Soledad Escudero

I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. I studied printmaking at St Anne Fine Arts School in Buenos Aires, while attending Kenneth Kemble’s art studio. In 1985 I settled in Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina, and worked as an English and Art teacher.

Since 2010, I have attended seminars and workshops by renowned curators and artists, such as Claudio Ongaro Haelterman, Rodrigo Alonso, Florencia Battiti and Daniel Fischer, among others. I have also performed in Musicals for children and have taken drama lessons.

My work was shown in Bariloche many times, in Buenos Aires as well as various cities of Argentina, in Málaga, Spain and in Berlín, Germany where I was awarded the Lufthansa City Centre Prize. I have also given lectures and workshops in Bariloche and performed in prívate and public venues.

I belong to the Artists’ Association in Bariloche, and I’m involved in several groups of Artists such as “Tres a la deriva” (Three adrift), “5 en transito” and “Iceberg”. As a cultural manager, with “Agua Viva” (a contemporary art platform) we organized seminars and workshops in Bariloche.

I couldn’t define myself as an artist in any specific discipline, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation or printmaking… although these last years I feel engaged in textile art and performance, connected to nature and the wild outdoors. I enjoy trekking in the woods and in the mountains that surround me. I perform in search of a spiritual and physical connection with the natural world through scents, textures and sounds, becoming one with nature.