| 词条 | Mery Godigna Collet |
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Mery Godigna Collet (born Mery Beatriz Antonieta Godigna Collet, April 8, 1959 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan artist, writer, philanthropist and environmental advocate living in Austin, Texas. Early lifeThe Godigna Collet family moved to Europe when she was 3 years old. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Spain, France and Italy. She returned to Caracas, Venezuela and studied art, design and architecture earning a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1987 from Universidad Central de Venezuela. In the early 70s, while living in Madrid, Spain, she attended as an unregistered student (due to her young age) to the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando where she discovered the power of art to communicate and promote causes. ArtistSince the beginning of her career Godigna Collet explores the coexistence between humans and environment through social and political issues. Her art work is supported by the versatile use of diverse materials, applied in installations, paintings, sculptures, photography and video, challenging the viewer through the use of new techniques and unconventional materials in the making of her art. As a minimalistic conceptualist, her own approach to the materials and techniques used in the artwork is that concepts translate through matter.[1][2][3][4] Environmental advocateHer work is based in promoting a conscious use of natural resources and technology. Since 2007, for her exhibitions she holds discussion panels pertinent to the show, that bring together the community and experts in diverse fields as well as workshops which promote ecological awareness.[5][6] During interviews on radio, television or magazines, she makes a call for reflection over environmental issues.[7][8] In 2012 her work was selected to be displayed and to be the image of a conference about issues of dependence on oil as an energy source and on the human rights consequences of that reliance, held at the University of Texas at Austin organized by the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice.[9][10] In 2016 her artwork "Let's Talk Volume" was selected by the City of Austin, Texas through the program of Art in Public Places, to be installed for the occasion of celebrating International Environment Day. PhilanthropistThrough her art and its visual power to provoke thought, Godigna Collet support several causes related to human rights. From Venezuela, Miami, Italy and Texas, she had shown her work to raise funds to promote support for women and children victims of violence, residencies for artists in need, victims of AIDS and indigenous populations. In 2007 she traveled extensively through the Venezuelan Amazon collecting several legends from indigenous cultural lore, that traditionally are transmitted orally from one generation to the next. Insuring their documentation and preservation she has organized exhibitions about the subject in Venezuela, Italy, France and the United States, and has preserved them at the archives of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, and she gives free lectures about the subject.[11][12][13] WriterMery Godigna Collet has published in limited edition and in Spanish two books; "Nightly Exercises Notebook" (1995) and "Made with Fiber" (2003), and three art research studies "Matter, Time, and Space" (1997), "Metallic Light" (2006), "Extra Virgin Petrus Oil", 2008. She collaborated with Le Club monthly magazine in Caracas, Venezuela, La Gazette du Jeudi, weekly publication in Paris France, and currently contributes to Viceversa magazine in New York.[14] CareerMery Godigna Collet has participated in 26 solo and 36 group exhibitions in Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, New York, Miami, New Mexico and Texas. In 1985 and 1986 she was an assistant professor in Design 07 and Taller Ventrillon (hand free drawing) at Universidad Central. In 1990 she founded the utilitarian art firm Neo-Arkhos and served as Director until 1994 promoting contemporary designers. From 2007 to 2009 she served as Director for Fundaya Foundation a nonprofit organization whose mission was to aid indigenous populations in Venezuela . Since 2014 is part of the Board of International Woman's Foundation based in Marfa, Texas that provides residencies for artists and promotes their work. In 2014 she co-founded the "Crosswalk Project" to improve pedestrian and handicap safety for the urban environment.[15] She has given several art lectures and workshops in Venezuela, Texas and Italy. She is a member of the Accademia di Arte di la Citta di Ferrara, Italy and of Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin Texas. Exhibitions Solo1995 DIMELO TU Galeria El Muro, Caracas, Venezuela 1996 BLUE Galeria El Muro, Caracas, Venezuela 1997 RETRATOS Galeria Ars Forum, Caracas, Venezuela 1998 De Suenos, Ilusiones, Laberintos y Temores, Galeria Ars Forum, Caracas, Venezuela 2000 PENELOPE'S TAPESTRIES Venezuelan Consulate in N.Y., N.Y. 2000 PENELOPE'S TAPESTRIES Eastern National Bank, Miami, FL 2001 AQUA 1221 Brickell Ave. Miami, FL 2002 WINDOWS Galeria Punto de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela 2002 WINDOWS Museo del Discurso de Angostura, Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela 2003 EN TONO DE FIBRA Sala de Arte Sidor (Siderurgica del Orinoco) Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela 2007 MARES METALICOS Monumento Historico La Rocca, Cento,Italy[3] 2007 MARES METALICOS Galleria Il Carbone, Ferrara, Italy[16] 2008 MARES METALICOS Gallerie Expression Libre,Paris, France 2011 EXTRA VIRGIN PETRUS OIL Petroleum Museum, TX[17] 2012 EXTRA VIRGIN PETRUS OIL Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Energy Center University of Texas. Austin, TX[18]2012 EL DORADO Benson Collection University of Texas, Austin, TX[19] 2012 EL DORADO Delizia di Belriguardo, Ferrara, Italy 2013 EXTRA VIRGIN PETRUS OIL Nina Torres Fine Art Miami, FL 2013 EVPO Caridi Gallery, Miami, FL 2014 MARFA'S PHANTOMS Historic Landmark & Museum Building 98, Marfa, TX 2014 EXTRA VIRGIN PETRUS OIL, LUHCA, Lubbock, TX[20] 2014 WANDERING SKIN OBE, Austin, TX 2015 NO PARTICULAR SHAPE, Ferrara, Italy, presented by Galleria Dil Carbone. Ferrara, Italy 2015 EVPO, Greasewood Gallery, Marfa, TX 2015 EXTRA VIRGIN PETRUS OIL Warehouse 1–10, Magdalena, NM[5] 2016 "Petro Poems" ESB-MACC, Austin, TX[21] Museum CollectionsMexicArte Museum, Austin TX Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Latin American Art Museum, Miami, FL. Galleria D'Arte Moderno di Cento, Bologna, Italy Petroleum Museum, Midland, TX References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalwomansfoundation.org/past-events/past-artists/mery-godigna-collet-the-presence-of-emptiness/|title=International Woman's Foundation " Mery Godigna Collet – The Presence of Emptiness|publisher=}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://marfapublicradio.org/blog/west-texas-talk/artist-mery-godigna-collet-at-building-98/|title=Artist Mery Godigna Collet at Building 98|publisher=}} 3. ^1 http://www.teknemedia.net/archivi/2007/7/6/mostra/23906.html 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/flavorgrafix/docs/the_mag_64_pages_june-web|title=THE magazine June 2015|publisher=}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.magdalena-nm.com/mery-godigna-collet-extra-virgin-petrus-oil.html|title=MERY GODIGNA COLLET EXTRA VIRGIN PETRUS OIL|publisher=}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.techannounce.ttu.edu/Client/ViewMessage.aspx?MsgId=161044|title=Texas Tech University :: TechAnnounce|publisher=}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nA5YR6PVKg|title=Mery Godigna Collet entrevista en 3 para las 9|first=|last=TheMaddogproductions|date=September 15, 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}} 8. ^http://radionova.entucuman.com.ar/noticia/4817/Fracking_energ%C3%ADa_petr%C3%B3leo_y_arte.php 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/projects_and_publications/arts.php|title=Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice – Human Rights and the Arts|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906121716/https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/projects_and_publications/arts.php|archivedate=September 6, 2015|df=mdy-all}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://law.utexas.edu/conferences/righttoproperty/|title=Property Rights and the Human Rights Agenda " Home|publisher=}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://do512.com/events/2012/4/6/mery-godigna-collets-el-dorado%E2%80%94seven-legends-from-seven-indigenous-groups-of-the-amazon|title=http://do512.com/events/2012/4/6/mery-godigna-collets-el-dorado%E2%80%94seven-legends-from-seven-indigenous-groups-of-the-amazon|publisher=}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=https://roundtown.com/event/22968370/El-Dorado-with-gallery-talk-by-artist-Mery-Godigna-Collet-Austin-TX|title=El Dorado with gallery talk by artist Mery Godigna Collet|publisher=}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.exibart.com/profilo/eventiV2.asp?idelemento=124897|title=Mery Godigna – EL-DORADO, sette leggende, sette popoli dell'Amazzonia|first=|last=http://www.exibart.com|publisher=}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.viceversa-mag.com/author/mery-godigna-collet/|title=Mery Godigna Collet, artículos en ViceVersa|publisher=}} 15. ^http://bigbendnow.com/2015/03/crosswalk-art-installation-to-come-to-marfa/ 16. ^http://www.teknemedia.net/archivi/2007/3/7/mostra/21018.html 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mrt.com/image_dc4040e8-8737-5116-975e-f48febb4878d.html|title=Mery Godigna Collet art|publisher=}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/about/review11_12.pdf|title=https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/about/review11_12.pdf|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915231629/https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/about/review11_12.pdf|archivedate=September 15, 2015|df=mdy-all}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://sites.utexas.edu/psla/category/uncategorized/page/3/|title= Meetings Permanent Seminar in Latin American Art|publisher=}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://lhuca.org/past/|title=Past LHUCA Exhibits|publisher=}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOsBfR77ao|title=Petro Poems Mery Godigna Collet Macc 2016 inst|first=|last=TheMaddogproductions|date=April 6, 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}} External links
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