Susana Guerrero
Susana Guerrero – Works available on Artsy (link)
ARTIST STATEMENT
“My artwork comes from a daily experience where I create a contemporary mythology that puts on a same level the physical reality, the oneiric material of dreams, the subconscious, magic, the offering, the visible and the hidden reality that surround us.
“A reformulation of ancient mythologies that merged together become part of my artwork in conjunction with my personal experience of the sacred through mythical stories, traditions and legends, rituals, superstitions and intuitive revelations.
“The process of making the artwork it’s like a ritual; the choice of every material, the configuration of every shape, of every element, brings a poetic meaning and symbolism to the artwork. The process as exorcism, the transformation of physical pain as purification of the body and the spirit, its laceration as the offering to the miracle of life.”
Susana Guerrero lives and works in Elche, Spain, where she was born in 1972. With artistic scholarships of residency she has expanded her studies in Greece, Mexico and Germany. The traditional mythologies form these cultures have marked her artistic practice which is fully imbued of the spirit of their mythologies, lives with them, making them her own and expressing herself through the characters and stories that populate her works.
Guerrero’s oeuvre has been been featured internationally in galleries and major institutions, including Museum of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; Center for Visual Arts Development, Havana, Cuba; Museo Arte Moderno Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Museum of Contemporary Art Guatemala; Cultural Center Spain, Miami; Instituto Cervantes, Tangier, Morocco; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Kunstlerhaus, Munich, Germany; Charpa Gallery, Valencia; Deposito 14 Gallery, Madrid; Punto y Línea Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico; Gallery Casa del Lago, Mexico; D.F. Instituto México, Spain, Madrid; Kazni Nowej, Krakow, Poland; IVAM, Valencia; MACUF, A Coruña, Spain; Villa Serena, Bologna, Italy; Planetarium Gallery, Trieste, Italy; Museo Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art Ibiza, Spain; University of Manzanillo Gallery, Mexico; National Calcography, Madrid; National Autonomous University of Mexico; International Center of India, New Delhi, India.
Guerrero’s work is in private and public collections, including Kunstlerhaus, Munich, Germany; National Autonomous University of Mexico; University of Cantabria; Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engraving, Marbella. Her most recent solo exhibitions of Guerrero include “RITO”, Tanzfakture, Cologne, Germany (2017); “Anatomy of a Myth”, Spanish Cultural Center, Miami (2017); “Anatomy of a Myth” 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York (2016); “RITO” Museum of Contemporary Art of Elche, Spain (2016); “RITO”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante, Spain (2016).
Education
2012 Fine Arts PHD Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain
2007 D.E.A. (Advance Studies Award), Miguel Hernández University, Elche
1997 Graduated in Print at Polytechnic University in Valencia, Spain
1996 Graduated in Sculpture at Polytechnic University in Valencia
1992 1st Course of Artistic Excellence at Ceramic´s School in Manises, Valencia
1991 2º Curse at School of Fine Arts and Craftiness in Alicante
TRAINING
2008 Workshop ‘Tácticas contra la destrucción del Territorio’, runs by Eva Lootz. CAM. Alicante
Collage Workshop, “Recortar” with Sean Mackaoui, Culture´s Institute Juan Gil Albert. Alicante
2006 Workshop ‘Ceci est mon corps…ceci est mon logiciel. Orlan y la experiencia de la carne’ runs by Orlan, Cendeac Institute. Murcia, Spain
2005 Workshop of Arts’ Critic “la Consulta”. Miguel Hernández University, Elche
Workshop ‘Performance Body’, runs by Marina Abramovic, Cendeac. Murcia, Spain
2003 Workshop Arte y Naturaleza. Art Critics Association of Valencia, Alicante,
Ferrography Workshop runs by José Manuel Guillém, Institute Juan Gil Albert. Alicante
Workshop de Experimental Graphics runs by Fernando Bellver, Fuendetodos. Zaragoza, Spain
2001 III University of Sculpture. Foundation Eduardo Capa in collaboration with Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain, Castle of Santa Bárbara, Alicante
FELLOWSHIP
2009 Fellowship. Project LLP-Erasmus. Accademia Belle Arti di Macerata, Italia.
2004 Fellowship from Artists Residency in Lithography at Münchner Kúnstlerhaus. Munich, Germany.
2003 Ceramic Fellowship LABORATORIO DE FORMA. Empresa Grupo Sargadelos, Cervo, Lugo.
2002 Fellowship ‘Program of Artistic Residency from Mexican Government thru Mexican Institute of International Cooperation from Foreign Affairs of Mexico, runs by Gilberto Aceves Navarro.
2000 Fellowship ‘Program of Artistic Residency from Mexican Government thru Mexican Institute of International Cooperation from Foreign Affairs of Mexico, National School of Fine Arts, México.
1997 Fellowship PROMOE, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Extensión Taxco, Guerrero, México.
1995 Fellowship ERASMUS en la Anotati Scholi Kalin Tehnon, Atenas, Grecia.
SELECT SOLO SHOWS
2017 “RITO”, Tanzfakture, Cologne, Germany
“Anatomy of a Myth”, Spanish Cultural Center, Miami
2016 “Anatomy of a Myth” 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York (2016),
“RITO” Museum of Contemporary Art of Elche, Spain
“RITO”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante, Spain
2013 LECHE NEGRA. MANANTIAL DE MUERTE. Las Cigarreras Contemporary Art Center, Alicante, Spain.
PARA LLAMAR A LAS FUERZAS. Punto Rojo Gallery, Granada, Spain.
A MÍLAS FUERZAS. El Tragaluz Gallery, Granada, Spain.
FESTIVAL MIRADAS DE MUJERES. Las Cigarreras Contemporary Art Center, Alicante, Spain.
2011 A MI LAS FUERZAS. El Viajero Alado Gallery, Lebrija, Sevilla, Spain.
2009 PARA LLAMAR A LAS FUERZAS. Atrio de los Bambús Gallery, Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain.*
2008 EL ALIENTO. Fundación ARTSUR, Madrid, Spain.
2006 DIE STÄRKEE; LAS FUERZAS. Deposito 14 Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
LAS FUERZAS. Elche Contemporary Art Museum, Spain.*
2005 NO SE SI CORTARME LA CABEZA. Espacio BOP Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
LOS LEONES BLANCOS NUNCA ATACAN. Aural Gallery, Alicante, Spain.
2004 DIE STÄRKEE, Kunstlerhaus, Munich, Germany*.
¡NO ME CORTES LA CABEZA!, CAM, Elche Alicante , Spain *.
¡NO ME CORTES LA CABEZA!, Charpa Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
DE CÓMO CRECIERON LAS ESPINAS. Hotel Prince Park, Benidorm, Alicante
2003 Congress Palace of Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
2002 NARICES CORTAS, CHISMES MUCHOS, CHILES SECOS, MENTIRAS BRILLOSAS. Punto y Línea Gallery, Oaxaca, México.
DE CÓMO CRECIERON LAS ESPINAS. Municipal Art Center of Mislata, Valencia, Spain.*
CÓMO TE GUSTARÍA QUE FUERA TU CAMA?. Centro 14 Gallery, Alicante, Spain.*
2001 INAUGURACIÓN. Gallery Aural. Alicante, Spain.
A MI CAMISÓN LE CRECIERON ESPINAS. Gallery Dipósit 19, Alicante, Spain.
2000 MI CAMA. Casa del Lago del Bosque de Chapultepec Gallery, México D.F.
MI CAMA EN MEZQUITE 7. Casa Borda, Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, México.
1999 DELICIAS 23; MI CAMA. Cultural Center Alfas del Pi, Alicante, Spain.
MI CAMA. Cultural Center C.M. de las Dehesillas, Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
1998 DELICIAS 23. Cultural Center, Casa Borda, Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, México.
1997 DELFOS. Cultural Center U.D.E.S. de B.B.A.A. Atenas, Greek.
1996 MI CAMA. Gallery Tintorera, Jávea, Valencia, Spain.
SELECT GROUP SHOWS
2016 ART SOUTHAMPTON 2016. 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York.
BIENAL DEL DISEÑO DE LA HABANA, Havana, Cuba.*
ART NEW YORK CONTEXT FAIR, 2016. 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York.
PÓRTATE BIEN. Fábrica del Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba.*
MADRID DOS GENERACIONES Y MEDIA. Gallery Odalys, Madrid, Spain.
ES – + ES – – ES + + ES +. Foundation Frax, el Albir, Alicante, Spain.
2015 EUSEBIO SEMPERE EN LA CASA BARDÍN. HOMENAJE. Casa Bardín, Institute of Culture Juan Gil Albert, Alicante, Spain.*
ARTE CISORIA. Casa Bardín, Institute of Culture Juan Gil Albert, Alicante, Spain.*
2014 DES DE DINS. ART CONTEMPORANI DES D´ALACANT. Museum of Alicante University (MUA), Spain.*
ARTE CISORIA. Art Center Gallery Taller d´Ivars de Benissa, Spain.*
REVELACIONES. Container Art, Sevilla, Spain.
ARTE CISORIA. Archeologic and History Museum of Elche (MAHE), Elche, Spain.*
TRAZAS. Art Cultural Center of El Carmen, Valencia, Spain.*
MULIER, MULIERIS. VIII CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
2013 IMAGINACIÓN Y DESEO. Rector Gallery of Miguel Hernández University at Elche, Spain.*
MULIER, MULIERIS. VII CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
2012 IN FRAGANTI. ESPACIO TRAZA, Alicante, Spain.
CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS Y FOTOGRAFÍA 2012. Alicante City Hall, Spain.*
2011 CARTOGRAFÍAS DE LA CREATIVIDAD. 100% VALENCIANOS. Center of Development of Visuals Arts de La Habana, Cuba.*
2010 CARTOGRAFÍAS DE LA CREATIVIDAD. 100% VALENCIANOS. Modern Art Museum of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.*
EFEMMERAS. Cervantes Institute at Tanger, Marroco.*
MEMORIA PERCIBIDA. Contemporary Art Museum of Guatemala.*
I BIENAL DE ARTE PÚBLICO de Navacerrada, Madrid, Spain.*
XXXIII PREMIO BANCAJA DE PINTURA, ESCULTURA Y ARTE DIGITAL. City Hall Museum, Madrid, Spain.
FM3. México Institute in Spain, Madrid, Spain.*
WHEN IMAGES…BECOME OBJECTS. Arte y Naturaleza Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
MIEJSCA PRZEKLETE, MIEJSCA SWIETE. Kazni Nowej, Cracovia, Polonia.
9ª BIENAL DE LA HABANA. Luz y Oficios Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
ESTAMPA 2005. Artsur Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
ART FAIRE. Depósito 14 Gallery. Colonia, Germany.
VALENCIA IN MOMENTO. Villa Serena, Bolonia, Italy.
EL GRUPO, Gallery of Technical Superior School of Nautica, Santander, Spain.*
CORPOMODAMENTE. Planetario Gallery, Serre di Villa Rivoltella, Trieste, Italy.*
XX CONCURSO DE DISEÑO GRÁFICO, CARNAVAL 2006. San Vicente del Raspeig cultural Center, Alicante, Spain *.
PREMIO NACIONAL DE GRABADO MARBELLA 2004. Foundation Spanish Contemporary Print Museum of Marbella, Spain.
PREMIO NACIONAL DE GRABADO MARBELLA 2003. Foundation Spanish Contemporary Print Museum of Marbella, Spain.
AGUA. Museo el Chamizal, Juárez City, Mexico
2003 ROT ROSTIG ROT. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany.
2002 FUERA DE REGISTRO. Oaxaca, Mexico.
UNA GOTA DE AGUA. Manzanillo University Gallery, México.*
DES DE L´ALTRA RIBA. Contemporary Art Museum of Ibiza, Spain.*
11 MUJERES, 11 MIRADAS. Rigoberta Menchú, Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
IX PREMIO NACIONAL DE GRABADO Y ARTE GRÁFICO. National Chalcography, Fine Art Royal Academy of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain/ National Chalcography Gallery, Madrid, / Pontevedra Museum/ Extremeño and Ibero-american Contemporary Art Museum, Badajoz/ Iglesia de las Francesas, Valladolid, Spain.*
PREMIO NACIONAL DE GRABADO MARBELLA 2001. Spanish Contemporary Print Museum of Marbella, Spain.*
VI BIENNAL INTERNACIONAL DE GRAVAT JOSEP DE RIBERA. Xàtiva cultural Center, Valencia, Spain*.
PREMIO INTERNACIONAL ELISA DE ESCULTURA. Palau Albert, Barcelona, Spain.
2000 ENCUENTROS DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO 2000. Museum of Contemporary Art at Elche, Alicante, Spain.*
DI-VERSO. Museo Del Fuego Nuevo, Iztapalapa, Mexico D.F.
XIII JORNADAS ALARCONIANAS .Casa Borda, Taxco de Alarcón. Guerrero, Mexico.*
X ANIVERSARIO, MUSEO VIRREINAL, Casa Humboldt, Taxco. Guerrero, Mexico.
ARTE. Tixtla, Guerrero, Mexico.
CERTAMEN DE PINTURA SALVADOR SORIA- VILA DE BENISSA 2000. Cultural Center at Benissa, Spain *.
TODOS AL ARTE. Theater Mª Luisa Ocampo, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México.
II PREMIO NAVARRA. Navarra Museum.*
POR MI RAZA HABLARÁ EL ESPÍRITU, Taxco Cultural Center, Autonomic Nacional University of Mexico.*
LA LUNA PUDO DETENERSE AL FIN. Homage to Federico García Lorca, International Center of India, Nueva Delhi, India. Installation and video (‘cada ver vivo’).*
II BIENAL DE ESCULTURA VILA DE MISLATA. Mislata Cultural Center Gallery, Valencia, Spain *.
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AWARDS / SELECTIONS
2013 Selected. MULIER, MULIERIS. VII CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
2012 Acquisition. Fine Arts Contest 2012. Alicante City Hall, Spain.
Selected. MULIER, MULIERIS. VI CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
2011 Selected. XXXVII PREMIO BANCAJA DE PINTURA, ESCULTURA Y ARTE DIGITAL2011. Valencia, Spain.*
Selected. MULIER, MULIERIS. V CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
Selected MIRADAS desde la Fotografía: ARQUITECTURA ALICANTINA. Alicante Institute of Culture Juan Gil-Albert, Spain.
Selected. Fine Arts Contest 2011. Alicante City Hall, Spain.
2010 Selected. MULIER, MULIERIS. IV CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
2009 Selected. MULIER, MULIERIS. III CONVOCATORIA DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
Selected. CORPÓREA. REPRESENTACIONES DEL CUERPO EN LA CONTEMPORANEIDAD. , Museum of Alicante University, Spain.*
2008 Acquisition. Certamen Galería 2007 Fine Arts Contest. Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Selected. I BIENAL DE ARTE PÚBLICO de Navacerrada, Madrid, Spain.*
2007 Selected. . Fine Arts Contest 2007. Alicante City Hall, Spain.
2006 Selected. IX Mostra Internacional Unión Fenosa, Spain.
Selected. XXXIII Premio Bancaja de Pintura, Escultura y Arte Digital, Spain.
2005 Finalist. ‘5 Award ARTIFICE de Pintura sobre papel’, Loja, Granada, Spain.
2003 Selected. Gallery Edgar Neville. Season 2004/2005. Valencia, Spain.
‘Premio CORZON’, Print National Award Marbella 2003, Foundation Spanish Contemporary Print Museum of Marbella, Spain.
2002 Award ´El Catalejo Gallery’. National Print Award Marbella 2001, Foundation Spanish Contemporary Print Museum of Marbella, Spain.
2001 Selected. Fine Arts Contest ‘Propuestas’, Centro 14 Gallery, Alicante, Spain.
Finalist. ‘International Award of Sculpture Elisa’, Barcelona, Spain.
Accésit. Hogueras Experimentales 2001. Alicante, Spain
Selected.’Propuestas artísticas para la sala de exposiciones’. Mislata, Valencia, Spain.
2000 Finalist. ‘Premio de Escultura Fray Luis de León’, Plasencia. Spain
Selected en el ‘Certamen de Jóvenes Creadores’ del Instituto Juan Gil Albert, Alicante, Spain.
1999 Acquisition de la obra en la ‘Convocatoria de Artes Plásticas 1999’, Alicante City Hall, Spain.
Selected. ‘II Premio Navarra de Escultura’. Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Selected. ‘Certamen de pintura puerto de la Luz’. Art Center La Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
1998 Selected. LXI CONCURSO NACIONAL DE PLATERÍA. Virreinal Museum, Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, México
1997 First Award. ‘National Sculpture Contest Villa de Leganés 1997’, Leganés. Madrid, Spain (public sculpture)
Acquisition. ’Convocatoria de Artes Plásticas 1997’. Alicante, Spain.
Selected. ‘XXIV Premio Bancaja de Pintura y Escultura’. Valencia, Spain.
Selected. ‘VII Bienal de Escultura de Mislata”, Mislata. Valencia, Spain.
1995 Mention of Honor. ‘VI Premio de Artes Plásticas de Viguer’. Valencia, Spain
1994 Mention of Honor. ’V Premio de Artes Plásticas de Viguer’. Valencia, Spain.
COLLECTIONS
Kunstlerhaus, Múnich, Germany.
Instituto Mexicano de Cooperación Internacional, México.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
City Hall of Alicante, Spain.
City Hall of Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
City Hall of Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil Albert, Alicante, Spain.
Universidad de Cantabria, Spain.
Foundation Spanish Contemporary Print Museum of Marbella, Spain.
Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain.
Palau de la Música. Valencia, Spain.
LECTURES
2010 Printing workshop. University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Lecture. University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Workshop La pantalla serigráfica como un lienzo: la técnica de la pantalla abierta. Miguel Hernández University. Altea, Spain.
2009 Lecture. Accademia Belle Arti di Macerata, Italy.
2008 Lecture at I.S.A. (Higher Institute of Art) Habana, Cuba.
2007 Printing workshop. University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
2002 Workshop. Exposición ¿cómo te gustaría que fuera tu cama?. Centro 14 Gallery, Alicante.
2000 Workshop ‘la Conceptualización en el Arte’. Instituto de Cultura de Morelos, Morelense Arts Center, Cuernavaca, México.
PUBLIC SCULPTURES
‘La cama de José’. Sculpture Museum of Leganés City, Madrid, Spain.