Claudia Aravena Abughosh (Santiago de Chile, 1968), visual artist and professor at the Universities of Chile and Diego Portales Art Schools in Santiago. She lives in Berlin between 1997 and 2007.

Awards and scholarships: Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn, Germany 2008. Artistic Residency Scholarship, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France 2006. FONDART Scholarship 2009, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000. First Prize Golden Cube, in the Monitoring exhibition, from 20. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm & Videofest, Germany 2003. Berlin Senate Künstlerinnen-Förderung Grant, Germany 2003 and 2000. Festival Award, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany 2002. Best Experimental Short Film Award, Santiago Short Film Festival, Chile 2001. Prize of European Council, 2000. First Prize, Locarno VideoArt Festival, Suisse 1998.