Beatriz Ledesma

I am a Latin-American artist, immigrant from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I am a spiritual-symbolist painter.

I create art inspired by emotional, spiritual, and social issues of universal and personal themes embedded in symbols that bring forward ancient knowledge and mysteries of our human experience.

The use of strong, bold, vibrant colors speaks of my Latin American roots and I use it, consciously or unconsciously, to denote feelings and emotions

My art practice is a life journey. It is my hope that my artwork transports you into an insightful space
 of self reflection on your own life journey.

2008 Ceramic Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2001- 2002 The Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts (Helen Oh), Chicago
1997 Ceramics-Egg Tempera; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990-1994 Painting: Classical Technique;The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Etching (Audrey Niffenegger); Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
1986-1988 MFA/MAAT; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1985-1986 Graduate Courses in Painting and Drawing; the University of Illinois @ Chicago
1976-1978 Instituto de Bellas Artes (Luis Lopez- Osvaldo Rainoldi); Buenos Aires, Argentina