Claudia Anselmi was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1958, where she lives and works. Visual artist. She works in the field of installations, drawing, painting, engraving and large-format monoprints. She trained at the Centro de Expresión Artística (CEA) with Master Nelson Ramos and at the Club de Grabado de Montevideo with Hector Contte. In 1986 she completed a postgraduate engraving workshop with David Finkbeiner. In 1992 she created the Taller Cebollatí workshop together with Teresa Gilly, where she continues to teach today. In 2007, the workshop received 2nd Prize for the Best Artistic Teaching Institution in the country from Fundación Itaú. Since 1972, she has exhibited individually and collectively, notably in recent years with Los juegos en el bosque _que el viento hable (MNAV, 2016), 7th WTA Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, MNAV, 2017), Southern Hemisphere International Printmaking Exhibition (Jincheon Print Museum, Korea, 2016), Blanes ocupado (Museo Juan Manuel Blanes, 2016), La gráfica de Uruguay y su historia (MACAY, Mexico, 2014), 1st Biennial of Montevideo (2012), Elevación (Sala Carlos F. Sáez, MTOP, 2009), among many others. She takes part by invitation and due to her recognition in biennials, salons and national and international awards. She is member of the ‘Colectivo de Grabado Montevideo’ engraving collective, a group involved in different projects related to engraving in Uruguay and abroad. In 2008 she was invited by Partners of America to the University of Minnesota, as part of the Artistic and Teaching Exchange Program, exhibiting her works in Quarter Gallery (MN) where she showed her works and gave workshops for university students. She was a member of the National Visual Arts Commission (MEC-DNC) and the Partners of America Art and Culture Commission, organizing bilateral cultural exchanges with various institutions. In 2014 she was on the jury of the 56th National Visual Arts Prize of Uruguay, along with Andrea Giunta (AR) and Mario Sagradini (UY). Her works are featured in public and private collections in Uruguay and abroad.

Individual exhibitions (selection from recent years): 2020 “Heritage”, Invited artist at “Montevideo, microrrelatos en los siglos XVIII y XIX”, Museo Cabildo de Montevideo, Uruguay. 2016 “Games in the Forest_Let the Wind talk” (Los juegos en el bosque _que el viento hable), Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales MNAV, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2012 “Loyalty” (Lealtad) Installation and performance, Sara(s) International Workshop, Hotel del Lago, Punta del Este, Uruguay. 2011 “Games in the Forest” (Los juegos en el bosque) Installation - Large format monoprints, aquatint engravings, etchings and photopolymer “10 years - 10 exhibitions (10 años - 10 exposiciones), Centro Cultural Dodecá. Montevideo, Uruguay. 2009 “Elevation” (Elevación) Installation of large format monoprints. Sala de Arte Carlos Federico Sáez, MTOP. Montevideo, Uruguay. 2008 Installation at Regis Center for the Arts, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, USA. 2007 “Space_Time / She_He” (Espacio_Tiempo - ella_él) Installation in the National Salon, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2006 “Space_Time” “The Day in your Hands” (Espacio_Tiempo el día en las manos”). Photographic installation, monoprints on paper strips. Goethe Institute Montevideo, Uruguay. “Space_Time” “Work in progress” (Espacio_Tiempo Obra en obra) Installation Forest reproduced on strips of monoprint paper and paint. Centro Cultural Dodecá, Montevideo, Uruguay. “Inside” Paint and monoprint. Galería Arteuy, Punta del Este, Uruguay. 2003 “Layers” (Capas) Installation, rolls of monoprint and paper objects. Dodecá, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2000 “Dis-Coverings” (Des-cubrimientos). Monoprint and large format digital print. Galería del Paseo. Montevideo, Uruguay. 1998 “Interior/s” (Interior/es). Paintings and mixed media boxes. Joint exhibitions at Alliance Française and Galería Latina. Montevideo, Uruguay. 1995 Ambience setting in Casa Gandhi. Mixed media on paper, leather and volumes. Montevideo, Uruguay. National and International Exhibitions and Biennials (selection from recent years) 2020 Mexican and Uruguayan Graphic works, Embassy of Mexico, Montevideo, Uruguay. Arte textil contemporáneo, Al rescate del mundo / Capítulo I, Tribu, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2019 “Excuses and cuddles” (Excusas y apapachos), Agadu, Montevideo, Uruguay / Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Pareja, Las Piedras, Uruguay 2018 “16 unboxed artists” (16 artistas desencajados), Galería Del Paseo, Sofitel, Montevideo, Uruguay. Untitled (in memory of María Claudia García) part of the installation “There is life in the forest” (Hay vida en el bosque), 2016. Permanent exhibition, Memorial Site of the Former Information and Defence Headquarters, National Human Rights Institute and Ombudsman's Office, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2017 7th Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art. WTA, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, MNAV. Montevideo, Uruguay. 2016 “Passage”, Southern Hemisphere International Printmaking Exhibition (SHIP), Jincheon Print Museum, Korea. “Black Soul” (Alma negra), Grafiska Sallskapet, Stockholm, Sweden. “Intangible sketches” (Esbozos intangibles), Centro de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay. “Occupied Blanes” (Blanes ocupado), Museo Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2015 “Black Soul” (Alma negra), SOA, Montevideo, Uruguay. Casagravada, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. “Uruguay-Minnesota”, Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for Art. Minneapolis, MN, USA 2014 “The graphic arts of Uruguay and its history", Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatán (MACAY), Mexico. 2013 “Obras en Esplendor”, Esplendor Hotel Montevideo, Uruguay. Museo Nómade del Grabado (Nomadic Museum of Engravings), SP Estampa, São Paulo, Brazil. 2012 “Montevideo Biennial" Associated event, Cabildo de Montevideo, Uruguay. 2011 “Bicentennial Prize". Visual Arts for the Bicentennial. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales MNAV. Montevideo, Uruguay. 2007 "52nd National Visual Arts Salon" Installation. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales MNAV. Montevideo, Uruguay. 2004 Engraving. Uruguayan Embassy, Washington DC, USA. Engraving and textile design. Avon Hartz Gallery. Miami, USA. 2001 “Latin American Engraving Convention". Mercosur Biennial. Galería del Infinito. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1999 “Traveling Exhibition of Uruguayan Plastic Artists”. Consulate General of Uruguay. New York, USA. 1997 “Contemporary Uruguayan Art". Fundación Simón I. Patiño. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 1994 “30 Uruguayan Artists". Asunción, Paraguay. 1993 “1st. International Engraving Exhibition”. Maastricht, Netherlands. 1993 and 1991 Guest and selected artist at the Engraving and Painting Triennials. Osaka, Japan. 1983 and 1981 Guest and selected artist at the Biennial of Mini-engraving and Drawing. Barcelona and Cadaqués, Spain. 1982 8th Drawing Exhibition. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. 1981 1st Biennial of Engraving. Rijeka, Yugoslavia. 1979 Exhibition with the Montevideo Engraving Club. Malmo, Sweden. 1979 Joan Miró International Drawing Prize. Bucharest, Romania Awards and distinctions (selection) 2003 Special Mention. Municipal Salon, Montevideo City Council. 1996 Special Award "100 years of the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay". 1995 1st Prize in Painting, "3000 years of the City of Jerusalem" B'nai B'rith of Uruguay. 1990 Honourable Mention, Engraving Category, Museo del Gaucho y la Moneda. Montevideo, Uruguay. 1988 Honourable Mention, Young Uruguayan Painters Prize, Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado. 1988 1st Prize and 1st Mention in Competition for Ideas for the Municipal Cylinder Stadium of Montevideo. (Anselmi, Battione, Severi) 1987 Pinturas Inca Extraordinary Prize Montevideo, Uruguay. 1986 Honourable Mention Drawing and Painting Contest "70th Anniversary of the Israelite Community of Uruguay". 1986 Acquisition Prize, Municipal Salon, Montevideo City Council. 1983 First Painting Prize “2nd National Show of Young Plastic Artists” PLUNA - Coca-Cola Uruguay 1982 Special Mention "Paul Cézanne Competition" Embassy of France in Uruguay. 1978 Goethe Institute Prize "5th National Graphic Arts Contest".