Adela Neffa

Adela Neffa (June 15, 1922 – June 9, 2019)[1] was an Argentine-born Uruguayan sculptor.

Biography

Of Lebanese origin, Neffa and her parents moved from Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay.

In 1942 she was admitted to the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Montevideo. She left in 1949 and began a course with professor Heber Ramos Paz.

This was followed by sculpture courses with professors Severino Pose, Armando González and Eduardo Yepes at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes from where she graduated in 1955.[2]

In 1961, she won the Carlos María Herrera municipal scholarship through a merit contest, with which she traveled to Europe in 1962 and studied sculpture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with the sculptor George Adams.[3]

In 1963, Neffa worked in the Taller (studio) of Michel Basbous and Alfred Basbous in Lebanon.

From 1966 to 1982 Neffa taught sculpture at the Escuela de Artes aplicadas of the Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay in Montevideo.[4]

Awards
  • 1976. Mentionin the Sudamtex-Ceibo 77 competition, Montevideo
  • 1975.Mention in the national competition, tro "F.U.N.S.A.,"Montevideo
  • 1965. Banco República award, bronze medal. XXXIX Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo for sculpture named "sculpture"
  • 1959. Banco República award, bronze medal. XXXII Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo for sculpture "Woman with Harp

Main exhibitions
  • 2014- Exhibition of Escultores de los Maestros Octavio Podestá y Adela Neffa. Escuela de Artes y Artesanías Dr. Pedro Figari
  • 2012- Adela Neffa. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de El País
  • 1988- a.neffa. Galería Latina
  • 1986- Muestra por la reapertura del Teatro "El Galpón"
  • 1985- Club Libanés de Uruguay, Montevideo
  • 1983- II Bienal de Salto
  • 1983- IV Salón de Artes Plásticas de San José
  • 1965- XXXIX Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo
  • 1959- XXXII Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo

References
  1. "ADELA MANNI NEFFA SAMAJA". El Observador. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  2. Di Maggio, Nelson. Artes visuales en Uruguay: diccionario crítico. Montevideo, 2013
  3. Plásticos uruguayos v2. Montevideo: Biblioteca del Palacio Legislativo, 1975
  4. Galería Latina. a.neffa. Montevideo: Galería Latina, 1975
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