BIOGRAPHY
Full name
Cristóbal Enrique Cisternas Araya
Origin and date of birth
Born in Salamanca, Chile, October 2, 1997.
Profession
Artist, painter, author, writer, actor, illustrator, photographer, model and performer.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Cristobal Cisternas, a young deaf man from the City of Salamanca, since I was little I was curious about the arts and I began to draw, over time I was learning different techniques in visual arts.
I have made various oil paintings on canvas, in different sizes, which deal with various themes in most human figures and characters, inserted in different contexts, complementing these figures, mystical and colorful landscapes.
I am currently studying at the Viña del Mar School of Fine Arts and participating in the execution of various projects in the field of cultures and the arts.
COMPETITION
2008 December “Paint Christmas” Minera Los Pelambres Salamanca (Mining).
2009 September "XIX Primitive Image Interscholastic Art Contest" Honorable Mention.
2010 May, "ASOCOMERCAR Painting Contest" 1st Honorable Mention.
2010 May, Children's Painting Contest "El mar" Maritime League 2nd Place
2011 May "ASOCOMERCAR Painting Contest" 1st Place
2011 Contest "Las aves de mi Región” (The birds of my Region) Bird Festival of Chile Viña Del Mar Honorable Mention.
2012 May, "ASOCOMERCAR Painting Contest" 1st Place.
2012 September, "Contest of birds and their habitat".
2013 Bird Festival of Chile Viña Del Mar 2nd Place.
2013 May, Children's Painting Contest "The sea" Maritime League Honor Award CAP Hornier.
2014 May, Children's Painting Contest "The sea" Maritime League Honor Award "Class-NK".
2015 May, Children's Painting Contest "The sea" Maritime League, Award of Honor Maritime League of Chile.
ACTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
2008 Salamanca School of Arts Workshop
2011 Municipal School of Fine Arts Valparaíso Plastic for Children
2012 Municipal School of Fine Arts Valparaíso Plastic for Children
2012 Artistic Workshops "Carriers of Tradition" Training Center for the Deaf Valparaíso, Artistic and Creative Excellence
2012 Artistic Workshops "Carriers of Tradition" Training Center for the Deaf Valparaíso, Outstanding participation
2013 Participation in the theater company illusion IPA, play, “The Cats”, “Hamlet” until 2015.
2015 Award of the Viña del Mar Municipal School of Fine Arts Scholarship
2017 Admission to the School of Fine Arts, art studies.
2017 Participation in theater and research company “El otro cuerpo”(The other body), play “Nos dieron la mar” (They gave us the sea).
2017 Participation in the theater company “Voces en el silencio” (Voices in the silence), play “Despéinate” (Hairspray).
2018 Participation in the theater and research company "The other body", play "We gave us the sea" is the second play.
2019 Participation in the theater company “Voices in the silence”, play “El reencuentro” (Reunion).
2019 Workshop project with people with diversity, through the theater and research company "The other body". Developing to date.
2019 Participation in the Visual Arts Museum project, for artists with diversities, participating to date.
2019 Participation in a theater project (fondart) in Santiago, play “El Reloj de la Bestia” (The beast clock)
Play "The Cats", by Cultura IPA Valparaíso, 2013.
Theater play "The beast clock", by Theater Sidart and GAM, Santiago, Chile. 2019
EXHIBITION
20 July 2012 Salamanca "Cristobal Cisternas individual exhibition" Salamanca Municipal Arts Center.
4 January 2014 “Historias de Mundos imaginados” (Stories of Imagined Worlds) IPA Cultural Center.
23 March 2015 Pictorial Exhibition 2015 21st Anniversary ROTARY CLUB REÑACA.
16 December 2017 “El alma de colores” (The soul of colors) Valparaíso Cultural Park Center.
23 February 2018 “Pintrella” Salamanca Municipal Arts Center.
28 August 2019 "Inclusive Creative Center of Contemporary Art" MAVI in Santiago.
in Salamanca, Chile, 2012.
in Valparaíso, Chile, 2014.
in Valparaíso, Chile, 2017.
in Salamanca, Chile, 2018.
in Santiago, Chile, 2019.
PUBLICATION
El Reloj de la Bestia (The beast clock), written Fairy tale fanzine book, 2019.
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Sordito del Mar (Deaf boy of the sea), Comic book or graphic novel without words, 2020.
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Desde Mi Ventana (From my window), children's illustration book, 2021.
