Susana Noriega Rivero (born 1952) is a Mexican

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painter, whose work is located in the

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and surrealist movements.

Biography

Noriega was born in

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. She studied advertising and psychology, but in 1971, her artistic interests led her to attend the workshops of masters such as

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and

Rodolfo Nieto Rodolfo Nieto Labastida (July 13, 1936 in Oaxaca – June 24, 1985 in Mexico City) was a Mexican painter of the Oaxacan School (apprenticed under Diego Rivera, later served him as an assistant). Biography Rodolfo Nieto was born at home i ...

.Guillermo Tovar de Teresa ''et al., Repertorio de artistas en México: artes plásticas y decorativas,'' Mexico, Grupo Financiero Bancomer, 1996. After her work was featured in a series of collective exhibitions, Noriega's first solo exhibition, in the Alliance Française at San Ángel in Mexico City, opened on April 27, 1979."Catálogo de exposiciones de arte en 1979", Supplement of ''Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas'', vol. 13, No. 49, first edition, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1979. According to a review in the Mexico City paper ''Novedades'', the exhibition consisted of 38 graphite and mixed technique paintings, and the launch was attended by the Cultural Under-Secretary-General with the French Embassy, Patrick Abecasis. The exhibition ran until May 10.Roberto and María Eugenia Amor, "Obras a lápiz y técnica mixta presenta Susana Noriega", ''Novedades'',

, Wednesday, May 2, 1979.

Exhibitions

She went on to exhibit, either individually or collectively, in the following venues and galleries: * Galería Estela Shapiro,

, 1980 * Centro de Estudios en Ciencias de la Comunicación, Cuidad de Mexico, 1982, 1983 * Secretaría de Cultura y Bienestar Social del gobierno del estado de

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(today Instituto Queretano de la Cultura y las Artes), México, 1985, 1986, 1987 * Casa de Cultura de Toluca,

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, 1991, 1992 * Centro Cultural Juan Rulfo,

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, 1996 * Mandarin House Restaurant Exhibition Hall, San Ángel,

, 1996, 1997 * Misrachi Gallery,

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, México, 1998 * Casa de las Campanas de

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, 1998, 1999, 2000 * X-Dada Exhibition Center, 2001 * Constante y Asociados Gallery, 1999, 2000, 2201, 2002 * Casa de la Cultura Jaime Sabines, Galerías Adán y Eva,

, 2002 * La Cueva de Bouchot, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 * The painter's studio, 2006-2013 * Goiko Arte, online gallery, 2013-2018 * Café-Arte, Guadalupe Inn,

, 2014 * Centro Cultural Juan Rulfo,

, 2016

Other work

Since the 1960s, Noriega has contributed her paintings to different media, such as magazines ''

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'' and ''Sí para Jóvenes'', and newspapers '' El Sol de Querétaro'' and '' El Sol de Toluca''. She has also illustrated short-story and poetry collections.

Gallery

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References

External links

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