Artist Information:
Cris Alvarez Magliano
Nanaimo,
Canada
Member Since: Dec 2004
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Artist Statement:
Born and raised in Argentina,
Cristina Alvarez Magliano got
her first diploma in arts at
the age of 15 and became a
schoolteacher at her 17th.
However, she kept her artistic
activities as a hobby along
her university studies at the
Law School of the University
of Buenos Aires and her long
and successful career in the
field of labor and federal law
as a member of the Judiciary
Power of her country. In 2003
she retired from her post as a
federal circuit court judge to
dedicate her efforts to the
activity she loves most, which
is unconventional marquetry.
She developed a different
technique for inserting stones
and metals into marquetry
works, a characteristical
distinction of her pieces, as
it is the use of deep colors
in stained or dyed veneer. She
has frequented a lot of
different subjects and sizes,
which is not common among the
few artists that master the
double-bevel cutting
technique, creating a new and
bold aesthetic through her
pieces, many of them showing
representational subjects
against abstract backgrounds.
Now Alvarez Magliano is living
in beautiful British Columbia,
in the Harbor City, Nanaimo.
She has exhibited her work in
many art galleries –solo or
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Galleries:
Nanaimo Art Gallery in
Downtown Nanaimo -150
Commercial St.-(250)754 1750
and in Malaspina University
Campus (250)740 6350.
Nanaimo Art Council at
Rutherfold Mall, Nanaimo, BC.
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Cris Alvarez Magliano's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Cris Alvarez Magliano's Portfolio. Browse Alvarez Magliano's body of work: Born and raised in Argentina, Cristina Alvarez Magliano got her first diploma in arts at the age of 15 and became a schoolteacher at her 17th. However, she kept her artistic activities as a hobby along her university studies at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires and her long and successful career in the field of labor and federal law as a member of the Judiciary Power of her country. In 2003 she retired from her post as a federal circuit court judge to dedicate her efforts to the activity she loves most, which is unconventional marquetry. ... |
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