Armanda Balsamo

Armanda was born in Torino, Italy and lives and works in San Francisco, California. After graduating with a M.S. in Architecture from the Politecnico di Torino, she began her career in Italy at a Product Design Firm, and then moved to Pubblisintesi, a leading Italian advertising agency, where she served as Art Director. Only after moving to the US she was able to paint full time.

Laurea in Architecture, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

ONE/TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS
Zimmerman-Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN, 1991
Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN, 1994
South of North Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Chicago Art Open, Chicago IL 1998
- Gallicurci Gallery, Evanston, IL 1997
- Texas National 96, SFA State Uni, Nacogdoches, TX, 1996. Juror: Faith Ringgold
- Florida National Competition, Museum Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, 1996
- Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995
- Texas National 95, Nacogdoches, TX 1995. Juror: Leon Golub.
- National Exhibit “From the Mountains to the Mississippi”, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, 1993 and Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN, 1993
- Women History Month, Fisk University, Nashville, TN
- Zimmerman-Saturn Gallery, 1992
- National Contemporary Painting Competition, Cheekwood Museum of Arts, Nashville, TN, 1992

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