MARIA ALEJANDRA MENDUINA SCHNEIDER
Gallery Owner, Curator, Artist, and BA in Fine Art
Los Angeles, California, USA
E-mail: schneidermaria72@gmail.com
Site : http://msartgallery.com
Menduina Schneider Art Gallery ("Contemporary & Latin American Art")
Los Angeles, California, United States
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PRESENTATION
Born on October 8th, 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
EDUCATION
BA in Fine Arts, National School of Fine Arts “Carlos Morel,” Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Set Designer, “Teatro Colon,” Buenos Aires, Argentina.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015-to Present
Owner of The Menduina Schneider Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
2003
Teacher of Fine Arts, Fundación Paso a Paso, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Collective Show, Malasya.
2005
Teacher of Art and Anatomy, Centro Cultural Chimborazo, Ecuador. Collective Show, Corea del Sur.
2001-2014
Visual and Fine Arts Teacher in my own Art Studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Classes were given to students of all levels and ages.
2012-2013
Created the first Drawing and Painting Biennial Latin American/Kosovo and Kosovo/Latin American
2013-2014
Organizer and Curator of the “Women’s Rights Collective Exhibit” at the Schontall School, Buenos Aires Argentina. The show inlcuded several round tables and panels to discuss the current enviroment surrounding Women’s violence, its history and possible steps to erradicate it or at the very least diminsh it, followed by a Q & A Session between Artists and Crowd. A mural was painted at the school by the Artists and the Students.
2104
Created the first Biennial of International Photography in India.
2010-2018
Organizer and Curator of several Traveling Art Exhibits such as “Art to Stop Gender Violence”.
2015
Art Curator “Art 4 Non Violence Exhibit” at UCLA, Anaheim Convention Center.
Art Curator “Art 4 Non Violence Exhibit”, Merida, Mexico.
2016
Valencia, Spain Biennial, 2nd place Winner.
2017
Collective show at Palacio Micallet in Valencia, Spain.
2018
UCSULB, “Women’s History Month” Art Curator of the show.
2018
Member of the Official Jury of the World Art Academy - Mondial Art Academy of France.
2019
Creator and Curator of the Human Trafficking Art Project, at MS Art Gallery in conjuction with the First Film Festival “See it End It” at Warners Teather San Pedro.
2019
Collective International Show Mexico - Peru - Spain
2015-to Present
Owner of The Menduina Schneider Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Undertakings and accomplishments
2011
Worked with the Shuar Native Community in the Amazon (Ecuador) teaching Arts and painting several murals in their schools. I was named Cultural Amabassador for the People of the Americas by the council of the tribe.
2012
Creator and Coordinator of the “Town and Rural Mural” A mural painted at the Hogar School in San Antonio de Los Cobres, a Native community located at 14.763 Elevation Feet. The Project gathered students from the small town of Tres Algarrobos in the Argentinian Pampas and the Coya Native Community of Northern Argentina. Both were underprivileged schools.
2013
Worked with Wichi Native Community in Formosa, Argentina, Arts and painting Murals for their school (all students were involved in the activities).
2011
Till Today, I created and Curated several Art shows that have traveled several countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, England, Spain, Italy, and the USA among others. My latest show is the still ongoing “Art 4 Non Violence.” The shows have comprised more than 600 artists from more than thirteen different countries. I have also been the creator of the first Biennial ‘Kosovo/ Latin America” for which I received the title of Cultural Ambassador in Kosovo.
As an Artist I had more than 300 collective shows and 10 individual shows. Four of my works are part of the permanent collection of the following museums: Museum “Mitad del Mundo”, Quito, Ecuador; Casa de la Cultura, Chimobrazo, Ecuador; National Museum of Kosovo; National Museum of Macedonia.
Member of the Official Jury of the World Art Academy - Mondial Art Academy of France.
Her works hang in several private and public collections around the world.
