Lotty Rosenfeld - Biography

* 1943 Santiago de Chile, Lotty Rosenfeld studied at the Escuela de Artes Aplicadas, the School for Applied Arts, at the Universidad de Chile from 1967 to 1969. While her early artistic activity revolved around printmaking, in 1979 she joined the Colectivo Acciones de Arte (CADA), the art actions collective, and began working on interventions in public spaces. Along with CADA her work is associated with what is known as the Escena de Avanzada. Her work has consisted primarily of interventions in urban spaces in different parts of Chile and abroad. Since then she has used art actions and video as her preferred formats and techniques of expression.

In 1985 she received the Special Jury Prize at the First Tokyo International Video Biennial; in 1993 she received a grant from Fundación Andes; and in 2001 she received the Altazor prize for printmaking and drawing and the PAOA Award at the 13th Viña del Mar International Film Festival for the short film ¿Quién viene con Nelson Torres? . In 2003 she received a Ford Foundation grant and the Altazor prize in the category of video art and installation for the work Moción de Orden. In 2007 she participated in Documenta, Kassel, and was distinguished by Chile’s National Council for the Arts and Culture as Visual Artist of the Year. Her work may be found in important collections around the world including Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Spain, and the Tate Gallery in London.

Rosenfeld lives and works in Chile.

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