Translations:Graciela Sacco/2/en

Graciela Sacco was an artist and professor who was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1956. In 1987 she received a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the National University of Rosario in Argentina, where she also worked as a professor until 1997. Her work was associated with themes of social conflict, political violence and migration and, together with her explorations into photography, video and public space interventions, it enabled her to attain a position as one of the most important Latin American artists in the world in the field of contemporary art. Her art has represented Argentina in various international biennials, including São Paulo (1996), Mercosur (1997), and Shanghai (2004). In 2017, she died at the age of 61 in Rosario due to cancer.