro de América, Brazil
2005 El Azul, Gallery La Previsora, Caracas, Venezuela.
2005 XXXIII Exhibition of the National Competition of the Arts of Fire. Venezuela
2004 XXXI Exhibition of the National Competition of the Arts of Fire. Venezuela
2002 International „Mixed-Media-Exhibition“ ‚Keep in Touch‘ Keramikmuseum Westerwald. Germany
2002 XXIX Exhibition of the National Competition of the Arts of Fire. Valencia, Venezuela.
2000 The Ensemble Exhibition“. Trialog Gallery. Hohr–Grenzhausen Deutschland.
2000 – 08 regular participation at the open studios action of BBK Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
1998 Contemporary Ceramics exhibition“. Embassy of Venezuela, London. UK.
1998 „Ceramics 98“. Howard Gardens Gallery. Cardiff. Wales, UK.
Since 1994 Exhibitions in Argentina, México, Dominican Republic Chile, Korea, USA, UK, Spain.

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Publications ( a selection)

2020 Strike a light / Edinburgh Collage Collective / UK
2020 MAAV Dream Worlds An international collage projects, Austria
2019 A5 Magazine,, London UK
2019 Kaos Catalogue, Kranj Slovenien
2018 „Glitch“, CVAzine #9, Contemporary Visual Magazine. London,UK
2018 LABzine #2, “Dada’s dream”, World Collage Day. Publicaron of Laboratorio de collage. Madrid. Espana
2018 Kaos Catalogue, Kranj Slovenien
2018 1340Art Magazine, Netherlands
2018 „Body“, CVAzine #6, Contemporary Visual Magazine. London.UK
2017 Rapsodia Magazine Cover page. Issue 16 Milan, Italy
2017 Making The Cut Vol.1, Australia
2017 Oneiric Magazine #1 ,Portugal
2017 Revista Canibalismos #26 Literatura y Arte, Madrid Spain
2016 Catalogue; ”Dada Centennial Exhibition / Day of the Dead” Santa Fe, USA

Education

2010-12 / German Art Teacher Training Program
since 2008 / High school teacher of Fine Arts
1996-98 / MA of Arts, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK
1990-93 / Art College „Armando Reverón“. Caracas, Venezuela. Painting and Photography
1988-94 / Central University of Venezuela, UCV, Venezuela, Social Communication Journalism
1985-88 Instituto Nuevas Profesiones, IUNP, Venezuela. Design und Marketing