Carolina Alfonso, an Ecuadorian artist, began painting at an early age. She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vanucci in Perugia, the University of San Francisco in Quito, and earned her Master’s degree in Studio Art with Magna Cum Laude honours from New York University. She also pursued further studies at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid and the Sorbonne in Paris.
She has held solo exhibitions at renowned institutions such as the Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Monaco, the Palais des Nations (United Nations, Geneva), UNESCO in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in Cuenca, the Municipal Museum in Guayaquil, and the Guayasamín Foundation in Quito.
Her works form part of permanent collections including the Prince Albert II Foundation in Monaco, UNESCO in Paris, the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Canning House in London, the Museum of Arts in Hanoi, and the National Museum of Marrakesh, among others.
She has successfully participated in the Salon des Artistes Indépendants at the Grand Palais, the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, and in group exhibitions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In 2007, her work was nominated to represent Ecuador at the Venice Biennale.
