Ximena Armas
Ximena Armas is a Chilean painter.
Biography
Ximena Armas Fernández first attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Universidad de Chile, then the Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, where she was trained by Mario Carreño, Eduardo Vilches, and Mario Toral. Upon her arrival in France in 1971, she attended the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.She lives in Paris, and is married to the French painter Henri Richelet.
Since 1969, she has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Chile, France, Spain, and Mexico.
Works in museum collections
- Chilean [National Museum of Fine Arts], Santiago, Chile:
- Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile:
- National Museum Julio Cortázar, Managua, Nicaragua:
- Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chile:
- Pinacotheca of the University of Talca, Chile:
- Pinacotheca of the University of Concepción, Chile:
- , Santiago, Chile:
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 1969: Galería Arturo Edwards, Santiago, Chile
- 1970: Galería C.C. Providencia, Santiago, Chile
- 1980: Galerie La Bolée, Anonnay, France
- 1982: Latino-Américains à Paris, Grand Palais, Paris
- 1986: Galerie Lefor Openo, Saint-Cloud, France
- 1987:
- 1990:
- 1994: Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile
- 1996: Town Hall, Neufchâteau, France
- 1999: Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile
- 2001: Museo Nacional de [Bellas Artes (Santiago, Chile)|Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes], Santiago, Chile
- 2003: Musée Roybet-Fould, Courbevoie, France
- 2006:
- 2007–2008: Le Trait d'Union, Neufchâteau, France
Main group exhibitions
- 1969: Prix Crav de Peinture, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
- 1972: La Peinture chilienne, UNESCO, Paris
- 1974: Grafic 74, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ibiza, Espagne
- 1981:
- 1982: Chili Vivant, Mexico
- 1983: Chili-femmes, Espace latino-américain, Paris
- 1984: Peintres latino-américains, Monaco
- 1986: Les Figurations de 1960 à nos jours, Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, E.B.A. de Besançon, Musée de Carcassonne, Couvent des Cordeliers de Châteauroux, France
- 1989: Musée de l'Amérique latine, Monaco
- 1990: Art chilien d'aujourd'hui, Espace Belleville and UNESCO, Paris
- 1991: Festival international de la peinture, Château-musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
- 1995:
- 1996: Artistes Chiliens en France, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
- 1997:
- 2003: Hommage à S. Allende, Centre culturel Robert-Desnos, Ris-Orangis, France
- 2004: George Sand, interprétations, Couvent des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France
- 2007: Santiago Paris Santiago, Galería La Ventana Cemicual, Santiago, Chile
- 2022-2023: 58th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, États-Unis