Ornella Pocetti

Ornella Pocetti was born in Buenos Aires in 1991. She studied Visual Arts at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA) and continued her training through various workshops and programs. In 2015, she held her first solo exhibition, Challenging Time, at Galería Acéfala. In 2019, she received a scholarship to participate in the Artistas x Artistas program at Munar. In 2022, she took part in the Fountainhead Arts Residency in Miami.

She has participated in several group exhibitions across Europe, the U.S., and Asia. In 2023, she held her first solo exhibition in Miami at Mindy Solomon Gallery. Her work has been selected for numerous competitions, including Salón Félix Amador (2018 and 2019), Fondo Nacional de las Artes (2018), Premio Itaú (2019), Salón Nacional (2021), Concurso Nacional UADE (2020), Salón Nacional de Rosario Castagnino–Macro (2018), and the X National Painting Prize of the Central Bank of Argentina (2017), receiving awards and honorable mentions in the latter four.

She currently lives and works in Buenos Aires, specifically in the neighborhood of La Boca, where her studio is located.


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