| Patricia van Dalen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 |
| Education | Graphic Design School |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
Patricia van Dalen is a renowned Venezuelan painter and visual artist.
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Patricia van Dalen was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 1955. She gradueted from highschool in Caracas and went on to study graphic design in the Neumann Design Institute (Instituto de Diseño Neumann). Intermitently between 1980 and 1986, the artist studied and lived in Paris, while she worked with the renowned Israeli artist Yaacov Agam.
Van Dalen taught in the Design Institute Foundation and the Architecture School of the Central University of Venezuela. Since 1978 she has been part of a great variety of individual and collective art expositions, both in Venezuela and around the world. Examples include: Grands et Jeunes Artistes d'Aujourd'hui, Paris; Novos Valores da Arte Latino-Americana, Brasilia; Bienal de Estandartes Tijuana 2000, Mexico; Bienal Barro de América, São Paulo, Caracas, Maracaibo; Toronto International Art Fair, Canada; Feria Iberoamericana del Arte, Caracas; Estampa 2001 and Arco'02, Madrid.
Her artistic trajectory has given her certain recognitions around the world, and therefore her paintings are spread in both public and private collections.