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Marisa Bernotti (1978), Uruguay. Graphic design (1999) and BD in Economics (2005).

Bernotti is a multi-disciplinary artist. In 2013 the Board of Soriano in Uruguay, granted her public recognition for her fundamental contribution to the development of the land in artistic activity. In the same year, she was selected as an artist of Mercosur for her exhibition "Eyes that speak, mouths that remain silent", a show for women's rights.

She was a finalist for the Poster of the 19th Montevideo Children's and Youth Book Fair in 2019. In 2020 she participated in the SVA Residencies in Art Practice. Their work was exhibited in many countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, Italy and the United States.

Bernotti bases her work on feelings, news, the frivolity of the moment, excess, diseases and injustices, which she recreates with her own imagination. She expresses this with an excess of color and a vivid palette in unimaginable combinations. She works on canvas, papers, books...