Visual artist, independent scholar and art writer. Master in Fine Arts, major in Printmaking and Architect graduated of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina where she joined the Printmaking and Art History Departments and taught all major printmaking techniques for 15 years. She did postgraduate studies on Latin American Art at the University of Buenos Aires and specialized in innovative printmaking and digital imaging techniques at the Iowa State University in the U.S. She lectures widely about new and digital media in graphic arts and her articles has been published nationally and internationally.

The work of Alicia Candiani explores female identity and issues of gender, while almost surreptitiously investigating and commenting upon the political and social role of the women in Latin America. She works in a wide range of media including lithography, intaglio, screen print, mixed and digital print as well as in graphic installations and urban interventions, looking forward to integrate digital media with traditional techniques. Candiani has shown in over 300 shows and one-person exhibitions since 1977. She has exhibited these works extensively, both nationally and internationally, and had been selected for inclusion in many prestigious international biennials and triennials.

She is recipient of numerous major international awards such as the Grand Prix at the Ural Print Triennial (2001); Honorable Diploma at the 3rd International Triennial of Graphics Arts in Bitola, Macedonia (2000); Grand Prix City of Varna at the International Print Biennial Varna '99, Bulgaria (1999), 1st Prize winner at the XI San Juan's Print Biennial for Latin American and the Caribbean Countries (1995), Special Prize at the International Print Triennial Kanagawa '98, Japan and the Sponsor's Prize at the 4th Sapporo International Print Biennial (1998), Japan; as well as won many national awards in her native country. The Argentine National Academy of Fine Arts selected her as one of ten best graphic artists in her country in 1998 and 2000. She has been nominated for the Alberto Trabucco Biennial Award in Graphics in 1998 and 2000. Her scholarships have included residences at Atelier Presse Papier in Trois Rivières, Canada (1999); Frans Masereel Centre for the Graphics in Kasterlee, Belgium (1997) and Iowa State University in Iowa, U.S. (1991-92).

Her work can be found in private and public collections in the Americas, Europe and Asia as Houstonic Museum of Art, U.S.; National Museum in Krakow, Poland; Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium; National Museum of Fine Prints and Eduardo Sivori Museum of Argentine Art in Buenos Aires; Contemporary Art Center in Asunción, Paraguay; Puerto Rican Institute of Culture in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Shikoku Kankyo Kanri Center in Kochi, Japan; Prefecture Gallery in Kanagawa, Japan; Museum of Fine Arts, Lima, Peru; Art Gallery of Varna, Bulgary; Municipal Museum of Gyor, Hungary; among others.