Pilar Quinteros
Born in Santiago, Chile, 1988 and lives in Santiago, Chile
Pilar Quinteros has a degree in Art from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica of Chile (2011). She is co-founder and an active member of the art collective MICH (International Museum of Chile), a group of friends dedicated to generating thoughtful projects, spaces and artistic creations, always with a special interest in the practice of drawing.
She is the winner of the Jean-Claude Reynal 2012 scholarship for artists whose plastic production considers paper as a fundamental building material, which is offered by the Foundation of France in conjunction with the School of Fine Arts of Bordeaux. She achieved third place for the CCU Art Scholarship 2013 and was a finalist for the Future Generation Art Prize 2014 (PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine).
She has exhibited her work in places such as the National Museum of Fine Arts (Biennale of Media Arts, Santiago, Chile, 2013), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Santiago, Chile, 2010), ArteBA (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012), Casa de las Américas (Havana, Cuba, 2013), PinchukArtCentre (Kiev, Ukraine, 2014), Carlos/Ishikawa Gallery (London, UK) and the Centre of Graphic Arts of Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia).