CURRICULUM VITAE MARIA AIDA BERNAL ESPINEL (Marita) PAINTER, SCULPTOR, DESIGNER and REIKI MASTER
MARITA BERNAL PAINTER REIKI MASTER Painting Studies at the ARMANDO VILLEGAS Gallery PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Marita possesses a remarkable artistic path based on her life experiences. Her work reflects the experiences of a mother dedicated to learn, understand and heal her son diagnosed with autism. Marita Bernal, has an impeccable and fruitful path. She has participated in over 30 collective expositions, presented 11 displays, conducted 23 personal exhibits and inaugurated 7 individual galleries. Museums, Classrooms, Auditoriums, Cultural Centers, Art Galleries, Art Fairs, Art Exhibitions, Symposiums and Public Squares and Communication Media of Central and South America along with the United States of America have been hosts to Marita’s amazing work.
POSITION		ORGANIZATION			WEB SITE
President since 2005		RUEDAS DE CRISTAL INC (“Glass Wheels”)			www.ruedasdecristal.com
MARITA BERNAL Recognized painter, sculptor, designer and REIKI Master, dedicated to create and design natural healing systems. Creator of the individualized healing “Mandalas” for personal conciliation. At the same time, she was the developer of the activation technique of the “Mandalas” for the Human Aura clearing and the system denominated as “Expressive Arts as a Means for Healing”
MARIA BERNAL					LICENSE NUMBER: B654-540-49-956-0
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INDEPENDENT STUDIES	EDUCATION
	1968 – Fashion Design Studies 1972 to 1980 – Plastic Arts Studies in diverse educational institutes 1966 to 1976 – Metaphysical Studies in diverse centers of liberal studies. Frequented classrooms of Psychiatric and Human Mind liberal studies. 1974 to 1990 – Angelic Studies, with specialty in natural healing therapies through angel’s interventions. 1997 – Obtained her Master in the Usui System of the REIKI Natural Healing System.
AWARDS	YEAR		AWARD
	2006		Her work was selected in the FIRST ART CONTEST for the Events Calendar hosted by the Hispanic Alliance of the Tampa Bay.
	2004		Recognized as CULTURAL COORDINATOR by the Politic Subsecretary of the External Relations Cultural Ministry of Peru.
	2004		Assigned as Coordinator for the International Varying Sample: Prints - “Huellas” by the New Place Multicultural Arts Center TUMC.
	1999		Selected as one of the eleven finalists invited to participate in the II Lima Bienal.
	1992		Fulfilled official functions as ART EMBASSADOR representing Peru in the Cultural Chamber of the Peru Embassy in Colombia.
	1990		Received the First Sculptor’s Award presented by the Gómez Campuzano Museum in Bogota, Colombia.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS	Her work can be found in public and private collections: ▬ Peru Consulate in Bogota, Colombia. ▬ Master Armando Villegas’ Collection, Cultural Minister at the Peru Consulate in Bogota – Colombia ▬ Gómez Campuzano Museum in Bogota, Colombia. ▬ Andine Pact Institute in Bogota, Colombia. ▬ Peruvian Ladies Association in Bogota, Colombia. ▬ Mr. Don Juan Gaviria Restrepo’s Collection in Bogota, Colombia ▬ Ms. Silvia Gaviria de Rueda’s Collection in Bogota, Colombia ▬ Ms. Maria Olga Vallejo De Gaviria’s Collection in Bogota, Colombia ▬ Mr. Germán Silva’s Collection, Transportation Vice-Minister in Bogota, Colombia. ▬ Ms. Clelia Quattrini de Flores’ Collection in Bogota, Colombia ▬ Ms. Maria Alicia Documet de Ángel’s Collection in Bogota, Colombia ▬ Mr. Gustavo Arrospide’s Collection in Lima, Peru ▬ Minister Luis Mendivil’s Collection in Lima, Peru ▬ Minister Julio Cárdenas’s Collection in Lima, Peru ▬ Embassador Alberto Montagne’s Collection in Lima, Peru ▬ Ms. Borka Satler’s Collection, Cultural Agreggate at the Peru Consulate in Toronto, Canada ▬ Minister Luis Chávez’s Collection in Lima, Peru ▬ Embassador Eduardo Martinetti’s Collection in Lima, Peru ▬ Mr. Luis Benavides (keqo)’s Collection in Bogota, Colombia.
RECENT EXPOSITIONS	March 2006, Tampa Arts Museum, “Calendar of Events for the Tampa Hispanic Alliance” January 2006, “Ruedas de Cristal” (“Glass Wheels”), participation in the 2006 Tampa Bay Hispanic Business Expo and Job Fair, Tampa. Florida. July 2005, “Ruedas de Cristal” (“Glass Wheels”), participation in the 2005 Peru Expo event from July 15 - 17 at the Radisson Convention Center in Miami, Florida. October 2000, “Pedagogic Art”, art video presented by the TV Channels 7 and 9 in the city of Quillabambain, Cuzco, Peru celebrating the II International Contemporary Art Exhibit “Blood Roots” (“Raíces de Sangre”) August 2000, “Ibero-American Bienal Regional Exhibit in Lima”, conducted at the Contemporary Arts Museum in the city of Cuzco, Peru. July 2000, “Beginning the Agricultural Period of the 10th Pachacuti”, Arte Acción presented at the Santuario Histórico de Machu picchu and in the Art Gallery of the Cultural Center of the Provincial Municipality of Aguas Calientes – Cuzco. December 1999, “The Sacred Nine Pointed Star, Alchemic Rosary” book presentation at the Casona Museum at the National Major University in San Marcos de Lima, Peru. October 1999, Performance “La Sagrada Estrella de las Nueve Puntas”, conducted at the Casona Museum at the National Mayor University in Lima, Peru. September 1999, Public Space Intervention for the 9, 9 of 99 conducted in the city of Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas during the DAY OF LIGHT celebrations. June 1999, Body Art Healing “Medical Arts” conducted at the Church Square in the Church of San Francisco, in the city of Cuzco, Peru.