Cecilia Paredes
Philadelphia-based Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes (born 1950) attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, Cambridge School of Art in England, and the Scuola Libera del Nudo of the Academy of Fine Art in Rome. She has an extensive exhibition record with solo shows in the United States at ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ and the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, as well as abroad, including Museo de Osma, Lima, Peru; Museum of Navarra, Pamplona and Museum of Art, University of Salamanca, both Spain; and the Costa Rica Museum of Art, San José; among others. She participated in the 2015 Havana Biennale; the 2007 Bienal of Architecture and Art, the Canary Islands; and was featured in the Latin American Pavilion of the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. Her work is held by numerous international collections and American institutions, including the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and McNay Art Museum and San Antonio Museum of Art, both San Antonio, TX; among others. She is represented in the United States by Ruiz-Healy Art, New York and San Antonio.