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ARIANE GARNIER

Exhibitions Twelve solo exhibitions distributed in Costa Rica, Guatemala and the United States. Thirty group exhibitions in her home country Costa Rica, Guatemala, Spain, Ecuador and the United States. It is worthy of special mention her presence at the Biennale Women in Textile Art in Venezuela and at the Paris Salon, France. Education Her most recent group interventions/performances have taken place at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain and at Valanti Latin American Art Gallery at Los Sue�os Resort Bachelor Degree in Art specialized in Painting -graduated from the University of Costa Rica. She has taken several courses related to her profession. Focused on her work and engaged in defining and developing an integral concept of being human in this world, Garnier has been granted different awards at national and international contests, among them, it is worth mentioning the award for the Mural Contra el Dolor ("Mural against the Pain") located at the Hospital Nacional de Ni�os (National Children's Hospital) in her country. Awards and Background In 2006, Garnier was selected by the Panel of Judges on the 8th Art Meeting in Genalguacil to develop an art work for the collection of such Museum-Town in Malaga, Spain. That same year, she is awarded the First Prize on the 4th International Biennale in Textile Art. Social Responsibility in the Arts She has been devoted to reinforcing creativity and self-esteem -being invited by the Outdoor Museum of Modern Art in Punta Islita, Guanacaste, to be instrumental in the creation of a mural painted by the children of the day care nursery in the town of Islita. In 2004, Garnier also taught Children's Painting Workshops to patients at the Hospital Nacional de Ni�os in San Jos�. In 2006, she supervised children's murals at the Manzanillo Elementary School as the main activity of the program CARIBE CREATIVO ("Creative Caribbean") of the Almendros & Corales Foundation in Manzanillo -aimed at recovering traditions and values from the cultural diversity of the Caribbean.Garnier is currently running the creative program Bosque de las Mujeres ("Women's Woods") of the Tayutic Foundation in Turrialba, Costa Rica, a group performance/installation of personal empowerment involving women from the towns of Sitio de Mata and El Silencio in Turrialba and groups of women from San Jos�. El Bosque de las Mujeres was formally opened on July 7, 2007 in primeval woods of the place. This same concept got her international invitations to Spain, Venezuela and Guatemala. That same year, she painted a mural together with G�nesis next to the fire department in Santa Ana. Professor, coach and curator As a professor, she teaches private classes on arts and creativity at her workshop. She is also a curator for the Fundaci�n por el Patrimonio ("Heritage Foundation") of the Presidential House in Costa Rica. Garnier is the creator and coach of the concept of team building through art -making viable an encounter with oneself and "the other", a program intended for companies and institutions. Recent Exhibitions "The Thread of Dreams" a solo exhibition, VALANTI, Latin American Art Gallery, Los Sue�os Resort Village, January, 2008. / 11th SOFA NEW YORK FAIR, May 29-june1, 2008; Contemporary Dance "The last full moon", choreography over her body of work by Sandra Torijano; staging by Ariane Garnier at Teatro de la Danza, CENAC, San Jose, C.R. Next Exhibitions SOFA, Chicago 2008 VII Simposium of Sculpture, Puerto del Rosario, Canary Islands, Spain.