Natalia Karenka Parra Sierra
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Colombian/New Zealand Artist, based in both Bogotá, Colombia and Wellington, New Zealand.
Natalia Parra graduated from Bogotá's Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
with a degree in Fine Arts, and was a co-founder of the ImanArte Gallery in the centre of Bogotá.
Residing in New Zealand from 2002 - 2005, Natalia held several exhibitions, both individual and collective, including curating an exhibition of Wellington based Latin American artists, at the newly opened Wellington Arts Centre
, and participating in the inaugural CrossOver
Exhibition. Natalia played an important role in the development of the profile of Latin American culture in New Zealand, especially Wellington city.
Returning to Colombia in 2005, Natalia held another successful solo exhibition in Bogotá, entitled "Te Hokinga Mai" (The Return Home), the title of which acknowledged the support she received by the Maori people in New Zealand, and she also worked as an Art Teacher in a social project in the south of Bogotá.
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Natalia Parra graduated from Bogotá's Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a university in Colombia, with campuses in Bogotá, Cartagena, Santa Marta and Chía.-External links: Jorge Tadeo Lozano, the person...
with a degree in Fine Arts, and was a co-founder of the ImanArte Gallery in the centre of Bogotá.
Residing in New Zealand from 2002 - 2005, Natalia held several exhibitions, both individual and collective, including curating an exhibition of Wellington based Latin American artists, at the newly opened Wellington Arts Centre
Wellington Arts Centre
The Wellington Arts Centre , is the New Zealand capital's primary creative production facility and support complex. It was between 2003-2005, and was formally opened by Mayor Kerry Prendergast in July 2005. For twelve years previous, the city's arts centre had been based at the much smaller...
, and participating in the inaugural CrossOver
Crossover
-Fiction and media:* Fictional crossover, a storyline combining characters or settings from separate fictional properties** Fictional crossovers in video games* Crossover , a 2002 documentary by Justin Lin...
Exhibition. Natalia played an important role in the development of the profile of Latin American culture in New Zealand, especially Wellington city.
Returning to Colombia in 2005, Natalia held another successful solo exhibition in Bogotá, entitled "Te Hokinga Mai" (The Return Home), the title of which acknowledged the support she received by the Maori people in New Zealand, and she also worked as an Art Teacher in a social project in the south of Bogotá.
http://www.mundoandino.com/Colombia/Natalia-Karenka-Parra-Sierra