Susana Solano
Susana Solano (born 1946) is a Spanish sculptor who currently lives and works in Barcelona. She is known for her large-scale sculpture, often made of sheet metal and wire mesh.
Education and early life
Susana Solano was born in 1946 in Barcelona.[1] She was educated at the Real acadèmia Catalana de bellas artes de San Jorge.[1] Solano began her artistic career as a painter, developing her characteristic sculptural style only in the late 1970s.[2] Solano has stated that memories of her childhood in Barcelona influence her work.[3]
Work
After Solano's transition from painting to sculpture, her earliest sculptures were made of hanging canvas.[2] In her mature work, Solano's primary medium is sheet iron. Although earlier works included more organic forms, in the mid-1980s Solano's sculptures shifted to a more minimalist and geometric style.[4] At this time, Solano also began including additional materials in her sculptures, including glass and wire mesh.[4]
In addition to her sculptures, Solano has made works on paper throughout her career.[1]
Exhibitions
Solano's work has been shown extensively throughout Spain, as well as Europe and the United States.[2] Solano's first retrospective was organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, in 1993.[4] Her first solo show in New York City was in 1996 at McKee Gallery.[5]
Solano is represented in the United States by Jack Shainman Gallery, in New York City. Her work was first shown there in 2013, with the exhibition A meitat de camí – Halfway there.[6]
Honors and awards
Solano represented Spain in the 43rd Venice Biennale, in 1988.[2]
The same year, she received Spain's National Award for Plastic Arts.[7]
Collections
Solano's work is included in public collections including the following:[8]
- Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain
- Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
- Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
References
- ^ a b c "Guggenheim Collection Online". Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d Directions: Susana Solano. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. 1989.
- ^ Grant, Simon (April 1993). "Susana Solano Interviewed". Art Monthly.
- ^ a b c Bradley, Kim (October 1993). "Solano: Nature and Iron". Art in America.
- ^ Kimmelman, Michael (13 December 1996). "Art in Review: Susana Solano". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Susana Solano". Jack Shainman Gallery. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ Huici, Fernando (20 May 1988). "Susana Solano obtiene el Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Susana Solano Biography" (PDF). Jack Shainman Gallery. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
