{{short description|Chilean artist}} '''Catalina Bauer''' '''Novoa''', born in Buenos Aires on September 15, 1976,<ref>{{cite web|title=Date of birth, within biography at Chilean National Gallery Website|url=http://www.artistasplasticoschilenos.cl/biografia.aspx?itmid=4070|website=Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> is a visual artist from Chile.
== Background and education == She received a degree in arts from the Universidad Finis Terrae, and later specialized at the Universidad de Chile, where she was a student of Eugenio Dittborn.<ref>{{cite web|title=General biographical information at Chilean National Gallery Website|url=http://www.artistasplasticoschilenos.cl/biografia.aspx?itmid=4070|website=Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref>
In 2007, Bauer won a scholarship that allowed her to do a three-month residency in Xalapa, Mexico, at the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology, where she further developed her skills in the fine arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catalina Bauer|url=http://curiator.com/art/catalina-bauer|website=Curiator Beta|accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref> Bauer has also participated in an Artist Residency at Gasworks, London, in 2011<ref name=GasPR>{{cite web|title=Press release|url=http://www.gasworks.org.uk/residencies/detail.php?id=635|website=Gasworks Gallery|accessdate=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134620/http://www.gasworks.org.uk/residencies/detail.php?id=635|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2012, she was invited to develop a project with the participation programme of the same institution.<ref name=GasPR/> She participated in a six-month residency at the International Art Programme in Leipzig, Germany, in October 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://liap.eu/index.php/en/2017/03/28/catalina-bauer-2/|title=Catalina Bauer - LIA|date=2017-03-28|work=LIA|access-date=2018-03-13|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2018 she was the recipient of the ''Beca Arte, CCU - Corporación Cultural La Araucana'' (Art Grant, CCU - La Araucana Cultural Corporation).<ref name="International Studio & Curatorial Program">{{cite web |title=Catalina Bauer |url=https://iscp-nyc.org/resident/catalina-bauer |website=International Studio & Curatorial Program |access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>
== Artwork style == Bauer's makes use of mixed media from her everyday life and certain techniques in elementary crafts, such as braiding, weaving, and knitting. A majority of her media relied on the donation of supplies from members of the community, who were encouraged to participate in her programs<ref name=GasPR/> Her art fuses ancient textile traditions with the Bauhaus principles of color, form and scale <ref>{{cite web|title=Catalina Bauer: Incessant|url=http://www.ceciliabrunsonprojects.com/projects/catalina-bauer/|website=Cecilia Brunson Projects|accessdate=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093259/http://www.ceciliabrunsonprojects.com/projects/catalina-bauer/|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her work displayed at Gasworks Gallery consisted of independent projects and exhibitions, as well as collaborative projects with members of the local community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gasworks.org.uk/events/open-studio-weekend-catalina-bauer/|title=Gasworks Catalina Bauer Open Studio Weekend|last=|first=|date=|website=www.gasworks.org.uk|access-date=2018-03-13}}</ref>
== Artwork and collaborations == She has worked with four other Chilean artists, [http://www.tallerbloc.cl/ Taller Bloc] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501155629/http://tallerbloc.cl/ |date=2019-05-01 }}, is an artist-run space that has a very successful Tutorial Program.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us Article|url=http://tallerbloc.cl/sobre-bloc/quienes-somos/|website=Taller Bloc Website|accessdate=1 July 2014|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501090704/http://tallerbloc.cl/sobre-bloc/quienes-somos/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bauer has been part of many national and international projects and exhibitions, such as; "Material Ligero", an itinerant project of exchange with the BLOC group: Margarette Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, Australia in 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=PDF press release from Taller Bloc|url=http://tallerbloc.cl/eng/wp-content/uploads/material-ligero.pdf|website=Taller Bloc|accessdate=1 July 2014|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128074824/http://tallerbloc.cl/eng/wp-content/uploads/material-ligero.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and AMA Museum, Washington DC, USA in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Article on Taller Bloc in Washington DC|url=http://www.artishock.cl/2011/09/artistas-de-bloc-exponen-en-washington-d-c/|website=Artishock|accessdate=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141940/http://www.artishock.cl/2011/09/artistas-de-bloc-exponen-en-washington-d-c/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> “Techtonic Shift, Contemporary Art from Chile, from The Juan Yarur Collection”; Phillips de Pury & Company, Howick Place, London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Exhibition Website|url=https://www.phillips.com/exhibitions.aspx?sn=EXUK0610|website=Phillips|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> “Rewriting world”, IV Biennale of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia,<ref>{{cite web|title=Report on Moscow Biennale|url=http://www.artishock.cl/2011/09/mapa-de-catalina-bauer-en-la-bienal-de-moscu/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702100431/http://www.artishock.cl/2011/09/mapa-de-catalina-bauer-en-la-bienal-de-moscu/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2014|website=Artishock|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> “While is possible”, House of the Americas, Madrid, Spain in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release at Chilean Culture Ministry|url=http://www.cultura.gob.cl/institucionales/arte-contemporaneo-chileno-es-protagonista-en-el-museo-de-arte-de-las-americas/|website=Cultural Ministry of Chile|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref>
Another one of Bauer's most famous pieces is at the Art Museum of the Americas. It is entitled ''Frivolité'' and is designed with the site's layout in mind. It has themes of femininity, which are demonstrated through the use of use of doilies and crochet handcrafts, which are often handmade by women in South American countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catalina Bauer Contemporary Art from Chile|url=http://amamuseum.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html|website=Art Museum of the Americas|accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.catalinabauer.com/ Catalina Bauer's personal website] * [https://www.artsy.net/artist/catalina-bauer Available artworks at Artsy.net] * [http://curiator.com/art/catalina-bauer Page at Curiator]
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