Leonora Magdalena Vicuña Navarro (born 11 December 1952) is a Chilean visual artist. Best known for monochrome and contemporary photography, she has also worked in poetry, film, and animation, and is a member of the artistic collective Grupo 8.
Leonora Vicuña | |
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| Born | Leonora Magdalena Vicuña Navarro 11 December 1952 Santiago, Chile |
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| Occupation(s) | Photographer, film editor |
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| Awards | Altazor Award (2010) |
Biography
editLeonora Vicuña was born in Santiago on 11 December 1952, the daughter of writers José Miguel Vicuña and Eliana Navarro.[1][2] She earned a degree in anthropology at the Sorbonne in the early 1970s.[1] After returning from France, she settled in the Matta neighborhood of Santiago.[3] She studied photography at the School of Photo Art of Chile in 1979, and audiovisual and multimedia production at the École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle in Paris in 2000.[4]
In 1981, she was one of the founding members of the Association of Independent Photographers (Asociación de Fotógrafos Independientes; AFI), which worked to distribute photos of urban living conditions and protests under Chile's military dictatorship.[5] She also acted as a cultural manager, organizing meetings of young artists.[1]
Vicuña has worked as a film editor on animated shorts, as well as features such as Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1990 film The Rainbow Thief.[1][4]
From 2001 to 2006, she lived in the Araucanía Region, and taught photography and multimedia art at various universities in Temuco.[6] In 2011, she began teaching a photography course at Alberto Hurtado University's School of Journalism.[1]
Her work takes inspiration from the popular culture of Chile and France, from which she recalls "scenes of Santiago's bohemian life in the 1970s and 1980s, the dark and decadent world of its bars, as well as urban images of Paris".[4]
Exhibitions
editVicuña has participated in several individual and group exhibitions, including Seis Visiones, Colectiva de Fotógrafos Chilenos (1984), J'aime la France (1994), 6 Visiones (1994) and Relatos Breves (2003) at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, París Flash at the Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art (1996), Bares y garzones: Un homenaje visual, exposición y CD Roms at the Chilean National History Museum (2002), Nehuen: Mapuche Power at the Museo de las Americas in Denver (2005), Quotidiens at the 14th National Salon of Photographic Art in Rabat, Morocco (2010),[7] and Domus Aural: Leonora Vicuña y Jorge Olave at the Estación Mapocho Cultural Centre (2011).[1]
For the 2010 salon in Rabat, Vicuña joined with photographers Alexis Díaz, Paz Errázuriz, Javier Godoy, Álvaro Hoppe, Miguel Navarro, Claudio Pérez, and Alejandro Wagner to form an artistic collective known as Grupo 8.[1][8]
Awards and recognition
editVicuña received FONDART recognitions in 2000–2001 and 2006–2007.[1][9]
In 2003 and 2004, she received nominations for the Altazor Award for National Arts for Bares y garzones: un homenaje visual and Lecciones de cosas from the group exhibition Relatos breves, both in the photography category.[10] In 2010, she won the Altazor in the photography category for Visible/Invisible, together with Helen Hughes and Kena Lorenzini.[11] Two years later, she received a nomination for Domus Aural, together with Jorge Olave.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Leonora Vicuña". Artista Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ López Montecinos, Carolina (11 August 2007). "Esta mañana falleció el escritor José Miguel Vicuña" [The Writer José Miguel Vicuña Died This Morning]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Silva Astorga, Daniela (13 August 2012). "El trabajo de Leonora Vicuña en cuatro instantáneas" [Leonora Vicuña's Work in Four Snapshots]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Leonora Vicuña" (in Spanish). Altazor Awards. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Cónclave de históricos fotógrafos independientes reúne más de 300 obras en Santiago" [Conclave of Historic Independent Photographers Brings Together More Than 300 Works in Santiago]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Fotógrafa Leonora Vicuña expondrá trabajo con lafkenches en ARCIS" [Photographer Leonora Vicuña Will Exhibit Work With Lafkenches at ARCIS] (in Spanish). ARCIS University. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Written at Rabat. "Comienza en Marruecos muestra fotográfica con Chile como país invitado" [Photographic Exhibition Begins in Morocco With Chile as Guest Country]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. EFE. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Locas, Jazmín (10 December 2012). "Extraños en la barra: foto de 1978 resucita cargada de historias" [Strangers at the Bar: Photo from 1978 Resurrects Load of Stories]. Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Santiago. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Leonora Vicuña y Jorge Olave" (in Spanish). Altazor Awards. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Leonora Vicuña" (in Spanish). Altazor Awards. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Helen Hughes, Kena Lorenzini y Leonora Vicuña" (in Spanish). Altazor Awards. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
