Brenda Patricia Rodríguez Fernández was born in Mexico City in 1973. She studied Initiation in the Arts at Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), later earning a degree in Art at the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana. In 1997, she studied with Master Luis Nishizawa, from whom she learned the handling of multiple painting techniques and procedures. In 2007, she began a Master’s degree in Social Responsibility at Anahuac University.
For more than 20 years, she has combined her passion for art with a career in social development, working in different sectors to design innovative strategies for social inclusion within communities.
From the moment she began to hold exhibitions, she decided on her professional name: Brenda R. Fernández.
Fernández’s artistic career has seen her exhibit work in various national and international venues in Mexico, Germany, France, Spain, England, Japan, Brussels, Austria, Italy, USA and Switzerland.
Solo exhibitions
Retrospectiva, Embassy of Mexico in Japan, Gallery, march – june 2023.
Destramando, Galeria Torre del Reloj, M+exico City, February 2017.
Colores Injustos, Galería Soltik, México City, February 1999.
Casandra, Museo Adolfo López Mateos, State of México, April 1997.
Lacandona, Ateneo Español, México City, September 1997.
Casandra, Centro Cultural Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, State of México, September 1997.
Cuerpos, Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, México City, March 1996.
Travelling Exhibitions
Avatares (5 individual expositions), Chiapas State Council for Arts and Culture Consejo. México, February – May 1998.
Arbolárea (4 individual expositions), México City. October 1994 – January 1995.
Pinturas al Óleo (6 individual expositions), July 1992 – February 1993, Cultural spaces of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), México City
Art Fairs
Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2022, , New York, USA, July 2022.
Contemporary & Fine Art Cannes Biennale, Cannes, France, May 2022.
BADA, México City, Mexico, February 2022.
BADA, México City, Mexico, February 2020.
Art 3f Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, November 2019.
International Contemporary Art Fair at Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France, October 201
Collective
Visions, Canvas Venice International Art Fair, Venice Italy, April 2023.
Il canto delle sirene, Museo Bellini: Florencia, Italy, 31 marzo – 14 abril 2023
Mixing Identities, Canvas Venice International Art Fair, Venice Italy, March 2023.
La Purezza della Natura, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Rome – Italy, January 2023.
Body Spaces, Canvas Venice International Art Fair, Venice Italy, january 2023.
Brain Cake, Gaudi Room, La Pedrera Barcelona – Spain, Dec 2022.
UNVEIL, Swanfall Art Gallery, London, England. October 2022.
La Purezza della Natura, Galleria Cael, Milan – Italy, October 2022.
Orizzonti Trasversali, International Mixed Reality Art Exhibition, M.A.D.S Art Gallery Milano – Fuerteventura, July – August, 2022.
Better Life, Art can do it!!, Divulgarti Gallery, Genova, Italy July 2022.
Summertime, Divulgarti Gallery, Genova, Italy July 2022.
Art Basel Biennale 2022, Basel, Switzerland, June 2022.
Collective Art Show, Paks Gallery, Hubertendorf, Austria, March – June 2021.
Collective Art Show, Paks Gallery, Werndl, Austria, September – December 2020.
Collective Art Show, Vignettes & Baez Furniture and Art, México City, October – December 2020.
Collective Art Show, Paks Gallery, Hubertendorf, Austria, March – June 2020.
Collective Art Show, Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain, February 2020.
Collective Art Show, (MAMAG) Modern Art Museum, Vienna, Austria, September 2019 – January 2020.
Collective Art Show, Paks Gallery, Munich, Germany, August 2019.
First Cuban-Mexican Plastic Arts Salon, Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Mexico, October 1997.
Awards and Honors
Certificate of Artistic Merit, Luxembourg Art Prize 2021.
Certificate of Artistic Merit, Luxembourg Art Prize 2020.
Honorable Mention, Circle Foundation of Arts, 3rd International CFA Artist of the Year Award, United States, January 2020.
Publications
- Catalogue, Canto Delle Sirene, Museo Luigi Bellini, Florencia, 2023.
- Catalogue, Metamorfosis, CDMX, México 2023.
- Catálogo colectivo No 8, 1819 Gallery, Madrid, España, 2023.
- Catalogue, Contemporary & Fine Art, Cannes Biennale , Francia, 2022.
- Catalogue, Orizzonti Travesali, Milano, Italia, 2022.
- Catalogue, Art Market, Observer n 1, Viena Austria, 2022.
- 1819 Art Magazine No 8, Madrid, España, 2022.
- About Art Magazine, Modern Art Museum, Austria, Nr 1 2022.
- CFA Future Artist v 11., Circule Foundation, 202
- https://www.artavita.com/artists/22429-brenda-r-fernandez
- https://www.itsliquid.com/interview-brenda-fernandez.html
https://www.instagram.com/brenda_r_fernandez/
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