Sacco, Graciela

(Argentina 1956-2017)

Bachelor of Visual Arts from the National University of Rosario. Photographer and video artist, innovative in the way she combines photography with technology, Sacco’s recurring themes include migration, exile, social and political conflict, and everyday struggles. Her work intertwines public and private spheres. For each situation, she used different objects, materials, spaces, and procedures; always obvious, tangible, and real.

She represented Argentina at various international biennials, including Shanghai (2004), Venice (2001), Havana (1997 and 2000), Mercosur (1997), and São Paulo (1996), among others. She was awarded numerous prizes and recognitions, such as Artist of the Year by the Argentine Association of Critics (2001) and the Konex Award (2002-2012), among others.

She published numerous books, such as "Nothing Is Where It Is Believed" (2015), "M2 Volume I" (2009), "Shadows of the South and the North" (2004), "Images in Turbulence: Migrations, Bodies, and Memory" (2000), "Solar Writings" (1994). Her works and career have been featured in important leading publications both nationally and internationally, such as America’s Society Magazine, Bomb, Art Nexus, Art News, Art in Americas, and The New York Times.

She has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Argentina, England, Germany, France, Switzerland, Israel, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, and Peru. Today, her work is part of national and international collections, both public and private, such as MAMBA – Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, Argentina; MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario, Argentina; Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, USA; MFAH – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, USA; Microsoft Collection, Washington, USA; Cultural Capitol, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Essex University, Colchester, England; among others.