2014 Outstanding Peace Activist

Patricia Pellegrini, born in Buenos Aires, spent her formative years in Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, where she completed her primary and secondary education and attended the School of Visual Arts. The city’s vivid imagery and memories are a recurring theme in her work. Returning to Buenos Aires, she earned a degree in painting from the National School of Fine Arts “Prilidiano Pueyrredón” and specialized in Graphic Design, Tapestry, Scenography, and Costume from the Higher School of Fine Arts “Ernesto de la Cárcova.” She refined her craft under artists Juan Doffo and Emilio Renart, and studied airbrushing with Jorge Vallerga and art history with Julio Sánchez.

Patricia has held numerous individual and collective exhibitions, participating in art salons across Argentina, Germany, Spain, Uruguay, the United States, Belgium, Chile, Brazil, and Luxembourg. Her notable projects include a workshop titled Movement and Color at the 1986 EDUCARTE Congress in Chile, an installation at the Orenzanz Foundation in New York, and exhibitions at prominent Buenos Aires institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Decorative Art, Eduardo Sivorí Museum, Recoleta Cultural Center, General San Martín Cultural Center, Palais de Glace, and the Center for Art and Visual Communication. In Belgium, she created installations for the Forum Hotel in Brussels, with room themes that celebrated Brussels 2000, jazz, and Duke Ellington. She also exhibited at the Municipal Museum in Paraná and won second prize in the Design Competition for the stained glass window at La Plata Cathedral.

Since 1980, Patricia has taught fine arts internationally, including at San Matthías Kollege in Germany and the Europa Museum Schengen in Luxembourg. Currently, she serves as Supervisor of Fine Arts Education in Buenos Aires and is the Art Director of the World Peace Forum in Luxembourg. Additionally, she is the author of the children’s book collection Amilcar and the Artists.