Candelaria was born in San Isidro, Buenos Aires province, in May 1957. She graduated from the Superior Academy of Fine Arts Regina Pacis in 1978 and became a Drawing and Painting National Teacher.
Candelaria continued to study painting and graphic techniques at Kenneth Kemble’s and Lucrecia Orloff’s workshops (1993-1996 and 1997-2000 respectively), and attended Art Analysis sessions delivered by Luis Felipe Noé and Eduardo Stupía.
She is now an artist of Rubbers International Gallery in Buenos Aires.

Individual exhibitions:

2018 – Natural, Rubbers International Gallery, Buenos Aires.
2018 – The Ant’s Wonder, Sala Municipal Lidaura Chapitel, San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina.
2015 – The Eye of the Owl, Rubbers International Gallery, Buenos Aires
2009 – Threads of Ink, Ática Gallery, Buenos Aires
2007 – Insides, The Line Thinks Project, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires
2005 – Textures, Lila Mitre Art Gallery, Buenos Aires

Group exhibitions:

2018 – Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, New York.
2017 – X Banco de Córdoba Painting Award, Córdoba, Argentina.
2017 – XIII Salón de Artes Visuales Junín, Buenos Aires.
2016 – Casa Velazquez, Madrid, Spain.
2016 – 11th Thesis Faber Castell Drawing Award, Central Newbery, Buenos Aires
2016 – CAT6, Buenos Aires
2012 – A Night of Art, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala
2011 – 1/2 Demented, Art Hotel Gallery, Buenos Aires
2011 – Lending a Hand, Juanito Foundation, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires
2010 – The Writing of the Line, San Juan Museum of Fine Arts
2009 – The Line Thinks, Santa Fe Municipal Museum of Fine Arts
2009 – Dibojos, Rubbers International Gallery, Buenos Aires
2008 – 24 Hours Dreaming, Raúl Lozza Contemporary Art Museum, Alberti, Buenos Aires
2008 – Three in a Row, Secretariat of Culture, Chacabuco, Buenos Aires
2008 – National Visual Arts Salon, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
2008 – Manuel Belgrano Salon, Eduardo Sívori Museum, Buenos Aires
2007 – Florencio Molina Campos Salon, Azul, Buenos Aires
2006 – Argentinian Visual Arts Awards, OSDE Foundation, Luján, Buenos Aires
2002 – The Horizon, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
2002 – Drawing and Painting National Salon, Avon Gallery Contest, Luján, Buenos Aires
1999 – Chacabuco Presents, Latin American Contemporary Art Museum (MACLA), La Plata, Buenos Aires
1998 – Argentinian Litography, Clásica y Moderna Gallery, Buenos Aires; and Tucumán Cultural Center
1996 – Women Salon, La Plata Fine Arts Museum, Buenos Aires

Awards:

2016 – Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, where she obtained an honorary mention
2015 – Andreani Art Prize, Buenos Aires, where she obtained a mention
1998 – 1st Honorable COAP Mention, Ramallo Painting Salon, Buenos Aires
1996 – Painting COAP Award, 9th Salon for Women and their Cultural Prominence, Buenos Aires Subsecretariat of Culture
1994 – 1st Prize for Painting, Salon for the 50th Anniversary of the Ángel de la Rosa Art Museum of Junín, Buenos Aires

Her work is part of the following collections:

Raúl Lozza Contemporary Art Museum, Buenos Aires
Ángel María de Rosa Municipal Art Museum of Junín, Buenos Aires
Santa Fe Municipal Museum of Visual Arts
Borges Cultural Center of Buenos Aires
Franklin Rawson Museum of San Juan.