Artist: Marlena Benetti Medeiros, Brazil
She was born in 12/10/1951 at Porto Lucena-RS-Brasil, daughter of
Joana and Angelo Benetti . She was a primary school teacher until
marrying, living then at Paranavaí –PR and finally moving into
Ponta Porã-MS on August of 1984 were lives until now.
Started painting on 1981 and attemped to the following courses and
masters:
1981 – Academic Paint – Master Silla – Paranavaí-PR, Brazil;
1989 - Drawing and Paint – Master Odete Flores – Ponta Porã-MS, Brazil;
1997 – Drawing and Paint – Master America Cardinal – Ponta Porã
1997 – Academic Paint – Master Maria Aparecida Sehnem.
Exhibitions:
1997 – “2nd Amambay Art Exhibition”, Associação Rural del Amambay – Pedro Juan
Caballero - Paraguay;
1998 –“3rd Amambay Art Exhibition”, Associação Rural del Amambay – Pedro Juan Caballero
– Paraguay;
2003 – “30 Years with Art” – Infraero, Ponta Porã –MS, Brazil;
2004 – “ The Frontier Art Contest” - 11th RCMec, Ponta Porã-MS, Brazil;
2007 – “Art Exhibition” – Fundação de Esporte e Cultura de Ponta Porã-MS, Brazil;
2007 – “Visual Art Mirrors” – Fundação de Esporte e Cultura de Ponta Porã-MS, Brazil;
2008 – “Diversities” – Town Hall of Ponta Porã-MS, Brazil;
2009 – “A Tribute to the Visual Artist Maria Aparecida Dos Santos Sehnem”, Hotel Casino
Amambay – Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay;
2010 – “A Frontier Look”, Fundação de Cultura de Ponta Porã-
MS, Brazil;
2010 – “High Heels”, Great Gallery of Memorial da Cultura,
Campo Grande-MS, Brazil;
2015 – “College Art – International Circuit of Visual Arts”,
Fundação José Rodrigues, Porto, Portugal – Instituto Cervantes
– Bucarest, Romain – Museu Nacional da República – Brasília-
DF, Brazil;
2016 – “College Art – International Circuit of Visual Arts”,
Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgary – Embaixada do
Brasil – Oslo, Norway – Centro Cultural Bonreservas – Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2017 – “Brasilian Art Show” – Art Index Dubai 2017 – Dubai
World Trade Centre – Dubai – United Arab Emirates.