Biography
Born in Lomas de Zamora (Buenos Aires Province) in 1991.
After studying Art in her youth, she resumed her artistic training in 2022, when she began attending various oil painting workshops.
After her time at the Villa Z collective artists’ space, she opened her own studio in the Villa Crespo neighborhood in 2024.
She currently lives in Bern, Switzerland, where she works with figurative oil painting, printmaking, and analog photography. Her studio in Bern is located at Schwobhaus, a self-managed artists’ house and a historic space dedicated to artistic creation and cultural exchange.
Her work explores family memory in dialogue with the everyday present that surrounds her.
Workshops and Seminars
2026: Artists’ program “Artistas X Artistas”, La Escuelita. Argentina.
2026 / 2025: Lithography workshop led by Marcel Mayer. Basel, Switzerland.
2026 / 2025: Painting workshop with Cinthia Rched. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2025: Printmaking workshop led by Carlos Scannapieco and Yamila Páez. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2025 / 2024:Drawing and painting workshop taught by Fernando O’Connor. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024: Painting workshop with Cinthia Rched. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024: Professional framing course, Dominó Taller. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024: Seminar “The Paths of the Image” by Daniel Santoro. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022 / 2023: Painting workshop taught by Bettina Bauer. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Exhibitions
2026: Collective exhibition “Art de Suisse”, with the work “Hogar” selected as the contest winner. Lucern, Switzerland.
2026: Group exhibition “Vida metropolitana”, Cassia House. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2025: Group exhibition “Miradas”, Espacio y Lugar Cultural. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024: Open studio and solo exhibition as part of “Abre Villa Crespo”. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2023: Participation in “La Gran Paternal”. Event with the artist collective “Encuentro con los artistas y su modelo vivo” at Betina Sor’s studio. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Organization and Coordination
2025 / 2026: “Sketch! & Music”. An event combining life drawing and musical improvisation. Bern, Switzerland.
Instagram: bande_denise
Email: denise.bande@gmail.com