MIREILLE FOMBRUN MALLEBRANCHE

Born in Port Prince, Haïti, 1955. Studied and lived in San Juan de Puerto Rico since 1966, where she finished her studies at Faculty of Humanism at Río Piedras-University, in fine arts. 1975 she went to the United States where she studied sculpturing at Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, for one year.

1976 she studied at 'Academia di Belle Arti' in Bergamo, Italy, where she received drawing and painting courses. 1989 she moved to Madrid, where she visited the 'Escuela de Cerámica de la Moncloa', participating during five years at workshops for modelling and ceramic vitrification. Actualy she lives and works in Madrid, where she does periodic exhibitions at art galleries and cultural institutes. Mireille's sculptural works can be seen at private collections, art-galleries and public spaces in Spain, France, Sweden, Germany, United States, Puerto Rico y Haïti, and other countries.

ART EDUCATION:

• Universidad de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico (1972- 1974; 1982- 1985)
BA in Sculpturing, Master in traduction.
• Escuela de Artes Plásticas (Sculpturing School) of Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico. (1984)
• Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, USA. (1974)
• Academia Carrara di Belle Arti, Bérgamo, Italia. (1976)
• Ceramists School of Moncloa, Madrid, España. (1989- 1995)




PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Colegio Montessori de PR, Teacher in Sulpturing Arts (1975; 1976- 1980)
• Design and Gold and Silver Jewelry, Joyería Reihold, San Juan, PR (1981 – 1983)
• Colegio J. Monserrate de Sellés, Teacher in Sulpturing Arts (1985 – 1989)

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

1993
• Exhibition rooms at 'Montaña de Gatos' (mountains of cats), Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid..

1995
• María de Oliver Gallery, Madrid.

1997
• Marassa Gallery, Porto Prince, Haïti.

1998
• María de Oliver Gallery, Madrid.

1999
• French Institute in Madrid, Embassy of France, Madrid.

2000
• Exhibition rooms atMississipi University, Madrid.
• Casa de la Cultura de Majadahonda, Madrid.


2001
• Azteca Gallery, Madrid.

2002
• "Renaissance", Port-au-Prince, Haïti

2004
• ARTE DE CLO, Madrid.
• Silos Gallery, Tarifa, Spain


COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS, ART-CONTESTS and PRICES:


1974
• Botello Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Maryland Institute of Fine Arts, Baltimore, USA.

1977
• Academia Carrara di Belle Arti, Bérgamo, Italy.

1982
• Moulin Sur Mer, Côte des Arcadins, Haití,
Design of jewelry and silver smith articles.

1989
• Centro Cultural de San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid.

1991
• Acquisition price, Ministerio de Agricultura y de Pesca, Madrid.

1992
• Expo 1992, World Exhibition
Pabellón de las Américas/Haití, Sevilla.
• Sala “Pabellón Florida”, Escuela de Cerámica de la Moncloa, Madrid.
• Exhibition hall “Regidor”, Madrid.

1993
• Acquisition price, Ciudad de Alcorcón, Madrid.

1995
• Biosca Gallery, Madrid.
• May Moré Gallery, Madrid.
• Benassar Gallery, Madrid.
• Sala Cultural Joan Miró, Móstoles, Madrid.
• Selected work, Concurso de Esculturas Mariano Benlliure (sculpturing contest), Conde Duque, Madrid.

1996/1997
• Caja de Salamanca y Soria, Valladolid, Spain
• Caja de Salamanca y Soria, Palencia, Spain
• Centro Cultural “Kaleidoscopio” ,Móstoles, Madrid.
• Banque Mondiale, Lobby Art Program, Puerto Príncipe, Haití.
• 1st Internationa Meeting for Contemporary Art, Casa Dusmet, Chinchón.

1998
• “Haïti, Femmes et Art Contemporain”, Nantes, Francia.
• “Haïti au Toit de la Grande Arche”, Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris.
• ARCALE, III Feria Internacional Contemporary Art Fair, Salamanca.

2000
• 1st price in ceramic sculpturing, Concurso de Artes Plásticas de la Casa de la Cultura de Majadahonda.
• Institut for Islamic Studies, Madrid.

2001
• Centro Cultural Villa de Móstoles, Certámen de Escultura y Cerámica. (Ceramic and Sculpture Contest)
• EVOCACIÓN Estética, Homenaje a Iberoamérica, Guadalajara
• Estampa 2001 (print art), Madrid.

2002
• II Iberoamerican Meeting of Women in the Art Business. Guadalajara,
Madrid.
• SIANOJA, International Symposium for Artists, Palacio del Marqués de Albaicín, Villa de Noja, Cantábria.

2003
• Collective exhibition of invited artists to Internacional symposium SIANOJA, Santander.
• TRADICÓN Y VANGUARDIA (avantgarde and tradition), Museum of Santo Domingo, Sifuentes, Guadalajara.

2004
• ARTE DE CLO, Madrid.