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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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Further Information
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Commissions:
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Galleries for Cris Alvarez Magliano:
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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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