Leda Astorga

Leda Astorga Mora

Visual artist.

June 25, 1957

San José, Costa Rica

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. Specialization: Sculpture. School of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine

Arts, University of Costa Rica. 1993.

Solo Exhibitions:

National Learning Institute. "Encuentros." Exhibition room of the User Service Unit. La Uruca, San José. National Registry of Costa Rica. 150th anniversary "Think, create, innovate, and protect your intellectual property." San José.

Supreme Court of Justice. "The Astorga Family." San José.

Amón Cultural House. Costa Rican Institute of Technology. San José.

City House. Costa Rican Institute of Technology. Culture and Sports School. National Sports

Games. Cartago.

United World College. Library. Sculptures. Santa Ana.

Centro Gallery. "Summer Days." San José.

National Learning Institute. XXXIV Anniversary. "Meeting Point." San José.

Costa Rican Art Museum. National Gallery of Contemporary Art GANAC. "Family Reunion."

Sculptures from 1978-1998. San José.

University College. Marco Aurelio Aguilar Room. Sculptures. Cartago.

José Figueres Cultural History Museum. Sculptures. San Ramón, Alajuela.

Amón Cultural House. Costa Rican Institute of Technology. Drawings. San José.

Costa Rican Institute of Technology. Library. "Sculptures and Drawings." Cartago.

Contemporary Art Pinacoteca. Sculptures. David, Panama.

Costa Rican Institute of Technology. Drawings. San Carlos Campus. Alajuela.

Collective Exhibitions and Others:

Two colleagues. Leda Astorga and Carlos Tapia, Valanti Gallery, Barrio Escalante. San José.

Sumatorio. IV Annual Salon, Costa Rican Association of Visual Artists, ACAV. Juan

Santamaría Cultural History Museum, Alajuela.

National Archive. Tribute in memory of the painter Antonio Mata.

Ocean Logistics US 10307 NW 62nd St. Doral, FL 33178, USA.

Lapas Bistro, Naples, Miami, USA.

Tribute to water. Sculptors in action. City House. Costa Rican Institute of Technology. Cartago.

Summer Salon. Museum of the Americas with Impulse Art Gallery. Organized by MerchArt.

Houston, Texas, USA.

May Salon. Museum of the Americas with Impulse Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA.

Online Exhibition of Ibero-American Art and Design. Mr. Mario Cruz.

El Rastro Art Fair, Casa 936, Barrio Amón.

Workshop Seminar Park for Early Childhood, Art for Peace.

Graphic work production. Klaus Steinmetz Contemporary Art Gallery.

Miami River Art Fair, during Art Basel Week. Miami.

Casa de Fado Ephemeral Art Gallery Mimo District, Merchart. Miami.

Camacol Tower, Costa Rica-Miami Chamber of Commerce. Merchart. Miami Consulate.

Viva el Arte. Plaza del Sol Mall. Invited sculptor.

Tamarindo Art Wave Festival, Tamarindo Beach, Guanacaste.

International Art Day Celebration. ACAV. Else Kientzler Botanical Garden. Sarchí.

VAIVÉN Converging Art, Dominican College of Visual Artists and ACAV. Dominican

Republic.

Expressions 2016. Costa Rican Association of Visual Artists. Kroma Gallery. Escazú.

Carlos Mérida National Museum of Modern Art. Rozas Botrán Foundation. Guatemala.

"Agreement in Disagreement" National Gallery, San José, CR.

"Erotic pleasure" Brazilian Studies Center. Paseo Colón. San José, CR.

Public auction, Art united for children. Banco de Costa Rica.

Centenary celebrations of Montes de Oca.

"Each head is a world." Art auction. National Gallery. San José, CR.

Graduation CEM. European schools of aesthetics. Hotel San José Palacio, San José, CR.

Pedagogical Congress National Association of Educators, ANDE. Costa Rican alternative

pedagogy. Discussion. Radisson Hotel.

II Annual Salon, ACAV. Costa Rican Association of Visual Artists. National Gallery. Costa

Rican Center of Science and Culture.

World Art Day. Tempo Plaza. Escazú.

Art Walk, Art Fair, Avenida Escazú.

Miniature Museum. Costa Rican Art Museum. San José.

Wonder Woman Art Bra, 5th Riga International Textile and Fiber Art Triennial, Museum of

Decorative Arts and Design. Riga, Latvia.

Humor in Art. Juan Santamaría Cultural History Museum, ACAV, invited artists. Alajuela.

Agreement in Disagreement. Brazilian Studies Center Foundation. San José.

I Annual Salon ACAV, Costa Rican Association of Visual Artists. Casa del Cuño. San José.

Yes, we have a tail to be grabbed. The Opossum. Cartoonists and humorist artists of Costa Rica.

Juan Santamaría Cultural History Museum. Alajuela.

Women, forms, and colors. Siegfried Schosinsky Gallery, Banco de Costa Rica. San José.

Brazilian Femininity. Brazilian Studies Center Foundation. Santa Ana.

I am a woman of peace. National Registry. SJ.

Eat and drink, Erotic Pleasure. Brazilian Studies Center. San José.

National Visual Artists Meeting. Fall in love with your city. Spain Park. Ministry of Culture and

Youth. San José.

Collective exhibition of Costa Rican art. Regional Education Directorate, San Carlos, Alajuela.

I Costa Rican Rotary Biennial of Art. Invited. Casa del Artista School, San José.

My city. French Alliance. Fall in love with your city. Ministry of Culture and Youth. San José.

National Artist Day. Methodist School. San José.

Costa Rican Art. Diversity and hybridization: Costa Rican art. Costa Rican Art Museum

Collection. San José.

Nostalgias and Experiences. ACAV. Amón Cultural House. Costa Rican Institute of Technology.

San José.

Rhizomes. ACAV. Rafa Fernández Room. Casa del Artista School. San José.

Petroglyphs. Retired Educators Association. National Arts Festival. Santa Ana.

Metaphors of Power. ACAV. Costa Rican Art Museum. San José.

Constructs/Inventions: From Central American Switzerland to the happiest country in the world.

Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, MADC. San José.

Tri-dimensionality. Sculpture exhibition. Andrómeda Contemporary. San José.

Professors and Former Professors of the School of Fine Arts. Vice-Rectory of Social Action.

University of Costa Rica.

VALOARTE. X Edition. Collective Art Exhibition 2012. For the benefit of Hogares Siembra.

Avenida Escazú. Invited artist.

Project The Petroglyphs of the Orosí Volcano.

• Santa Rosa Park House. Guanacaste.

• Hidden Garden Art Gallery. Guanacaste.

• Guanacaste Museum, Liberia. Guanacaste.

Valanti Gallery, Latin American Art. 7 at 7. Los Sueños, Playa Herradura. Puntarenas.

International Arts Festival Inauguration. "The Garden of Proverbs." Parade of rolling

sculptures inspired by Costa Rican proverbs. Second Avenue and La Sabana

Metropolitan Park. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. March. San José.

Juan Santamaría Cultural History Museum. "The Garden of Proverbs." June. Alajuela.

José Figueres Ferrer Cultural and Historical Center. "The Garden of Proverbs." San

Ramón, August. Alajuela.

Pueblarte, Art Gallery. The 7 Magi. Barrio Escalante.

Jury Member. Sculpture and Painting Symposium. San Ramón Museum. Alajuela.

Costa Rican Sculpture Exhibition and Symposium. Lahr, Germany.

Country ArtCafé, Costa Rica Country Club. "Color is humor. Humor is joy, joy is

living..." Valanti Gallery. San José.

Juan Santamaría Cultural History Museum. Alajuela.

National Gallery. Costa Rican Center for Science and Culture. San José. Plastic

Humorists Association, La Zarigüeya.

Genesis Graphic Workshop. Contrasts. Group of 20 Artists. San José.

GAC, Costa Rican Art Gallery. 17 Women Artists. Tres Ríos. Cartago.

F.U.M.A. (Florencia Urbina Museum of Art). "Free Union," Milvia Hotel, San José.

RescatARTE. Exhibition of umbrellas intervened by Costa Rican artists to raise funds for

cleaning the Virilla River. Artist's workshop. Tres Ríos. Cartago.

Barceló San José Palacio Hotel. May. San José, Costa Rica.

Municipal School of Integrated Arts. 2010 Sculpture Showcase. Dedicated to sculptor

Carlomagno Venegas. Santa Ana. San José.

JacóBay. Condo Hotel Ramada. Playa Jacó. Puntarenas.

Beacon Hotel Escazú. Collective Exhibition. Escazú. San José.

Herradura Hotel. Within the framework of the Central American Congress on AIDS

(CONCASIDA), San José.

• Sculptural Group "Cocorí", created within the framework of the "Story Corner"

project. Located at the Republic of Paraguay School and the Republic of Nicaragua

School, SJ

2009 - Present

Member of the Costa Rican Association of Visual Artists (ACAV)

F.U.M.A. (Florencia Urbina Museum of Art)

"Transient Tourists." Hotel Milvia, San José.

F.U.M.A. (Florencia Urbina Museum of Art)

"Cartographies," Hotel Milvia, San José.

Hotel Aranjuez. Group "Los 20 Artistas," SJ

Hotel Corteza Amarilla. Group "Los 20 Artistas," Ciudad Colón, San José

Viva el Arte Festival 2009. Plaza del Sol Mall, Curridabat, San José.

Embrujarte Art Fair, Group "Los 20 Artistas," Escazú.

Architecture, Art, and Decoration Fair "Decotrens," Group "Los 20 Artistas," San

Antonio de Belén.

Visions Art Gallery. Inauguration of Group "Los 20 Artistas," Escazú, San José.

Art Gallery Fair Arte Hoy. Group "Los 20 Artistas." Plaza Tabriz Mall, Escazú, San José.

VI Collective Art "VALOARTE 2008". National Gallery. Costa Rican Science and

Culture Center. Invited Artist.

Sophia Winamaker Gallery. "Subtle Glances." Costa Rican North American Cultural

Center.

City House. "Sculptural Link." Costa Rica Technological Institute. Organized by the

Barva Sculptural Association. Cartago.

Distance State University. Daniel Oduber Auditorium. "Sculptural Link." Sabanilla.

Organized by the Barva Sculptural Association.

International Arts Festival. "The Garden of Delights." Collective of Costa Rican Artists.

La Sabana Metropolitan Park,

Artistic Research Center. "The Garden of Delights." Casa Azul, Heredia

Culture House. "The Garden of Delights." 101st Anniversary of the founding of Belén

Canton. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. San Antonio de Belén.

Library. Costa Rica Technological Institute. "The Garden of Delights." Collective of

Costa Rican Artists. Cartago.

• 2007

Graphic Genesis Gallery. "The Garden of Delights." Collective of Costa Rican Artists.

San José.

National Gallery. Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. Sculpture Month. SJ

VII Anniversary of Sexo Sentido. Radio Universidad de Costa Rica. Casa Sana, Barrio

Escalante. San José.

Museum of Contemporary Art. "The Possibilities of the Gaze: Representations in Costa

Rican Art." Santiago, Chile

Museum of Costa Rican Art. "The Possibilities of the Gaze: Representations in Costa

Rican Art." San José, CR

Refuge of Artists. "Human Expression Uncovered." Alajuela

Culture House. Participants in the Sculpture Symposium. Barba, Heredia

Culture House. International Women's Day. National University. Heredia

Cultural Women's Fair. National Institute of Women. Commemoration of International

Women's Day. CENAC. SJ

University College. VIII Outdoor Art Festival. Cartago

Photo and Biography. Project "Outstanding Women of Costa Rica." Cover of the

collector: Low relief in wood "The Three Marias." National Institute of Women. Lotería

ticket portrait print for the month of July. Invited by the National Institute of Women in

coordination with the Social Protection Board.

• 2006

Costa Rican Art Fair. Ulises Gallery. Plaza Roosevelt, San Pedro.

The Americas Collection. Inauguration. Central American Artists Gallery. Coral Gable,

Florida, USA.

Valanti Gallery. Latin American Art. Gallery Inauguration. Los Sueños, Herradura

Beach, Puntarenas.

Barracuda Gallery. Gallery Inauguration. Guanacaste.

Museum of Art and Contemporary Design. "What is Central America?" A region in

debate. San José

Museum of Forms, Spaces, and Sounds. "Art to Feel." Old Atlantic Railway Station. San

José.

University College. VII Outdoor Art Festival. Cartago

Ministry of Public Education. 2007 school calendar. Invited to participate with the image

of the work "Sunset."

Museum of Costa Rican Art, Cisneros Foundation of Venezuela, Museum of Modern Art

New York (MOMA). The work "The Photo of Her 15 Years" participates in the visual

exploration program "THINK IN ART."

Sculpture "Rainbow." Symbol of the 10th International Arts Festival. Located in La

Sabana Metropolitan Park, San José.

Sculpture "Rainbow." Selected by Costa Rica Post to commemorate the 10th

International Arts Festival 2006 with 40 thousand postage stamps.

• 2005

Costa Rican Art Fair. Ulises Gallery. Plaza Roosevelt, San Pedro.

Hotel Arte Milvia. "Showcases of the Soul." SJ

Gallery of the School of Fine Arts. "Repent!" Group La Zarigüeya. University of Costa

Rica.

Museum of Costa Rican Art. "INSIDE/OUTSIDE" (That Supposed Nothing). SJ

Rafa Fernández Miniature Museum. Museum of Costa Rican Art. San José.

Museum of Costa Rican Art. Don Quixotes in the 21st Century. National Gallery of the

Costa Rican Science and Culture Center.

University College. VI Outdoor Art Festival. Cartago

Carlos Mérida National Museum of Modern Art. Organized by Valanti Gallery.

Guatemala.

• 2004

Costa Rican Art Fair. Ulises Gallery. Plaza Roosevelt. San José.

National Gallery. Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. "Bailongos." Rodolfo Stanley

and Leda Astorga. San José.

Sculpture Festival is Culture. French Lycée and National Arts Center INAR. Tea Group.

San Salvador, El Salvador.

Carlos Mérida National Museum of Modern Art. "Guaterica." Costa Rican Artists.

Guatemala.

TEOR/éTica. "Throwing the Cards." San José

National Insurance Institute. International Women's Day. San José

University College. V Outdoor Art Festival. Cartago

• Museums Banco Central. PARTICULARTE. SJ

Convention Center, Hotel Herradura. "The woman, pillar of the family." XVI Summit of

Heads of State and Government of the Rio Group. San José.

Illustrations. Poetry Book: Caza del Poeta. Author: Adriano Corrales.

• 2003

Costa Rican Art Fair. Ulises Gallery. Plaza Roosevelt, San José.

Guide to Costa Rican Visual Arts III. Art Directo.

University of Cartago. IV Free Art Exhibition Hernán Hidalgo. Dedicated to artist Leda

Astorga.

Fronteras Magazine. Costa Rican Institute of Technology. Graphic exhibition.

Jury Member. Invited by the Municipality of San José. Festival of Light. San José.

• 2002

Costa Rican Art Fair. Ulises Gallery. Plaza Roosevelt, San José.

Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. National Gallery. First Confrontation in Art.

Museums Banco Central de Costa Rica. PARTICULARTE: Milestones of Costa Rican

Art in Private Hands. San José.

Gallery 11-12. "10 in the 11-12." San José

Gómez Miralles Gallery. Veritas University. "The Faces of Art." San José

University of Cartago. III Free Art Exhibition Hernán Hidalgo. Cartago.

• 2001

Stadtpark Lahr. 7 Costa Rican Sculptors. Lahr, Germany.

Supreme Electoral Tribunal. "Art and Social Commitment." Tribute to painter Jorge

Gallardo. San José.

University of Cartago. II Free Art Exhibition Hernán Hidalgo. Cartago.

• 2000

José Figueres Cultural Historical Museum. "Dolls." International Day for the Elimination

of Violence Against Women. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. Alajuela.

Museums Banco Central de Costa Rica. "Images of Men." San José.

Museum of America. "Art of Costa Rica: 20 Women of the 20th Century." Madrid,

Spain.

Tradition and Culture Fair. Dolls. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. David, Panama.

José Figueres Popular Cultural House. "Dolls." Collective of Costa Rican Artists. San

José

Kandinsky Gallery. "Confusion in Paradise." Fusion of painting and sculpture. Jacques

Hervot and Leda Astorga. San José.

Museums Banco Central de Costa Rica. "Animals." San José.

Cultural House. "Tribute to the Atlantic Railway." Mural created as part of the National

Games. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. Guápiles.

University College. First Free Art Exhibition Hernán Hidalgo. Cartago.

University College. 5th Anniversary of Marco A. Aguilar Hall. Cartago.

Jury Member. Invited by the National Craft Commission. III National Craft Fair,

FERCORI. San José.

• 1999

Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Museum. "Central American Women in the Arts

Meeting." Collective of Costa Rican Artists.

Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. National Gallery. IV Sculpture Biennial. San

José.

Museums Banco Central de Costa Rica. "Images of Women." San José.

Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. National Gallery. "Sculpture Contest." Costa

Rican Painters and Sculptors Association. San José.

University of Costa Rica. School of Fine Arts. "Tribute to sculptor Francisco Zúñiga."

José Figueres Cultural Historical Museum. "Women Who Look." Collective of Costa

Rican Artists. San Ramón, Alajuela.

Supreme Court of Justice. Judicial Year 1999. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. San José

Ocelote Gallery. "Angels." San José.

Guarever Productions, S.A. Sculpture Design. TV Program "The Chosen Ones."

• 1998

Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE). Small-scale sculptures. II International Monumental Sculpture Symposium.

Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Art Festival. Central American and Caribbean Women for

Human Rights. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. San José.

PANIAMOR Foundation. Design and creation of 10 sculptures to be given to the

Founding Friends of the Juvenile Alternatives Center. San José.

Giratablas Theater. "Tribute to García Lorca." Mural created by the Collective of Costa

Rican Artists. San José.

• 1997

National Arts Festival. "The Burning of the New Judas." Plastic action. Collective of

Costa Rican Artists. Cartago.

National Arts Festival. Exhibition of the Collective of Costa Rican Artists. Old Central

Post Office. Cartago.

National Theater. Enrique Echandi Gallery. Collective of Costa Rican Artists. San José.

Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. National Gallery. III Sculpture Biennial. San

José.

House of the City. Costa Rican Institute of Technology. "Tribute to painter Fernando

Carballo." Cartago.

Ulises Gallery. First Public Art Festival.

• 1996

Founding Member. Collective of Costa Rican Artists.

Museums Banco Central de Costa Rica. State Collections of Visual Arts. San José.

Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. National Gallery. "Costa Rican Sculptors." San

José.

Union Club. "Costa Rican Visual Art." Costa Rican Painters and Sculptors Association.

San José.

• 1995

Costa Rican Science and Culture Center. National Gallery. II Sculpture Biennial. San

José.

Museum of Art and Contemporary Design. Costa Rica in the 1994 Biennales. San José.

National Insurance Institute. Fidel Tristán Room. "Women and Art." International

Women's Day. San José.

Supreme Court of Justice. "Contemporary Costa Rican Art: Canvas and Chisel." San

José.

Barceló Hotel. From Heritage to Essence. Costa Rican Painters and Sculptors

Association. San José.

• 1994

National Bank. "Legacies." National Bank Art Collection. San José.

Popular Bank. José Figueres Art Gallery.

• 25th Anniversary of Banco Popular. "Costa Rican Sculpture." San José. Centro

Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura. National Gallery. First Sculpture Biennial. San José.

Museum of Costa Rican Art. "Contemporary Artists." San José.

National Insurance Institute. Fidel Tristán Room. "24 Artists." International Women's

Day. San José.

Museum of Costa Rican Art. Juan Manuel Sánchez National Sculpture Salon. San José.

University of Costa Rica. Faculty of Fine Arts. "Visual Arts of Contemporary Costa

Rican Artists." San José.

Centro Wifredo Lam. 5th Havana Biennial. Cuba.

Museum of Costa Rican Art. National Gallery of Contemporary Art "Women." San José.

Juan Santamaría Historical Cultural Museum. Homage to writer Luis Ferrero. 16

sculptors selected in his book "Costa Rican Sculptors." Alajuela.

Costa Rican Painters and Sculptors Association. Opening. San José.

1991 to 2004

Active member. Costa Rican Painters and Sculptors Association (APEC) and Costa Rican

Association of Visual Artists (ACAP).

Museum of Costa Rican Art. Juan Manuel Sánchez National Sculpture Salon. San José.

Museum of Costa Rican Art. National Gallery of Contemporary Art (GANAC).

"Proposals." San José.

Espacio Gallery. 3rd Latin American Painting and Sculpture Show. El Salvador.

Hotel L’Ambience. "Costa Rican Sculpture Today." San José.

National Insurance Institute. 66th Anniversary. "Sculpture." San José.

Participant. 1st Congress of Central American Artists from Mexico and the Caribbean,

organized by the World Council of Visual Artists. San José.

Cultural Center of Mexico. "Central American, Caribbean, and Mexican Artists." World

Council of Visual Artists. San José.

Banco Popular. José Figueres Art Gallery. "20 Sculptresses." San José.

1988 to present

Founding member. Plastic Humorists Association "La Zarigüeya."

1988 to 1992

Banco de Costa Rica. Annual Humor Festivals. "La Pluma Sonriente." San José.

Museum of Costa Rican Art. Jorge Debravo Gallery. "Point and Line on the Plane."

National Association of Visual Artists. San José.

College of Engineers and Architects. 6th Anniversary Costa Rican Visual Artists Association. San José.

University of Costa Rica. Faculty of Fine Arts. Requirement for the Bachelor’s degree in

Fine Arts, emphasis on Sculpture.

Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports. 2nd Costa Rican Painting and Sculpture

Exhibition. Central Avenue. San José.

1983 to 1986

Banco Nacional de Costa Rica. Annual Humor Halls. "The Smiling Pen." San José.

1983 to 1987

Member. Humorous Group "La Pluma Sonriente." San José.

Juan Santamaría Historical Cultural Museum. Andamio Group. Alajuela.

El Pueblo Shopping Center. "Homage to the Worker." San José.

El Pueblo Shopping Center. Atelier 36 Group. "Drawings." San José.

Costa Rican Social Security Fund. 5th Painting, Sculpture, and Carving Competition. San José.

• Sculpture Symposia:

Punta Leona Hotel and Club. Puntarenas.

5 Costa Rican Sculptors. Lahr, Germany.

3rd Sculpture Symposium in Wood, Stone, and Ferrocement. Barba Park, Heredia.

2nd International Monumental Sculpture Symposium. International Arts Festival.

Metropolitan Park La Sabana. San José.

First National Wood Sculpture Symposium. National Arts Festival. Alajuela Park.

• Recognitions:

Homage to 100 Successful Women. 10th Anniversary of "Madre Joven" Magazine.

Journalists Association. Homage to 4 Artists: Guardians of the Cultural Treasure.

Recognition. Banco de Costa Rica Art Program.

First place. Orchid Vase Design Contest. Artistic and Craft Research Center. Taiwan.

National Sculpture Award "Aquileo J. Echeverría." Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports. San José, Costa Rica.

Popular Vote Award. 3rd Sculpture Biennial. Costa Rican Center for Science and

Culture. San José, Costa Rica.

First place. Christmas Portal Contest. University of Costa Rica. Faculty of Fine Arts.

Honorable Mention. 1st Sculpture Biennial. Costa Rican Center for Science and Culture.

San José.

Honorable Mention. Juan Manuel Sánchez National Sculpture Salon. Museum of Costa

Rican Art. San José.

Popular Prize. Annual Christmas Portal Contest. Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports.

San José.

First place. 5th Painting, Sculpture, and Carving Contest. Costa Rican Social Security Fund.

• Scholarships:

Plaster Mold Making for Industrial Production. Institute of Artistic and Craft Research.

Taiwan.

1st Inter-American Course for Artisans: Inter-American Center for Crafts and Popular Arts (CIDAP). Cuenca, Ecuador. Awarded by the Organization of American States (OAS).

Art Creation Scholarship. Krasner-Pollock Foundation. New York.

Workshop-Scholarship, granted by the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports.

Teaching Career:

2015-2016-2017

Professor. Three-dimensional Modeling. Faculty of Fine Arts. University of Costa Rica.

Sculpture Workshop. IX National Congress of Arts and Crafts Teachers.

Hispanoamerican University. Ministry of Public Education. San José.

2009 and 2010

Art Workshop. Art and Culture Group. May. Art students from the University of Georgia, USA.

Artist’s workshop. San José.

Professor. Introduction to Sculpture, 2nd Semester. Faculty of Fine Arts. University of Costa Rica.

Drawing and Design Teacher. Obras Sociales La Soledad. San José.

Visual Arts Teacher. Roberto Brenes Mesén School. San José.

Visual Arts Teacher. República de Nicaragua School. San José.

Cultural Promoter. Technological Institute of Costa Rica. San Carlos Regional Campus.

Alajuela.

Works in State Collections:

1. Museo de Arte Costarricense: "Her Fifteen-Year-Old Photo"

2. Museo de Arte Costarricense: "The Mermaid and the Triton"

3. Banco Nacional de Costa Rica: "Lula and Olga," "At Tea"

4. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo: "The Happy Demon and the Angel Too"

5. Sculpture Garden. La Sabana Metropolitan Park: "Rainbow"

6. University of Costa Rica, 24th of April Plaza: "Juan and María"

7. Postal Stamp Collection of Correos de Costa Rica: "Rainbow." 2006

8. Rafa Fernández Miniature Museum of the Museo de Arte Costarricense: "Margarita

Resting"

9. Barba Park, Heredia: "The Love Bench." 2007

10. Sculptural Group Cocorí: Faculty of Education, University of Costa Rica. 2010 11. Sculptural Group Cocorí: República de Nicaragua School. 2009 12. Sculptural Group Cocorí: República de Paraguay School. 2009 13. Banco Nacional de Costa Rica: Oil Painting. "April." 2011 14. Próspero Fernández Park. Alajuela. "Monument to Popular Dance," 2016

Comments, Articles:

Catalog: "Costa Rican Art. Diversity and Hybridization: Costa Rican Art in the MAC Collection." Museo de Arte Costarricense.

Book: "Intimate Art." Notes from Costa Rican Creators. Edited and coordinated by Dorelia Barahona Riera. 2009.

Book: "Cartography of Imagination." Conversations with Ten Latin American Artists. Alfonso Peña. Andrómeda Editions. 2008

Commentary: "Leda Astorga: A Path of Passion with Her Own Wink." Adriano Corrales Arias.

http://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/aaa/corrales_adriano/leda_astorga.htm

Newspaper: The article "Sculptor Aims to Create 'Authentic People'," written by Gaby Kyriss.

Published in Special to The Tico Times. Page W1, September 29, 2006.

Book: "Animalism in Costa Rican Art." Ileana Alvarado and Efraín Hernández. Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica. 2006.

Book: "In the Trace of the Constellations." Tamara Díaz. 2003

Book: "Particularte, Milestones of Costa Rican Art in Private Hands." Fundación Museos Banco Central. 2002

Magazine: National Women's Studies Institute, National University of Costa Rica, 1999

Book: Guide to Costa Rican Art. Art Directo Publication, 1996

Magazine: "Rumbo". Costa Rica. No. 421, 1992

Book: "Costa Rican Sculptors," Luis Ferrero. 1991

Magazine: Styles and Homes. Year 4. Number 5. Costa Rica

"Leda Astorga: Sculptor of Intimacy." Victoria Morales. Master's in Philosophy. University of Costa Rica.

"Costa Rican Art in Late Capitalism. Popular Culture in the Sculpture of Leda Astorga." M.A., Marjorie Avila. Master's in Arts. University of Costa Rica.

Yearbook "Art and Freedom." X Edition. Spain