Alicia Besada

Biography

Argentinian artist born in Buenos Aires in 1966, Piano and English teacher, and Systems Analyst. She moves to New York and enters the Art Students League. She continues her art education in the University of Singapore and lastly in IUNA.
In Buenos Aires, she algo attends living model drawing classes with Carlos Fels, and painting with Mirta Kupferminc, Diana Dowek, Nicolás Menza and Ariel Mlynarzewicz. She learns sculpture with Leo Vinci and Sara Mansilla.
Between 2009 and 2011 she was part of Grupo Boedo participating in several exhibits including "Self-portraits" in Centro Cultural Recoleta.
In october 2010, her painting "Cheap labour" gets the first prize in Contest "La pintura y el Campo Argentino" organized by National Ministry of Agriculture and is shown in Fine Arts Museum of Luján and Evita Museum.
In March 2011 she shows "Women who broke the mold" in Buenos Aires Legislature Palace and "Getting together and falling apart" in Manzana de las Luces.
In March 2011 she wins First Prize in a Woman's Day Contest organized by RvanR Gallery with her portrait of Mercedes Sosa "La Negra".
In 2012 she participated in Artecláscia Art Fair, Art Sale 2012, Bada (Art Boutique Direct from the Artist) and "Arte al paso" .
In 2013 she shows her work in several shows in Guijuana de Arte, she wins the second prize in the Summer Contest by Nes Zona 54 Art Gallery and finally she participated in Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Building
Currently she continues teaching painting and drawing at her art studio and also offering seminars on human figure in several art galleries.