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"Mariana Depetris was born in Argentina, but now lives in Lithia Springs, Georgia, and currently teaches at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.
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Mariana Depetris' work has been included in numerous international shows in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Her awards and residencies include The Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation in Palma de Mallorca, Spain; the Valparaíso Foundation in Almería, Spain and the Centrum Frans Masereel in Kasterlee, Belgium. Ms. Depetris' work is included in collections such as Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; the Flemish Ministry of Culture, Brussels, Belgium; and the Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo, Japan.
Her grants include two consecutive years of Georgia Council for the Arts to work on projects and camps with Douglasville area schools. Ms. Depetris has done outreach work with elementary and middle schools for a number of years. During May 2007 Ms. Depetris traveled throughout Vietnam on a research trip for her work
Ms. Depetris holds a Licentiate Degree in Fine Arts from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina and a Master of Fine Arts from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. From 2006 through Summer 2009 she headed the Printmaking and Book Arts program at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. She also instructed in Mixed Media and Foundations at the same institution. Ms. Depetris taught Foundations and Printmaking at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA in 2005/06’ and again in 2009/10’. She also teaches workshops at Visual Arts Centers and Universities across the country. Ms. Depetris is currently teaching at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia; continues to be an instructor for R & F Paints, located in Kingston, NY and is at present working on a new body of work at the Atlanta Printmakers’ Studio in Atlanta, Georgia."