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Andrea Ostera

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She was born in 1967 in Salto Grande, Santa Fe, Argentina.

In 1992 and 1993 she studied at the International Center of Photography, New York. Between 1997 and 1999, she participated in the Kuitca Scholarship for Young Artists. In 2001 she completed a Fine Arts Master’s degree at NYU.

Among her solo exhibitions are: ‘Operaciones combinadas’, Diego Obligado Art Gallery (2019); ‘Persona’, Kirchner Cultural Center (2018); ‘Affaire’, Photo Gallery of Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center (2017); ‘Capturas de pantalla’, Mal de Archivo (2016); ‘+room’, Castagnino+Macro Museum (2016); ‘Ostera en Oliva’, Oliva Libros (2015); ‘Fin de Fiesta’, Ex P.A.C.I.O, Pasaje Pam (2006); ‘Andrea Ostera’, FADU/UBA Gallery (2004); ‘Fotogramas’, Photo Gallery of General San Martín Theater (1998); ‘Conciso, sucinto, preciso’, Bernardino Rivadavia Cultural Center (1997); ‘The dream evening’, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, France (1996); ‘De los tiempos’, Photo Gallery of Santa Fe Cultural Center (1996).

Among her group exhibitions are: ‘Maquinaciones, diálogos contemporáneos’, BIENALSUR II, Cuenca Museum of Modern Art, Ecuador (2019); ‘Utopías y distopías en el paisaje contemporáneo’, BIENALSUR II, MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador (2019); ‘Lar doce lar’, BIENALSUR II, Brazilian Embassy in Buenos Aires (2019); 96o Salon de Mayo, Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez Museum, Santa Fe (2019); ‘10 años – Salto Luz’, Juan Carlos Castagnino Museum, Mar del Plata (2019); ‘Do it Rosario’, Parque de España Cultural Center (2018); 6o AAMEC Award for Argentine Contemporary Photography, Caraffa Museum (2018); 107o National Visual Arts Salon, Casa del Bicentenario (2018); ‘Una comunidad imaginada’, Casa del Bicentenario (2017); ‘Maquinaciones’, I Mercosur Biennial, MAAC (2017); arteBA Focus #2, Arenas Estudios (2017); ‘Otra situación de tiempo’, MAR Museum, Mar del Plata (2017); ‘V Premio de Fotografía ArtexArte’, ArtexArte Foundation, Buenos Aires (2017); ‘30 años, 3 miradas’, Castagnino Fine Arts Museum (2013); ‘Pinta bien, arte de Santa Fe’, Recoleta Cultural Center (2012), Castagnino Fine Arts Museum (2011); ‘Allí, allá’, Plataforma Bogotá (2012); ‘Lima Photo’ (2011); ‘About change’, World Bank Main Complex, Washington DC (2011); ‘La naturaleza de las mujeres’, OSDE Foundation Rosario (2010); ‘Fotografía en la Argentina (1840-2010)’, ArtexArte (2010).

Among the distinctions she received are: First Prize for Photography, National Arts Fund (2017); Creation Grant, National Arts Fund (2017); Honorable Mention in the V ArtexArte Photography Prize (2017); Merit Diploma, Konex Foundation (2002); Leonardo Award and Fulbright – National Arts Fund Grant (1999); Grants from the National Arts Fund (1998) and Antorchas Foundation (1997); Mention in Braque Award and Kuitca Scholarship (1997).

Her work is part of the collections of the National Fine Arts Museum (Buenos Aires), Museum of Modern Art (Buenos Aires), Castagnino+Macro Museum (Rosario), Museum for Contemporary Art (Bahía Blanca).

She lives and works in Rosario.