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Silvia A. Malagrino (born 1950, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an American multimedia artist, independent filmmaker and educator based in Chicago, Illinois. She is known for interdisciplinary work that explores historical and cultural representation, and the intersections of fact, fiction, memory and subjectivity. Her experimental documentary, Burnt Oranges (2005), interwove personal narrative, witness testimony, interviews, and both documentary and re-created footage to examine the long-term effects of Argentina's Dirty War. Malagrino's art has been featured at The Art Institute of Chicago, Palais de Glace and Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires), La Tertulia Museum (Cali, Colombia), Museum of Contemporary Photography of Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Rochester Institute of Technology, Center for Photography at Woodstock, and Ateneo de Madrid, among other venues. Her work has been recognized by institutions including the Guggenheim Foundation, CINE, the Smithsonian Institution, and Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Malagrino is Professor in Photography and Moving Image at the School of Art and Art History of the University of Illinois at Chicago.