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Mariano Fernández Cornejo was born in Melilla, North Africa in 1949 and has lived in Málaga since 1977.

ACADEMIC STUDIES:

Main qualifications:

1977 – Degree in Fine Arts, specialising in painting.

1972 -  Graduated in Applied Arts, Interior Decoration section.

 SCHOLARSHIPS:

1976 – Scholarship awarded by the Santa Isabel de Hungria Faculty of Fine Arts, Seville for landscape studies at the Quintanar Palace, Segovia

WORK:

Teacher of drawing and colour at the San Telmo Art School in Málaga from 1977 to present day.

EXHIBITIONS:

Amongst others:

1976 – Torreón del Marqués de Lozoya Exhibition Hall (Segovia)

1977 -  Museum of Contemporary Art (Seville)

1977 -  Cruix Gallery (Seville)

1979 -  Antequera Savings Bank Exhibition Hall (Málaga)

1980 -  Provincial Savings Bank Exhibition Hall (Málaga)

1980 – Marbella Municipal Exhibition Hall (Málaga)

1983 -  Fuengirola Culture Centre (Málaga)

1984 -  Bil-Bil Castle,  Benalmádena Costa (Málaga)

1984  - Melilla Culture Centre (North Africa)

1985 – Antequera Savings Bank Exhibition Hall (Málaga)

1986 -  Official Chamber of Architects Gallery (Málaga)

1987 -  Cádiz Regional Government Palace (Cádiz)

1987 -  Cortijo Bacardí Gallery (Málaga)

1988 -  Museum of Fine Arts (Málaga)

1988 -  Martos Culture Centre (Jaén)

1988 -  Lecrín Gallery,  Almuñecar (Granada)

1989 -  Jaen Regional Government Exhibition Hall (Jaén)

1989 -  Provincial Savings Bank Exhibition Hall (Córdoba)

1990 -  Altea Culture Centre (Alicante)

1994  - Alfredo Viñas Gallery (Málaga)

1995 –  Málaga International Airport Gallery (Málaga)

1996 – La Buena Estrella Gallery’s Art Supermarket (Málaga)

1996.   Caixa-Altea publish calendar of M.F. Cornejo’s paintings purchased by the savings bank Caixa-Altea (Alicante)

1998  - +Sur Art Fair – (Lecrín Gallery) – RENFE Exhibition Centre (Málaga)

2000 – Torremolinos Town Hall (Málaga)

2002 – Cajamar Savings Bank Exhibition Hall (Málaga)

2002 – Benamocarra Town Hall (Málaga)

2004 – Bil-Bil Castle,  Benalmádena Costa (Málaga)

2005 - Teatro del Carmen Exhibition Hall, Vélez-Málaga

2005 - Area Cultural of El Corte Inglés (Málaga)

2007 - Auditorium Gallery Calasparra (Murcia)

2007 - Díaz Oliva Gallery (Málaga)

AWARDS:

Amongst others:

1981 Winner Melilla Town Hall Painting Prize

1982 Winner Melilla Town Hall Painting Prize

1982 Winner Melilla Town Hall Drawing Prize

1983 Winner Melilla Town Hall Painting Prize

1983 Second prize El Corte Ingles Young Malaga Artist Awards

1986 Winner Melilla Town Hall Painting Prize

1993 Second prize Gaudi Watercolour Awards, Cordoba

1994 Winner Real Club Mediterráneo Painting Prize, Málaga

2002 Winner Benamocarra Town Hall Painting Awards, Málaga

2005 Winner adquisition prize Velez - Málaga Town Hall