CLAUDIA CILLÓNIZ MARCHINI, PH.D.(C)
Born: Peru. American citizen
20+ years as professional painter
20+ years of national and international exhibits
Oregon Art Beat Studies In Resilience:
Claudia Marchini’s “Homage To Slaves”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
CLAUDIA grew up in Peru commuting between her family’s farm in Chincha and the capital Lima. Currently she lives commuting between Southern Oregon and San Francisco with her husband and son. Highlights of her career include a Fellowship Grant from Oregon Arts Commission; semifinalist at the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Institute, National Portrait Gallery, among others. Claudia maintains a solid record of national and international exhibits.
EDUCATION
2012 Ph.D. General Psychology
Certificate of Complettion Degree (GPA 4.0)
Comprehensive Exam Approval 2011; Harold Abel School of Psychology, Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1989 M.F.A Painting and Sculpture
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
1987 B.F.A. Painting and Sculpture
Memphis College of Art
Memphis, Tennessee
PANELS
2007 Artist panel: Negotiating Identities in the African World 13th Central Pennsylvania Consortium of Africana Studies Conference:150 Years after the Dred Scott Decision, Gettysburg, PA
1995 Artist panel: Women Across the Arts
International Women’s Conference, Washington State Convention Center Seattle, WA
COMMISSIONS
2006 Paintings for Lung Clinic-Center for Sleep Medicine, Grants Pass, OR
2001 Paintings for the Emergency Room Asante/Three Rivers Community Hospital. Grants Pass, OR
1994/5 Images of Oregon Mural for the Oregon State Capitol Building. Salem, OR
AWARDS
2011 Second place Spirit of the Rogue
Firehouse Gallery. Grants Pass, OR
2010 Second place. 62nd Southern Oregon Art Exhibit
Firehouse Gallery. Grants Pass, OR
2009 Semi-finalist Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Smithsonian Institute. National Portrait Gallery. Washington D.C.
2003 Best Exhibition of the Year: Homage to Slaves
Sneak Preview, Josephine County, OR
2003 Second place, 56th Annual Southern Oregon Art Exhibit
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2002 First place, Pacific Northwest Exhibition
Rogue Gallery and Art Center. Medford, OR
Juror: John Olbrants
2002 Honorable mention, 55th Annual Southern Oregon Art Exhibit
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2000 Individual Artist Fellowship Grants
Oregon Arts Commission. Salem, OR
2000 First place. 53rd Annual Southern Oregon Art Exhibit
Sponsored by the American Association of University Women
Grants Pass, OR
Juror: Beth Hartmann
ADDITIONAL INTERESTS
Research the field of suicidology for suicide prevention
Research Positive Psychology