Daniela Kovacic
Daniela Kovacic (1983) is a figurative painter born and raised in the Chilean Patagonia and is currently working in Chicago. Her work explores different topics around the human condition and self-identity. Largely through the depictions of women and children.
Kovacic has received prestigious awards and scholarships such as Fulbright, Becas Chile, Robert Gamblin Painting Award, and New York Academy of Art scholarships and residencies. She was one of the ten finalists for The Bennett Prize 2019 where selected paintings were exhibited for two years in different museums and establishments around the USA and won the Eben Demarest Award in 2021. Her latest achievement being the Sheng Xinyu Award.
Daniela Kovacic’s work has been exhibited and published internationally since early on in her career and continues to evolve within her art practice. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art and a Bachelor degree in Visual Arts from Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile.
DANIELA KOVACIC CV
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Education
2011 - 2013 Master in Fine Art at the New York Academy of Art, New York, USA
2002 - 2006 Bachelor Degree in Visual Arts with a Major in Painting with two votes of distinction, Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile
Grants & Awards
2025 Sheng Xinyu Award
2024 17th Art Renewal Center International Competition Finalist
2023 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award Finalist
2021 Eben Demarest Award
2019 The Bennett Prize Finalist
14th Art Renewal Center International Competition Finalist
2018 13th Art Renewal Center International Competition Finalist
2017 Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art prize
2013 Giverny Residency, Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe
2012 Robert Gamblin Painting Award
Channel Scholarship
2011 CONYCIT Scholarship for a Masters in Fine Arts
New York Academy of Art Scholarship
2010 Fulbright Scholarship for Postgraduate studies in the USA
2005 Painting Award, 1st Place at “Salón de Alumnos”
2003 Academic Excellence, Finis Terrae University
2002 Academic Excellence, Finis Terrae University