BIOGRAPHY
Cecilia Flaten …. is the painter of magical lights …. she paints oil landscapes inspired by Scandinavian (Norse) mythology. It also develops the theme of Patagonia Boreal, linking the northern lights of the Scandinavian countries, Norway (aurora borealis) with the southern lights of Patagonia in Chile (aurora australis).
In its permanent play of colors, it seeks to create a pure dialogue between the old north and its green nocturnal luminescence and the young south that expels wind and new light. Intense hues fall from the skies of the works, diluting among the rocks, which do not clearly reveal whether they are images of internal vision, memory or sleep, but which radiate an abstract peace, similar to silence.
The artist has her artworks in: Chile, New York, Leipzig, Barcelona, Vienna, Oslo, Paris, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Miami, and Dallas. It has representatives in: Buenos Aires, Barcelona and New York, Paris and Oslo.
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Last exhibitions
( 2016)Art shopping Carrousel du Louvre , Paris , France
( 2016 )Solo Exhibition Burn in Gallery, Viena , Austria
(2017) Solo Exhibition , s9Galleri , Oslo ,Norway .
(2018 ) Contemporary Art fair Buenos Aires , Centro Cultural Borges
(2018 ) Onishi gallery, New York / exhibition ” The Silent Witness “.
(2018) Expo Arte 2018 , Chile / as visual artist , representation of the chilean- norwegian culture in CHILE.
(2019 ) Art Box Project , Miami 2.0 , USA.
(2019) Circle Foundation for the Arts
(2019 ) ART BOX PROJECT , SWISSARTEXPO 2019 , ZURICH 1.0
(2019 ) Expo Metro , London, England.
(2020) Expo Metro , París , France.
(2020) Expo Metro, Berlín , Germany .
( 2021) Chilarte Galería , Santiago, CHILE.
( 2021) GZ Basel , Basel Art Center, Switzerland.
( 2021) Expo Metro ,Mónaco.
(2021- 2022) Colorida Art Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal.
(2021-2022) Artifact gallery , New York, USA
(2022) Solo Exhibition ,S9 Galleri, Oslo, Norway
(2022) Exhibition, Honfleur, France.
( 2022 ) Exhibition Art fair , Art Shopping, Carrousel du Louvre, París, France.
(2023) Exhibition Galleri Thuiller , París, France.
Last awards
»(2009) Gold medal, Basílica Santi Apostoli Exposition, Rome, Italy
(2010) Award of Excellence, Palm Art Award , Leipzig, Germany
( 2012) Prize internazionale D’Arte “Vicent Van Gogh”, Italy 2012
(2012) Prize speciale Diritti Umani 2011, Generale “Giuseppe Garibaldi” Italy 2012
(2012) Bust image Vincent Van Gogh, premio especial, Italy 2012
(2012)
Maestro Di Arte Visive, honorary members 2012, given by Assocazione Culturale “Italia in arte”, Italy 2012
( 2015 ) Sandro Botticelli Prize , Italy.
(2017)Luxembourg Art Prize 2017
(2018) Award ” Best of International Arts 2018 ” , New York.
(2018) Luxembourg Art Prize .
(2019) Certificate of Excellence , Art Expo New York.
(2019) Art Box Project Zurich , SWISSARTEXPO.
(2019) International Prize “Artist of the Year 2019, Italy
(2019) Circle Foundation for the Arts, Contest Finalist Certificate, San Diego, USA.
(2019) Circle Foundation for the Arts, Exhibition New York , Honorable Mention.
( 2019 ) Circle Foundation for the Arts, Contest Finalist Certificate, Miami, USA.
(2020) Art Box Project 2.0 , Zurich.
( 2020 ) Luxembourg Art Prize
(2020)Circle Foundation of the Arts, Certificate of Artistic Excellence , Lyon , France
(2020) ARTFACTS , Performance Award.
(2020)Circle Foundation for the Arts, Artist of the Month, Certificate of Excellence.
(2020 ) Award “ Artist of the Future “, Contemporary Art Curator, Magazine.
(2021) Circle Foundation for the Arts, Certificate for Artistic Excellence.
(2021) Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, Award Winner, Artist of the Future.
(2023) International Art Prize, “ Faces of Peace “, Contemporay Art Curator magazine.
( 2023 ) Award Certificate, “ Harmony for Humanity “, Contemporay Art Collectors.
( 2023) Prix International Botticelli, Florence , Italy
STATEMENT
She is the representative of the Chilean-Norwegian culture. In her continuous game of colors, Cecilia Flaten searches for creating a dialog between light and shadow. Strong tonalities fall from the skies, which does not let us clearly figure out if they are images from the internal sight, from the memories or from the dreams, and they radiate an abstract peace similar to silence
Her work is a big meditation on natural elements. Flaten mixes the fluent atmosphere of the sky with a soft appearance of the horizon. This mixture attracts the landscapes towards less defined and more abstract images. Her work captures the interaction of the light over the landscape, reaching an atmospheric perspective.
Her painting proves a lot of time dedicated to the contemplation of the environment . The traces are careful and discreet. In her artwork, the artist shows how the landscape may look beautiful in its deformity. It is as if one could breath in the mild air and feel the clouds coming down.
Cecilia Flaten’s works are inspired in the Scandinavian Mythology, in the Midnight Sun, in the Northern Dawns, in the lands of the Arctic and of the Patagonia.
The works recall on us perhaps intellectuals, perhaps real landscapes, which, in a poetic game, let us see the magic and the strength of her Norwegian roots, always present in the spirit and the mind of Cecilia Flaten, obtaining in Europe as well as in the United States, the name of “The Painter of the Magic Lights”.
