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She is born in 1942 in Mendoza (Argentina)

In 1966, she finishes her studies at the School of Fine Arts of the National University of Cuyo. In that same year she obtains a scholarship from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Endowment for the Arts) to study painting with Juan Batlle Planas, in Buenos Aires.
Since 1967 she works on textile design. Between 1970 and 1973 she runs a tapestry atelier in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
In 1986 she works on her first installation, and from then onwards she abandons soft materials to incorporate harder ones, such as glass, paper and wire.

Most significant awards:

1998 Special Mention, Henry Moore Award, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina 1995 Critique Award in "Experiences"
1993 International Artist of the Year, Chilean Critique Association, Santiago, Chile
1992 Konex Platinum Award for Visual Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991 Artist of the Year, Argentine Critique Association

Recent one-man shows:

1997 "Con los ojos abiertos" [With eyes wide open], Cultural Center of the National University of Tucumán, Argentina
1996 "Con los ojos abiertos", Cronopios Exhibition Room - Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1995 "Veo, veo..." [I-spy], Installation, Filo Espacio de Arte (Álvaro Castagnino), Buenos Aires, Argentina
1993 City Museum of Modern Art, Mendoza, Argentina Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile Van Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Most important group shows:

1999 Les Champs de la Sculpture 2000, Les Champs Elysèes, Paris, France
El horizonte se corre diez pasos más acá, Bryggens Bergen Museum, Norway
1998 Henry Moore Award, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
1997/93/92 ARCO Art Galleries Fair, Madrid, Spain
1996 III Latin-American Meeting of Visual Arts, State Institute of Visual Arts, Porto Alegre, Brazil
1995 Arte al Sur, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994 Puente Aéreo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile Veinte instalaciones [Twenty Installations], National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1993 Exploring..., Humphrey Gallery, New York City, USA Reading Public Museum, Pennsylvania, USA Latin-American Surrealism, Bohum, Germany
1992 El Huevo de Colón, Mücsarnock, Budapest, Hungary
1989 Cara y Ceca, Installation, III Biennial of Havana, Cuba
1986 Penélope (Installation), Mitominas, City Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Some of her work is exhibited in the following countries:

Japan - Museum of Modern Art of Kyoto
USA - SC Johnson Wax Company for their new building inspired in Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture Spain
Van Art Gallery, Madrid Mexico
Museum of Modern Art of Morelia, Michoacán Chile
Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago de Chile
Brazil - Visual Arts Institute, Porto Alegre
Argentina:
National Exhibition Rooms, Buenos Aires Eduardo Sívori Museum, Buenos Aires Juan Carlos Castagnino Museum, Mar del Plata UCIP Mar del Plata Museum of Modern Art of Mendoza National Atomic Energy Commission, Buenos Aires
Private collections in Argentina and abroad

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