{{Short description|Chilean painter (born 1946)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Ximena Armas | honorific_suffix = | image = ArmasSecrets.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = ''Secrets'' by Ximena Armas | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Ximena Armas Fernández | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|7|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | education = *Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Universidad de Chile *Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Católica de Chile *École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris *École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = Henri Richelet | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = Mario Carreño and Mario Toral | memorials = | website = http://ximena.armas.2.free.fr | module = }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} '''Ximena Armas''' (born 29 July 1946 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean painter.
==Biography== Ximena Armas Fernández first attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Universidad de Chile, then the Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, where she was trained by Mario Carreño, Eduardo Vilches, and Mario Toral. Upon her arrival in France in 1971, she attended the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
She lives in Paris, and is married to the French painter Henri Richelet.<ref>{{cite thesis |language=fr |degree=Master's |last=Lebeau |first=Élodie |year=2016 |title=Le Musée international de la Résistance Salvador Allende en France (1975-1991): l'odyssée d'une collection d'art contemporain en exil |publisher=Université Jean-Jaurès |place=Toulouse |page=127 |volume=2 |url=http://dante.univ-tlse2.fr/1831/ |format=pdf |access-date=3 April 2019 }}</ref>
Since 1969, she has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Chile, France, Spain, and Mexico.
== Works in museum collections == {{div col}} * Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile: ::''Profonde solitude'': acrylic painting on canvas ({{nobr|130 × 97 cm}}) * Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile: ::''Ensueños'': acrylic painting on canvas ({{nobr|130 × 97 cm}}) ::''Golpe'': Indian ink drawing and collage ({{nobr|60 × 40 cm}}) * National Museum Julio Cortázar, Managua, Nicaragua: ::''No toques'': acrylic painting on canvas ({{nobr|100 × 81 cm}}) * Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chile: ::''Nuestro tiempo'': acrylic painting on canvas ({{nobr|130 × 97 cm}}) * Pinacotheca of the University of Talca, Chile: ::''Pasan huyendo pájaros'': acrylic painting on canvas ({{nobr|196 × 114 cm}}) * Pinacotheca of the University of Concepción, Chile: ::''Humanos en caja'': oil painting on canvas ({{nobr|120 × 80 cm}}) * {{Interlanguage link|Museo Ralli (Santiago de Chile)|es|lt=Museo Ralli}}, Santiago, Chile: ::''Le Pont'': acrylic painting on canvas ({{nobr|130 × 97 cm}}) {{div col end}}
== Exhibitions == === Solo exhibitions === {{div col}} * 1969: Galería ''Arturo Edwards'', Santiago, Chile * 1970: Galería ''C.C. Providencia'', Santiago, Chile * 1980: Galerie ''La Bolée'', Anonnay, France * 1982: ''Latino-Américains à Paris'', Grand Palais, Paris * 1986: Galerie Lefor Openo, Saint-Cloud, France * 1987: ::Espace latino-américain, Paris ::Galerie de la Main de fer, Perpignan, France * 1990: ::Galería La Fachada, Santiago, Chile ::Galerie Ceibo, Paris * 1994: Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile * 1996: Town Hall, Neufchâteau, France * 1999: Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile * 2001: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile * 2003: Musée Roybet-Fould, Courbevoie, France * 2006: ::Galería Modigliani, Viña del Mar, Chile ::Galería Praxis, Santiago, Chile * 2007–2008: Le Trait d'Union, Neufchâteau, France {{div col end}}
=== Main group exhibitions === {{div col}} * 1969: ''Prix Crav de Peinture'', Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile * 1972: ''La Peinture chilienne'', UNESCO, Paris * 1974: ''Grafic 74'', Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ibiza, Espagne * 1981: ::''Art pour le Nicaragua'', Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris ::''Cent gravures contemporaines'' * 1982: ''Chili Vivant'', Mexico * 1983: ''Chili-femmes'', Espace latino-américain, Paris * 1984: ''Peintres latino-américains'', Monaco * 1986: ''Les Figurations de 1960 à nos jours'', Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, E.B.A. de Besançon, Musée de Carcassonne, Couvent des Cordeliers de Châteauroux, France * 1989: Musée de l'Amérique latine, Monaco * 1990: ''Art chilien d'aujourd'hui'', Espace Belleville and UNESCO, Paris * 1991: ''Festival international de la peinture'', Château-musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France * 1995: ::''Femmes ibéro-américaines'', Junta de Extramadura, Caceres, Espagne ::''Présence du Chili en France'', Galería Plastica Nueva, Santiago, Chile * 1996: ''Artistes Chiliens en France'', Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile * 1997: ::''Festival des arts 1997 – Dialogue Est-Ouest'', Vayolles, Vienne, France ::''Persistance du paysage dans la peinture chilienne'', Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile * 2003: ''Hommage à S. Allende'', Centre culturel Robert-Desnos, Ris-Orangis, France * 2004: ''George Sand, interprétations'', Couvent des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France * 2007: ''Santiago Paris Santiago'', Galería La Ventana Cemicual, Santiago, Chile * 2022-2023: ''58th Carnegie International'', Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, États-Unis {{div col end}}
== See also == {{Portal|Arts}} * Post-surrealism
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == * {{Cite book |language=fr | author=Xuriguera, Gérard| author-link=:fr:Gérard Xuriguera| title= Regards sur la peinture contemporaine | year=1983 | publisher=éditions Mayer | location=Paris }} * {{Cite book |language=fr | author=Xuriguera, Gérard| author-link=:fr:Gérard Xuriguera| title= Les Figurations de 1960 à nos jours | year=1985 | publisher=éditions Mayer | location=Paris }} * {{Cite book |language=fr | author=Xuriguera, Gérard| author-link=:fr:Gérard Xuriguera| title= Le Dessin, le Pastel, l'Aquarelle dans l'art contemporain | year=1987 | publisher=éditions Mayer | location=Paris }} * {{Cite book |language=fr | author=Anonymous | title=Paris 13<sup>e</sup>: l'Art sous toutes ses formes | year=1993 | publisher=éditions Fus-Art | location=Paris }} * {{Cite book |language=fr | author=Anonymous | title= Grand annuaire des arts sur CD-ROM | year=1996 | publisher=éditions France Art | location=Paris }} * {{Cite book |language=fr | author=Anonymous | title= Le Poids de l'art de l'Amérique latine | year=1999 | publisher=éditions France Art | location=Paris }} * {{Cite book |language=fr |author=Dumas, Julien |year=2016 |title=Artfabetic: Dictionnaire biographique des artistes plasticiens de France (tome 1) |place=Perpignan |publisher=Association Concordia Patrimoine et Culture |isbn=978-2-7466-8324-2 |url=https://artfabetic.org/artiste/armas-ximena-santiago-chili-1946}} * {{Cite book |editor=Mohebbi, Sohrab |editor2=Heiman, Talia |editor3=Inouye, Ryan |title=Is it Morning For You Yet? 58th Carnegie International Catalogue |year=2022 | publisher=Carnegie Museum of Art |location=Pittsburgh |isbn=978-0-88039-070-5}}
== External links == * [http://www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl/658/w3-article-40394.html Artistas Plásticos Chilenos@Ximena Armas] * [http://x.armas.free.fr Site officiel de Ximena Armas] {{in lang|fr}} * [http://ximena.armas.free.fr Sitio official de Ximena Armas] {{in lang|es}} * [http://ximena.armas.2.free.fr Recent paintings] {{in lang|fr}}
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