THE ARTIST

Matter, time and nature
The path of an artistic calling
A graduate in Sculpture from the School of Arts at the National University of Córdoba, where she completed her degree in 1980, Sara Galiasso has built an extensive career in contemporary sculpture. Between 1986 and 1991, she was a member of the experimental group Agagumo. She has been invited to participate in international sculpture symposiums in Frederikshavn (2002), Blokhus (2000), Højer (2000, 1999 and 1998) and Odense (1999), in Denmark; Kemijärvi (1997), in Finland; as well as in symposiums held in San Martín de los Andes and Rosario, Argentina. Alongside her artistic practice, she has pursued a long teaching career as Professor of Sculpture at the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Córdoba.
A way of seeing
Sara Galiasso’s work explores the relationship between human beings and nature, the passage of time, and the cycles of life and death. Her creative process begins with the selection of elements from the natural world: fragments and materials that, through a thoughtful gaze, reveal a beauty and symbolic depth that transcend their outward appearance. Stones and remnants from different environments, bearing witness to a particular habitat and the passage of time, are brought together and arranged into new compositions. In this process, natural matter enters into dialogue with industrial materials, creating tensions between their differences and giving rise to new relationships and meanings. The traces of time, visible in surfaces eroded and transformed by water, wind and changes in temperature, occupy a central place in her work. Matter thus becomes a vessel of memory and a symbol that invites reflection on our relationship with the Earth and the responsibility that comes with inhabiting it.
Awards, distinctions and public art
Throughout her career, Sara Galiasso has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Córdoba Province Award for Artistic Achievement (2012), an Honourable Mention at the National Salon (2010) and Second Prize at the 59th Annual Salon of Santa Fe. In 2004, the National Academy of Fine Arts invited her to participate in the Trabucco Prize. She also received the Gold Medal from the National University of the Littoral at the 58th Salon of Santa Fe. Among her monumental sculptures are Sol de Córdoba, installed in Parque de la Puesta del Sol, and Portal del Río, located in the town of La Granja. Her works are held in the permanent collections of the Genaro Pérez, Evita, Emilio Caraffa and Women's Museums in Córdoba, and the Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez Museum in Santa Fe, as well as in museums and private collections in Argentina and abroad.
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