SOL-ARE

Susi Cantarino's SOL-ARE explores the cycles that connect the cosmos and our being, highlighting the vital energy of the sun. The work features two pairs of glasses that interact symbolically: the first represents the sun with rays inspired by the Egyptian goddess Maat, embodying intuition and air, memory and intellect under a blue sky. The second pair, adorned with flowers inspired by her garden and earth's colours, depends on the first, symbolizing nature's beauty and life's interconnectedness. Through this piece, she reflects on memory, personal history—including her early work with her father—and the balance between past and future. SOL-ARE expresses her ongoing dialogue with energy, consciousness, and the environment, inviting viewers to engage with the poetry and mystery of these connections.

Born in Buenos Aires, Susi Cantarino began her studies in theatre but left Argentina at 18 due to the political dictatorship, relocating to Israel where she earned her Fine Arts degree at the Midrasha LeOmanut School. For the past three decades, she has lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, working as a curator at Metara Gallery, as well as a producer, performer, and visual artist.

Cantarino's practice explores memory, nature, and emotion through painting, collage, photography, and installation. Her works often combine colour, writing, and found objects, creating pieces that balance delicacy and strength. Deeply connected to the unconscious, she treats art as a process of transformation, where experiences, symbols, and materials intertwine to evoke reflection and feeling.
Her artistic language is marked by experimentation and an ongoing search for new forms of expression. Whether layering translucent pigments over photographs or intervening on objects like books and suitcases, she builds tactile narratives that merge the personal and the universal. For Cantarino, art is both a gesture of curiosity and connection, an invitation to engage the senses and rediscover meaning through beauty and memory.