Sara Modiano (1951 – 2010) was a Colombian artist known for her performance art and photography.
Her art explores themes of human identity, emotion, sexuality, and the feminine body. The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts was established in her honor and offers annual grants to qualified artists.
Life and career Sara Modiano was born on January 11, 1951, in Barranquilla, Colombia. She studied mathematics at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá and art at the School of Fine Arts at Atlantic University in Barranquilla. She has had solo and group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá, the Museum of Latin American Art, the Hammer Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Caribbean Regional Artists Salon.
In the 1990s, she transitioned from painting and sculpture to performance art and photography. Her Fragmented series, including Inside Out and Conexión Interior, used macro photography and geometric overlays to represent sensations as abstract concepts.
Death Modiano was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006, and died in 2010. In the four years before her death she focused on performance art.
Legacy Sara Modiano's professional career spanned forty years. Her work was included in several International Kids Fund (IKF) Latin American Art Auctions and is associated with the Barranquilla movement of the 1980s.
Modiano’s work is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Since 2013, the Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts has administered the Sara Modiano Grant, an annual award designated for emerging Latin American artists in Colombia.
Artwork Cube Project, 2004 , 1977 , 1977 , 1981 Intimate, 2002 Reflect, 2007
Solo exhibitions 1974: Barrios Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia 1975: Belarca Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia 1979: Centro Colombo Americano, Barranquilla, Colombia 1979: Galeria de la Oficina, Medellín, Colombia 1981: Garces Velasquez Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia 1982: Quintero Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia 2003: La Resistencia de L’Art, Mallorca, Spain 2003: CUBE I: Multi Media Art Experience Art Loves Design, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida 2004: Featured Artist, Art Miami 2004, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida 2004: CUBE II: Multi Media Art Experience Art Loves Design, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida
Public collections (selection) Modiano's work is featured in several public and private collections across the Americas, including
Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), Colombia Hammer Museum, at University of California (UCLA)
References
Premi d’ Arts Plastiques Museo de Arte La Tertulia