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SANTIAGO QUESNEL

Santiago Quesnel is an Argentinian artist living and

working in Buenos Aires. Though he began his university career in filmmaking, Quesnel soon switched to painting, studying alongside Jorge Dermigian and Héctor Destefanis and participating in work clinics with Tomas Espina and Fabián Burgos. When his studies were complete, Quesnel initially pursued a career in investment banking, soon realizing that his talent and passion were greater than the material success the profession provided him. For this reason, he returned to painting and now, as an emerging artist in the growing arts scene of Buenos Aires, Quesnel has had solo exhibitions at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, the Galeria Jardin Oculto, the Galeria Bacano, and La Casa de Tucumán. His work can be found in private collections in France, England, the United States, Argentina and Uruguay.

Quesnel's active participation in critic seminars and children's art instruction is evidence of his commitment to art's function in society.