Cristina Bergoglio - Light. New York -XXL

Technique: Acrylic on canvas
Signature: Hand signed
An acrylic painting. aerosol and oil painting, with textures, elegant and set, of a colorful bridge in New York City, in the middle of the night and very illuminated. It is a large format piece: 160 x 104. The fabric is sent rolled in a resistant tube, due to its large size and to ensure its safety. Designed for a 160x 104 x 3 cm chassis. The fabric sent is larger to stretch. You will find a frame shop in your area to stretch and frame the piece. The fabric has a protective varnish. Ideal for an office or a living room.

"Cristina's work does not focus on the details of buildings, cars, people, but on the living and pulsating atmosphere of the city. "
More of his work at
www. cristinabergoglio. com

Cristina Bergoglio. Degree in architecture by the National University of Córdoba, (Argentina) . Her artistic and literary vision has been developed since a very early age. Along with her studies in architecture, she began to show her own designs of architectonic spaces in several galleries of her hometown. Highly interested by the mystic of these spaces in the works of Mexican architects Luis Barragán and his follower Ricardo Legorreta, she sends her projects, drawings and texts to the last of them who suggests Cristina to devote herself to painting and writing in Europe. In Mexico she also meets the poet Jaime Sabines and the Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso. Following the suggestions of these artists, back to Argentina, she decides to develop her career in Madrid (Spain) . As a result of her studies in architecture, her Argentinean origins and her love for dance, there she starts her research on the representation urban spaces and tango. In Madrid she meets several painters and writers, such Francisco Molina Montero, who deeply influences her work. She also studies at the Prado Workshop of Madrid, becoming later professor of this prestigious institution until 2007. IN literature, she has worked on poetic prose, supported intellectually by the writer Francisco Umbral. Nowadays she lives and works in Madrid, where she keeps on exploring on urban landscapes. Lately her paintings are oriented to explore inner architectural spaces of grate architects. Actually, she writes articles about body-mind connection based on the quantum physics.

ONLY EXHIBITIONS
1987 “CITIES” - Exhibition hall of the Faculty of Architecture of the City of Córdoba.
1988 “URBAN LANDSCAPE OF CORDOBA” - Aguas de la Cañada Institute of Visual Arts.
“FACES OF THE WORLD” - Aguas de la Cañada Institute of Visual Arts.
1989 “DRAWINGS OF THE SOUL” - Exhibition hall of the Society of Architects of Córdoba.
1994 “FACES OF THE CITY” - Perspectiva Gallery (Córdoba) .
“ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVES” - Perspectiva Gallery (Córdoba) .
1996 Chair of Architectural Graphics - National University of Córdoba.
Chair of Architectural Drawing - Gropius Private Institute (Córdoba) .
1997 “THE FACES OF THE CITY” - Galería Gráfica Imagen exhibition hall (Córdoba) .
“FACES OF THE WORLD” - Exhibition Center of the Hotel de la Cañada
1999 “CRISTINA BERGOGLIO; IMAGE AND WORD” - La Vaca Dos Restaurant “TANGO”
2000 “MOVEMENT” - Exhibition hall of the Colegio Mayor Nuestra Señora de Africa (Madrid, Ramiro de Maeztu street s/n) .
“TANGO” - Café Manuela Madrid.
2001 “Cities” Passage Gallery. Ayamonte. Huelva
The urban stigma. Victoria Hidalgo Gallery. Madrid.
2003 Urbanites. Victoria Hidalgo Gallery. Madrid.
2005 JVGespacio Gallery, Santiago de Compostela. Galicia.
2008 Lyceum Gallery. Guadalajara. Spain
2009 Durán Gallery. Madrid. Spain.
2011 Mada Primavesi Gallery. Madrid. Spain.
2012 Ariel Sibony Gallery. Paris. France.
2013 Hilton Conrad Algarve Hotel. Algarve. Portugal. Art-Catto Gallery. Loulé. Portugal.
2014. Nina Torres Art. Fine. Miami. USA.
2015 Montsequi Gallery. Madrid. Spain
2015 Hyatt Hotel.
2017 Conrad Algarve. Artcatto Gallery. Quinta Do Lago. Portugal Miami United States.
2018 The Doorway Gallery. Dublin. Ireland.
2019 Artcatto Gallery. Loulé. Portugal.
2020 Clarendon Fine Art. London. England.
2020 Tallantyre Gallery. Morphet. England.
2022 Clarendon Fine Art. London. England.

GROUP SHOWS:
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2000 “SEVILLA ART FAIR 2000”, through the Gaudí Gallery (Madrid) .
Trebellar Gallery. To Coruña.
Villa de Parla Cultural Center on the occasion of the 2000 Villa de Parla National Painting Award.
P9 Gallery. Madrid. Christmas Collective.
2001 Nave del Arte Gallery. Saint Sebastian of the kings.
Passage Gallery. Ayamonte. Huelva.
2002 Guadarrama City Council
ABC Serrano Shopping Center. Madrid.
IEFE Business Studies Center. Coronado Young Painters Day. Madrid.
Colmenar Viejo Cultural Center.
Nicolás Besteiro Cultural Center of Leganés.
La Nave del Arte Gallery. Permanent exhibition. Saint Sebastian of the kings.
Nicolás Salmerón Cultural Center. Madrid.
Art Gallery: Taller-Galería 2000. Madrid.
Prado Workshop. End-of-course collective. Madrid.
Griñón House of Culture.
Nave Art Gallery. Collective: Visions of the possible.
Ciudad Real Provincial Council Exhibition Center.
Moda Shoping Shopping Center on the occasion of the VIII Plastic Arts Exhibition. Madrid.
Villa de Parla Cultural Center on the occasion of the Villa de Parla National Painting Award
2003 Nave del Arte Gallery: “Visions of the possible. ” Saint Sebastian of the kings. House of
Aragon. Madrid.
Moda Shoping Shopping Center on the occasion of the IX Plastic Arts Salon. Madrid.
Victoria Hidalgo Gallery. Competition around the Prado and the Stock Exchange. Madrid.
2004 Nave del Arte Gallery: “Trends 2004”. Saint Sebastian of the kings.
Current Contemporary Art Gallery. summer collective
Victoria Hidalgo Gallery: Contest “Around the Prado and the Stock Market”
Victoria Hidalgo Gallery. Competition around the Prado and the Stock Exchange
2005 Victoria Hidalgo Gallery. Competition around the Prado and the Stock Exchange.
Arganzuela Municipal Board. “Madrid San Isidro” Competition.
2006 Victoria Hidalgo Gallery. Competition around the Prado and the Stock Exchange. Madrid.
Arganzuela Municipal Board. “Madrid San Isidro” contest. Madrid. "
2007 Nave del Arte Gallery. Urban Landscape. Saint Sebastian of the kings.
2008 Victoria Hidalgo Gallery: Competition around the Prado and the Stock Exchange.
2009 Durán Gallery. Madrid. Spain.
2010 Mada Primavesi Gallery. Madrid. Spain.
2011 Linneart Fair. Ghent. Belgium.
2012 Art-Catto Gallery. Loulé. Portugal.
2013 Nina Torres Gallery. Miami. USA.
Hilton Conrad Miami Hotel. Miami. USA.

2013 Montsequi Art Gallery. Madrid.
Affordable art fair, London. England through Tallantyre Art Gallery. England.
Hyatt Hotel. Miami. USA.
Infanta Elena Museum. Virgen de las Viñas Wineries. Tomelloso. Spain.

2014 Tallantyre Art Gallery. Morpeth. England.
2015 Affordable Art Fair. Tallantyre Gallery. Battersea Park. London. England.
2019 Affordable Art Fair. Tallantyre Gallery. Battersea Park. London. England
Infanta Elena Museum. Virgen de las Viñas Wineries. Tomelloso. Spain.
2020 Bolaños City Council. Bolaños de Calatrava. Real city. Spain.
Sitges City Council. Sitges. Spain.
2021. Clarendon Fine Art. London. United Kingdom
Tallantyre Gallery. Morpeth. United Kingdom
The Doorway Gallery. Dublin. Ireland.
Arrow. Madrid. Spain
2022 Tallantyre Gallery. Morpeth. United Kingdom
The Doorway Gallery. Dublin. Ireland.
2023 Tallantyre Gallery. Morpeth. United Kingdom
The Doorway Gallery. Dublin. Ireland.
Art. Catto Gallery. Loulé. Portugal.
Setdart. Madrid. Spain
AWARDS:

1991 Honorable Mention in the “The Hidden City” Contest on Urban Landscape organized by the Society of Architects of Córdoba. Argentina.
1996 First Prize in the International Poetry Contest of the Argentine Society of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
1997 First Prize in the National Humorous Story Contest “Córdoba Macowens”. Cordova. Argentina.
Selection Award for the publication of the Argentine Poetry Anthology. Argentina.
1998 Selection Award for the publication of the Anthology “One Hundred Great Stories of Spanish and Foreign Literature”. Jamais Editorial. Seville. Spain.

2000 Finalist in the San Fermín 2000 International Poster Contest. Pamplona. Spain.
Finalist in the Villa de Parla National Painting Competition. Talk. Spain.
2001 Finalist City of Guadarrama Quick Painting Contest. Spain.
Finalist Coronado Painting Contest for young artists. Madrid. Spain.
First Prize in the Alcobendas National Painting Competition. Spain.
Finalist in the Colmenar Viejo City Council Quick Painting Contest. Spain.
First Honorable Mention Griñón Award for Quick Painting. Spain.
Finalist in the Leganés Quick Painting Contest. Spain.
Selected in the 2000 Gallery Workshop Competition. Madrid. Spain.
Selected in the Angel Andrade Competition in Ciudad Real. Spain.
2002 3rd Rafael Zabaleta Painting Prize. Quesada. Jaen. Spain.
Helios Prize “Around the Prado and the Stock Market” Contest. Madrid. Spain.
First Honorable Mention Villa de Parla National Painting Award. Talk. Spain.
2nd Prize for Painting at the Rafael Zabaleta International Painting Competition. Quesada. Jaen. Spain.
2004
First Prize in the National Painting Contest of the City of Toledo. Spain.
Acquisition of KMMB CONSTRUCCIONES Company.
“Niña del Sur” Award “Around the Prado and the Stock Market” Contest. Spain.
2005
Hotel Convention Award, Contest “Around the Prado and the Stock Market” Spain.
First Accesit Parla Painting Prize. Talk. Spain.
Second Prize, Indalecio Hernández Prize. Valencia de Alcántara. Caceres. Spain.
2006
First Prize “Madrid San Isidro” Competition. Most Excellent Madrid City Council Award. Spain.
Motiva Consulting Award. Contest “Around the Prado and the Stock Market”
2007 Hevia Award. Contest “Around the Prado and the Stock Market”. Spain.
Antonio Casero Medal. “Madrid San Isidro” Competition. Excellent
City of Madrid. Spain.
2009 First Prize Painting Contest. “Around the Prado and the Stock Exchange. Spain.
2012 Virgen de las Viñas Cultural Contest Acquisition Award. Spain.
Selected Cambre Council Award...