CV/Bio
MARIO CESPEDES
Place of Birth: La Paz-Bolivia.
Membre de la Asso. des Arts Plastiques-Maison de L'Unesco-Paris, France.
AWARDS
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Year |
Award |
Show/Location |
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2009 |
Best Painting, mixed media |
Indian Wells Arts Festival /Indian Wells, CA. |
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2000 |
First Place, mixed media |
Southwest Arts Festival / Indio, CA. |
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1998 |
Best Painting |
11th Annual Boulder Creek Festival / Boulder Creek, CO. |
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1995
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1st place |
Southwest Arts Festival/ Indio, CA. |
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Award of Excellence |
Affair in the Gardens/ Beverly Hills, CA. |
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Best of Show |
KPRS Arts Festival/ Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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1994 |
2nd Place |
Southwest Arts Festival/ Indio, CA |
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Award of Excellence and purchase of a painting by The City of La Quinta |
La Quinta Arts Festival/ La Quinta, CA. |
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1993 |
Best of Show |
La Quinta Arts Festival/ La Quinta, CA. |
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1985 |
Gold Medallion |
AICA 9th Annual Western Art/ San Dimas, CA |
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1984 |
Grand Prize Winner |
La Quinta Arts Festival/ La Quinta, CA. |
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1980 |
Silver Medallion |
San Bernardino County Museum/ San Bernardino, CA. |
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1974 |
G. Medallion |
Paulista Association of Fine Arts/ Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
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Award and right to represent Brazil in the XIII |
Brazilian National Biennial/ Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
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36th exhibition |
Paulista Association of Fine Arts/ Sao Paulo, Brazil |
ONE MAN SHOWS
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Year |
Show/Location |
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2000 |
ArtExpo/ Javits Convention Center, N.Y., New York. |
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1996 |
Debora Hudgins Gallery/ Scottsdale, AZ. |
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Agnisiuh Gallery/ Sedona, AZ. |
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1990 |
ArtExpo./ Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. |
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1989 |
Blinder Fine Arts/ Santa Monica, CA. |
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1987 |
Azevedo Gallery/ San Diego, CA. |
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1986 |
Prestige Gallery/ Palm Desert, CA. |
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1983 |
Delphine Gallery/ Santa Barbara, CA. |
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1981 |
La Tortolita Galleries/ Tucson, AZ. |
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1979 |
Vered International Gallery/ East Hampton, NY. |
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1975 |
Itau Bank Art Gallery/ Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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1971 |
Kennedy Art Gallery/ Bahia, Brazil. |
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
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Year |
Show/Location |
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2009 |
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO. |
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2000 |
Santa Barbara Fine Art Show, Santa Barbara, CA |
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1992 |
Americana Art Show/ Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA. |
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1992 |
American Realism/ San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. |
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Los Angeles County Fair/ Fairplex, Los Angeles, CA. |
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Southwest Arts Festival/ Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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America Haus Stuttgart/ Stuttgart, Germany. |
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1987 |
Americana Museum/ El Paso, TX. |
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Lubbock Arts Festival/ Lubbock, TX. |
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1986 |
AICA 10th Annual Western Art/ San Dimas, CA. |
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Annual Celebrity Show/ Biltmore Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. |
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1984 |
Von Grabill Gallery/ Scottsdale, AZ. |
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1982 |
Festival of Arts/ Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach, CA. |
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1980 |
San Bernardino County Museum/ San Bernardino, CA. |
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1979 |
International Art Expo./ Javits Center, N.Y., New York. |
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1979 |
XIV International Biennial/ Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
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1977 |
Editions & Comunicaciones Marginales D'Amerique Latine, Maison de la Culture du Havre, France. |
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XIII International Biennial/ Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
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XII Grand Prix International/ Montecarlo, Monaco |
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1970 |
International Association of Art (UNESCO-United Nations) /S. de Chile. |
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XXIII National Exhibition of Modern Art/ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
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Ecological Art, Cultural Foundation of Brasilia/ Brasilia, Brazil. |
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Images Messages D'Amerique Latine/ Centre Culturel Villeparisis, France. |
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2001-Outdoor Mural, located between Chandler Blvd., and Vineland Ave., North Hollywood. Artwork commissioned by The Valley South Regional Arts Council, Los Angeles, CA.
- PHASE I Mural over the front entrance of The Graham Library.
- PHASE II Mural over the lateral side of The Graham Library, facing Firestone Blvd.
- Graham Library is located at 1900 E. Firestone Blvd., L. Angeles, CA.
Murals were commissioned by The County of L. Angeles-Department of Public Works.
1999- Bus Shelter Community Program. Commissioned by The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. Los Angeles, CA.
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Itau Magazine 05/26/75 Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Folha da Tarde Ilustrada (Newspaper) 05/12/75. Sao Paulo, Brazil
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El Diario ( Newspaper) 03/20/81. La Paz, Bolivia. By Luis Aranda.
La Opinion (Newspaper) 03/20/81. L. Angeles, CA. By Octavio Costa.
The Arizona Daily (Newspaper) 10/14/81. Tucson, Arizona. By Leyla Cattan.
News Press (Newspaper) 10/15/83. Santa Barbara, CA. By Richard Ames.
La Quinta Arts Festival (Catalog) 03/09/84. La Quinta, CA.
Desert Sentinel ( Newspaper) 03/07/85. Desert Hot Springs, CA. By Sharisse Von Strauss
Southwest Profile (Art magazine) 03/86. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Southwest Art Magazine 08/86. Houston, Texas by Karen Haber.
Aboard Airline Magazine 02/87. Houston, Texas by Karen Haber.
The Desert Sun (Newspaper) 04/04/93. Palm Springs, Ca. by Joe Mayer.
La Quinta Arts festival (Catalog) 03/94. La Quinta, CA. By Jean McKig.
San Diego Downtown News (Newspaper) 04/2009 by Joseph Greenberg.