RESUME
SUSANA LASTA, M.F.A.
PERSONAL
Calle El Faro 18, 5B,
Benicassim, Castellón 12560, Spain
susana.lasta@gmail.com
Web Site on Art Education Experiences: www.arteducation-susanalasta.com
EDUCATION
Superior Professor of Painting (~Master of Fine Art with Thesis) National University of La Plata, Argentina (1970).
Professor of Painting, National University of La Plata, Argentina (1965-1969).
Special Education
Monotype, ICA, Glen Rogers, San Jose CA, 1998, 2000
B&W Photograms, Saunders, KALA Institute Berkeley CA, 2007
Monotype Intensive, Jenny Robinson, KALAInstitute Berkeley CA, 2008
Dry Point and Monotype, Jenny Robinson, KALA Institute Berkeley CA 2008
Photoetching, McCloskey, KALA Institute Berkeley CA, 2007
GENERAL ITINERARY
La Plata, Argentina (1968-70), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1971), Tucson, Arizona, USA (1975-78)
Stuttgart, Germany (1978-80), Mar del Plata, Argentina (1981-89), Mountain View, California, USA (1989-96), Morgan Hill, California, USA (1996-2009), Benicassim, Castellon, España (2009 - 2012)
Tucson, Arizona, USA (2012 - 2014)
Benicàssim, Spain.
ART ACTIVITIES
GROUP EXIBITIONS
Artik’s 20 Exhibition of Bill Gould Collection, San Jose, CA (2014-2015)
Monotype Marathon, ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA (1998-2008)
The Moment After, (Juried Exhibition) Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA, USA (2003).
Art Auction 03, ICA, San José, CA, USA (2003).
Group Show, Morgan Hill Art Gallery, Morgan Hill, CA, USA (1999).
Gifted Hands, Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA, USA (1997).
VIVA, Latin Artist, PacBell Headquarters, San Ramon, CA, USA (1996).
ICAction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA (1995).
La Sopa, Works/San Jose Gallery, San Jose, CA, USA (1993).
Dialogs of Diversity, Tandem Computer Corporation, Cupertino, CA, USA (1993).
Essays, Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA, USA (1993).
Dialogs of Diversity, Manor House Gallery, Belmont, CA, USA (1992).
Harmony of Cultures, Bingham Gallery, San Jose, CA, USA (1992).
Dialogs of Diversity, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA, USA (1991).
Arte Marplatense, Villa Victoria, Mar del Plata, Argentina (1990).
Mar del Plata en Punta, Punta del Este, Uruguay (1990).
Salón Nacional del Dibujo, Museo Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1989).
Salón Nacional de Pintura, Museo Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1989).
Salón Anual de Arte, Santa Fe, Argentina (1989).
Pasen y Vean, Escuela Superior de Artes Visuales, Mar del Plata, Argentina (1989).
40 Dibujantes Argentinos, Centro Cultural San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1987).
Itinerario del Dibujo. Museo de Arte, La Plata, Argentina (1986).
Salón Trienal, Museo de Arte, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (1985).
Roots and Visions, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Itinerant Exhibition (1978).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Tres Etapas y una Receta, Galeria Melchor Zapata, Benicàssim, Spain (2018)
Drawings, Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, Palo Alto, California (1992).
Dibujos, Centro Cultural de Villa Gessell, Argentina (1989).
Dibujos. Centro de Artes Visuales, La Plata, Argentina (1987).
Zeichnungen. Gallerie der Universitaet, Stuttgat, Germany (1979).
Zeichnungen. Goethe Institut- Goettingen, Germany (1978).
Drawings. Pima College Gallery, Tucson, Arizona (1977).
Drawings. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1976).
Dibujos. Contemporary Museum of Bogota, Colombia (1976).
Dibujos y Pinturas. Galerias Lorenzutti, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1975).
Siete Proposiciones. Provincial Museum of La Plata, Argentina (1974).
AWARDS
2nd Price, XI Competition of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, Argentina (1987).
1st Price, X Competition of Fine Arts, La Plata, Argentina (1973).
Mention, VII Painting Competitions, La Plata, Argentina (1970).
1st Prize, Argentina Navy, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1967).
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Project in Process: “Project of reconstruction of the Juried exhibition for “Marcelo de Ridder Price” in the Art Museum of Buenos Aires” for Julia Petersen. Lasta is included for her participation from 1973 to 1975. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017.
“ 40 Dibujantes Argentinos”, “Susana Lasta, by Osiris Chierico, inEditorial Actualidad en el Arte, Buenos Aires Argentina (1987), 234-241.
ARTICLES IN ART JOURNALS, NEWS PAPERS AND ART CATALOGS
“Susana Lasta expone en Benicacàssim” (“Susana Lasta shows in Benicàssim”), Levante, 09/10/2018
“Susana Lasta: Paisatges i collages existencials” (“Susana Lasta: Existential Landscapes and Collages”), Quaderns, Mediterráneo, 09/09/2018
Shoes, blood, bullets portray “The Moment After”, By Richard Bennett, Register-Pajaronian, California. Cabrillo Gallery 9/11/03
Art Not Bombs, Cabrillo Gallery Show contemplates war, terror and the failings of humankind, by Laurel Chesky, GT, California 9/11/03.
The Sum of All Its Parts, by Laura Tuchman, San Jose Mercury News, Arts and Books 9/19/93.
Itinerario del Dibujo, by Raul Vera Ocampo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Jul-Dec 1986.
Zeichnungen bei Susana Lasta, Bibliotek der Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany, 12/10/78.
Ruhe vor dem Sturm, by Martin Zimmerhof, Goettinger Tageblatt, Feuilleton, Goettingen, Germany10/5/78.
Susana Lasta Zeichnungen, Goethe Institut-Goettingen, Germany, 9/24/78.
A Treasury of Hispanic Cultures, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, 5/1/77.
Drawing: The Roots of Images, by Adina Wingate, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 6/28/76.
Susana Lasta, by Cesar Lopez Osornio. Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogota, Colombia Sep-Oct. 1976.
Lasta’s Drawings Display Skill, by David Hoyt Johnson, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Tucson, 1/28/75.
Siete Proposiciones, by Cesar Lopez Osornio. Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, La Plata, Argentina, 1974.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
Curator in Jóvenes Dibujantes, Museo de Arte de La Plata, Argentina, 1987.
COLLECTORS
Marsha Witkin, Saratoga, CA,
Fred and Ridley Virdeh, Los Gatos, CA
Mimi Stillger, San Jose, CA
Bill Eliopoulos (ICA) San Jose, CA.
Peter Contini (ICA) San Jose, CA.
Bill Gould (ICA) San Jose, CA.
Mimi Stillger (ICA) San Jose, CA
Emilio and Juliana Pineda, Washington, D.C.
Jenny Redfern, Morgan Hill, CA.
Karen Park, Morgan Hill, CA
Provincial Museum of La Plata, Argentina.
Inge Wilde, Goettingen, Germany.
The Pinnacle Company, San Jose, CA
Charlie and Rene Leeson, Orange County, CA
Mary McWarter, Tucson, AZ
Jean Russell, Tucson, AZ
David and Susan Russell, Tucson, AZ
Katie and Tulley Straub, New York, NY
Robert and Patricia Straub, Salem, OR
Richard Felger, Tucson, AZ
William and Sarah Heed, Tucson, AZ
Kittrell McCord, Seattle, WA
Alberto and Cecilia Pagola, Gonnet, Argentina.
Ana Maria Baldoni, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
César López Osornio, La Plata, Argentina
Ricardo and Susana Pagola, La Plata, Argentina.
Ana Maria Navarro, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Carla and Bob Showen, Los Altos, California, USA
Irmgild and Harlyn Backer, Los Altos, California, USA
Maria Jose Lasta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Esther Lasta, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Mario Luis Lasta, Mar del Plata, Argentina