Pilar Subercaseaux

BIOGRAFÍA

Nace en Santiago, Chile en1972. Realiza sus estudios en la Pontificia Universidad Católica obteniendo la Licenciatura en Arte con mención en grabado y el mismo grado en Educación y Pedagogía en Artes Plásticas. Realiza cursos de especialización en grabado en el Museum of Fine Arts en Boston. Adicionalmente, fue profesora de Arte en enseñanza media del Colegio Cumbres durante 20 años hasta 2017.

Ingresa al Taller 99 el 2004 como artista libre para seguir desarrollando su trabajo como grabadora en un taller colectivo. Ha participado activamente en exposiciones individuales y colectivas dentro y fuera de Chile. Actualmente es socia y miembro de la Directiva del Taller 99.

Como artista siempre ha tenido una búsqueda en las distintas técnicas de grabado, concentrando gran parte de su obra en el grabado en metal, técnica en la que tiene su mayor experiencia y conocimiento. En su obra busca crear un juego de ver y no ver, una figura o no figura, produciendo luces y a la vez oscuridad. Su imagen es un pretexto para invitar al espectador a diferentes formas de ver y de reaccionar.

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Pilar was born in Santiago, Chile in 1972. Since her early years was involved in an art environment what drove her to study and got a Bachelor`s degree in art with a major in engraving techniques from Universidad Católica de Chile in 1996. Her thesis to apply for that degree was in digital print, a very advanced technique at those years that is currently well known and used. Together with her work as an artist she taught art for almost 20 years in Colegio Cumbres.

Her work has always been related with printmaking techniques and it has been exhibited in solo shows in Chile and USA in 1998 and 2001 respectively. She has also participated and been selected to exhibit her works in the Second International Miniature Print Exhibition at Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, Italy in Caldogno Villa Vicenza and in Boston, USA at the Astor Galley.

Due to her active participation as associated in Taller 99, a highly regarded non-for-profit printmaking studio in Chile, she has participated in many groups and biennal exhibitions in Chile and abroad in places such as Chilean Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Frank Museum of Art Westerville, Ohio, USA, Maison Du Chili in Paris among others. Currently Pilar is member of the Taller 99´s directive.