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Vivian Suter, Elisabeth Wild

ARCO Madrid 2019

Madrid, Spain

Vivian Suter (Argentina, 1949) is a painter who works in collaboration with nature. Born in Buenos Aires, Suter grew up in Switzerland, and relocated to Lake Atitlán in Guatemala since the early 1980’s. She has participated in documenta 14 in Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany, La Gran Bienal Tropical 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (where the jury awarded her a Golden Pineapple), as well as the 31 Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil. Her recent solo and two person shows include El Bosque Interior, The Art Institute, Chicago, USA (2018-2019); Canícula (with Elisabeth Wild), The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (2018);Brotan claveles las solapas (with Elisabeth Wild), Museo El ECO, Mexico City, Mexico (2017); The Wind, The Rain, The Volcanoes, The Jewish Museum, NY, USA (2017); Monstera Deliciosa (with Elisabeth Wild), Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala (2016); Panajachel (with Elisabeth Wild), The Mistake Room, Los Angeles (2015); andIntrépida (with Elisabeth Wild), Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (2014). She is currently participating in the 11th Taipei Biennial, at the Museum of Fine Arts Taipe.

At 97 years of age Elisabeth Wild (Vienna, 1922) lives and works in Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. Although she is best known for her collages made out of magazine cutouts, she has worked in a variety of mediums and formats over the years, which include painting, drawing, ceramics, jewelry, textile and industrial design, and sculpture. Her recent solo and two-person shows include Canícula (with Vivian Suter), The Power Plant, Toronto (2017); Fantasías, Sterna, Nisyros, Grecia (2018); Fantasía, NuMu, Guatemala City (2017); Monstera Deliciosa (with Vivian Suter), Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City (2016); Panajachel(with Vivian Suter), The Mistake Room, Los Angeles (2015);Fantasías 2 (with Vivian Suter) Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2014); and Elisabeth Wild, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City (2014). She has participated in museum group shows in Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico; and Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San Jose, Costa Rica, and in documenta14 in Athens, Greece, and Kassel, Germany.