Susana Romero-Alayón (Buenos Aires, 1938 — 2016) built much of her career in Paraguay, where she lived for twenty years, developing a body of work centered on ritual, myth, and the memory of the original American cultures. This site brings together her story, her work, and the project for the future museum dedicated to her name.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1938. She studied at the Fernando Fader School of Art and at the Instituto Superior de Profesorado Técnico, and learned printmaking with Livio Abramo. From 1968 to 1988 she lived in Asunción, Paraguay, where she taught painting courses, directed workshops in aesthetics and advanced techniques in Visual Arts, and was a co-founder of the "Museo del Barro" (Asunción Center for Visual Arts).
In 1987 she took over as director of the Visual Arts Workshop of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Asunción. From 1989 she lived in Buenos Aires, where she continued exhibiting until her passing in 2016. Her work is now part of public and private collections in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Spain, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Indonesia, and the United States.
Full details of her training, exhibitions, and international biennials can be found in the Curriculum section, and the art criticism written about her work in the Press section.
The artist's family is preparing the Susana Romero Museum in the Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina, a space designed to permanently house her work, host exhibitions by invited artists, and offer a gathering place centered on art.
The project is currently in preparation. In the Events and Museum sections, we will be publishing news about opening dates, visits, and activities as they are confirmed.
