Noemí Di Benedetto
(San Andrés de Giles, Prov. de Bs. As., 1930 - Buenos Aires, 2010)
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Informalism in Argentina
Noemí Di Benedetto
 
She studies at the national schools of fine art Manuel Belgrano and Prilidiano Pueyrredón. She starts exhibiting in 1959 with pieces related to geometric abstraction, but soon starts her work in the Informalist line.
In 1959 she takes part in the Argentine entry to the 1ª Bienal de Jóvenes de París. She exhibits individually in 1961 at the Peuser and Lirolay galleries. The following years she exhibits again at the Peuser Gallery. In 1960 she takes part in the Primera Exposición Internacional de Arte Moderno, at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires. In 1961 she takes part in the Cinco expresiones de la plástica actual, at the Lirolay Gallery; she is a finallist at the Premio Ver y Estimar Award at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and takes part in the Arte Argentino Contemporáneo exhibit at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Río de Janeiro. In 1962 she is invited to exhibit at Collages, at the Lirolay Gallery. That year she exhibits at the Premio Ver y Estimar, at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and at the El hombre antes del hombre (The man before the man) organized by the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires. In 1963 she wins a scholarship from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Arts Fund).