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"Mural de piso" 
  Cristina Piffer
"Mural de piso"
(Floor Mural)
 
Project

Area: Tren Urbano
Title: "Mural de piso" (Floor Mural)
Site: Río Piedras Station

Biography

Cristina Piffer was born in Buenos Aires, in 1953. An alumni of the School of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires, she resides and work in Buenos Aires.

Individual Shows

2002
Entripados . (Gut Feelings) Luisa Pedrouzo Gallery, Buenos Aires

1998
Como carne y uña (Inseparable) - With C. Contreras, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires

Selected Collective Shows

2003
• Arte Publico Project, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• BA Art, Luisa Pedrouzo Gallery
Ansia y devoción (Yearning and Devotion), Proa Foundation

2002
El suelo por asalto , (Taken by Storm), Casa de la Cultura, Buenos Aires
Proyecto Resistencia (Resistance Project), urban interventions, with H. Vidal. Resistencia, Chaco
últimas tendencias (Current Trends), Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires
• III Latin American Biennial, Lima, Perú

2001
• Expo Inaugural II. Luisa Pedrouzo Gallery, Buenos Aires

2000
• Prize of the Bank of Argentina. Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires  
Dos x tres , ( Two x Three ), Del Infinito Gallery
• III Critics' Biennial, Castagnino Museum, Rosario
• BA Art. Luisa Pedrouzo Gallery

Awards

2003
• Invited Artist, Puerto Rico Public Art Project

2002
• Artist of the Year, Association of Art Critics, Buenos Aires
• Honorary Diploma, Konex Prizes. Objects Category

2001
• Scholarship, National Arts Fund. Grant for Creative Work.

2000
• Visual Arts Prize 2000, Bank of Argentina. Honorary Mention.

Work represented in the Bank's collection.  
• Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires  
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Bahía Blanca
• BA Art Foundation
• Helf Collection
• Herlitska Collection
• Frances Mariño Collection
• Lavis Cellars- Trento, Italy

Bibliographical information


• Mercedes Casanegra. Reviews, Cristina Piffer. Luisa Pedrouzo Gallery, Art Nexus Journal Nº 46, Volume 4, Year 2002.

• Marcelo Pacheco. El cuerpo del delito , ( Corpus Delicti ). Exhibition catalogue, Luisa Pedrouzo Gallery, Buenos Aires. April 2002.

• Marcelo Pacheco. Exhibition catalogue, III Latin American Biennial, Lima, Perú. April 2002.

• Jorge López Anaya. Espejos y laberintos ( Mirrors and Labyrinths ). Lápiz Journal , 174. Year XX. No. 174. June 2001,. 26-39. Madrid, Spain.

• Jorge López Anaya. Dos x tres . ( Two x Three ). Presencia de lo abyecto , ( Presence of the Contemptible ). Exhibition catalogue, Del Infinito Gallery, Buenos Aires. December 2000.
Email
mcpiffer@ciudad.com.ar
Links
http://www.artepublico.puertorico.pr