Yanira Delgado Altamirano @ Rome Art Week
Yanira Delgado Altamirano
Painter, visual arts professor, and cultural promoter. Originally from Saltillo, Mexico. She lives and works between Mexico and Italy and is the creator and art director of:El Zottano, Gallery Atelier Casa Mexicana, and the Art and MORE Gallery Bari, Italy
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Painter, visual arts professor, and cultural promoter. Originally from Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. She graduated from the "Rubén Herrera" School of Plastic Arts at the Autonomous University of Coahuila in 1997. From 1995 to 2006, she worked at the Department of Artistic Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Coahuila as a Visual Arts consultant. She has attended photography and painting courses and workshops in the cities of San Miguel de Allende (Guanajuato), San Cristóbal de las Casas (Chiapas), Oaxaca, and Mexico City. She specialized in the History of Mexico and Coahuila, and completed an Introduction to the History of Religions at the Ibero-American University, as well as a specialization in Mexican Art History at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has participated in regional and national seminars, diploma programs, and conferences on Artistic Education and Cultural Promotion at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Her work has been featured in solo and collective painting and photography exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, Germany, and Italy. She completed a second-level specialization (Master's level) in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari, Italy. Since her arrival in Italy in 2006, she has been carrying out various cultural exchange projects between Mexico and Italy, featuring painting activities and exhibition exchanges between artists from both countries. She lives and works between Mexico and Italy, where she teaches painting courses in her two studios. She is the creator and art director of several projects, including: "El Sótano" (Residencia Artística), the "Gallery Atelier Casa Mexicana" in Grumo Appula, Italy, and the "Art and MORE" Gallery in Bari, Italy.

CURRICULUM

Events at Rome Art Week
ART AND LITERATURE: a tribute to TRACY CHEVALIER
20-25 Oct 2026
Exhibition dedicated to the writer TRACY CHEVALIER, also famous for her novel 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'
Free access
Vernissage Tuesday 20 Oct 2026 | 18:30-20:30
Organizer Galleria Arca di Noesis Colosseo
Exposition
Galleria Arca di Noesis Colosseo
Via Ostilia 3B
2025
tribute to MELANIA MAZZUCCO
21-26 Oct 2025
Each artist presents a work inspired by a scene, character or situation taken from Melania Mazzucco's literary works, citing the passage and the literary work of reference in the caption.
Free access
Vernissage Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 | 18:30-21:00
Organizer Galleria Arca di Noesis Colosseo
Exposition
Galleria Arca di Noesis Colosseo
Via Ostilia 3B
2023
ART AND LITERATURE, homage to DACIA MARAINI
23-28 Oct 2023
Exhibition of paintings, sculptures and photos inspired by the writer's works
Free access
Vernissage Monday 23 Oct 2023 | 18:30
Organizer Galleria Arca di Noesis Colosseo
Exposition
Galleria Arca di Noesis Colosseo
Via Ostilia 3B
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