Marcela Ottonello was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At. The age of four she immigrated with her familiy to the United States where they settled to live in the state of California. Here, she receveid her formal education and began her artistic carreer. Her education was influenced by the double heritage of the enviorment where she grew up and her Argentine origins. The contrast between these two very different societies became even more evident to her as she grew up and have always been an important influence in her Art work.
She, later returned to Argentina and discipled with such painters as Miguel Angel Alardo and Florencio Garavaglia anb received an honorable mention in the art contest Fernan Felix Amador.
En 1989 she had her first individual show in Argentina at the Van Riel Gallery in Buenos Aires and was nominated a finalist in the Arts Society International Achievement Award in the United States. She was selected by Arts Resource of San Francisco for the display of her work in the U.S.A. and was named nember of the American Watercolor Society.
Through the past years she has had numerous exhibitions in different cities of The United States dedicated entirely to the technique of Watercolor for which she has received numerous awards, offering the American Public her unique vision of the urban city scenery of Buenos Aires.
After settling her permanent residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her Art work continues to reflect and reach those who form the society that surrounds us everywhere.
Her Art forms part of private and public collections in the United States and Argentina.

AWARDS

2004
2nd prize
Fuerza Empresaria - Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

2004
Selected at the Arte Sacro Bienal - Buenos Aires

1996
San Bernardino Art Association
San Bernardino County Museum
Juror: Howard Fox, MA
Awarded Paintingç: "Reunited"

1995
Sacramento Fine Arts Center
Magnus Open VIII Award
Juror: Anita Wolf
Awarded Painting: "The Grand Finale"

1996
Award of Merit - Washington D.C.
Sacramento Fine Arts Center
6th International Open Exhibition
Judges: Peter W. Brown & Roy Schmaltz
Awarded Painting: "Feeding The Mind"

1990
Long Beach Art Association
7 Western States
Juried: Exhibition
Judges: Henry T. Hopkins, curator and
director of the Federick Wiseman Collection;
former director of the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art
Awarded Painting: "Dancing Umbrellas"

1991
North Valley Art League
National Art Show
3rd Place Award
Juror: Joe Draegert
Awardes Painting: "Meeting the Press"

1991
National Art Show
Nortn Valley Art League Gallery
Juried Exhibition
Juror: Jan Kunz
Painting: "Freedom"

1990
North Vallery Art League
N.V.A.L. Juried Exhibition
Painting: "Farewell"

1990
National Art Spae Award
Art Space Gallery
Awarded Painting: "The Piano Man"

1989
Chemerical Gregg Art Gallery Competition
Juror: Bobby Hargis
3rd Place Award
Painting: "The Voice of the People"

1989
8th Annual California Watercolor and Drawing Survey
Humbolt Cultural Center
Juror: M. Louise Stanley
Citi of Eureka Purchase Award
Painting: "The Unexpected Visitor"

1989
7th Annual California Watercolor and Drawing Survey
Honorable Mention Award
Juror: Robert Bechtle
Awarded Painting: "Street Reunión of Strangers"

1988
City of Sacarmento Art Show
Juried Exhibition
"City Purchase Award"
Juror: Robert Parr
Awarded Painting: "Violin Quartet"

1987
Arts Society International Achievement Award
ASI- Fianlist
Painting: The Piano Man
Jurors: Patterson Sims - curator
Whitney Museum of Art, New ork
Michael Ward - Editor, The
Artists Magazine
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California

Publications
Art Now - International Gallery Guide
Art Now - National Gallery Guide
Vox Magazine, San Francisco, California
Art USA Magazine
Art Space Catalogue
Art Today Magazine - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Estímulo Magazine - Buenos Aires, Argentina