SUSANA ALDANONDO
Born 1976, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentine–American contemporary artist
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Master of Arts (Candidate), Public Art & Culture
Universidad Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires / Sorbonne University, Paris
Curatorial Practices
Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin
Fine Arts (Painting), with minor in Ceramics
The Art Students League of New York, New York
B.A., International Policy: Indigenous Peoples & Scandinavian Nations
Nord University, Norway
AWARDS & HONORS
Marie Theresa Lammoglia Virata & Family Collection Recognition Award
New York Academy of Art Scholar Award
Guggenheim & Wilkinson Award
Susan Wasserstein Patron of the Arts Award
Leonard Rosenfeld Award in Abstract Painting
New York Foundation for the Arts Grant
Robert Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant
Creative Capital Award (COVID Relief)
Merit Scholarship, The Art Students League of New York
Hamptons Fine Art Fair — Best in Booth & Curator’s Pick
National Association of Women Artists — Best Abstract Work Award
Milken Family Foundation Juried Selection
Honorable Mention, James Little Salon Exhibition
Recognition Award, Special Citizens (Bronx, NY)
New York City Honorable Citizen Award
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Artist Residency via The Ruth & Harold D. Uris Center for Education and New York Academy of Art. Research in European and American masterworks through the former Copyist Program, culminating in works inspired by Camille Corot’s Sybille (1870). Concluded with exhibition at the Met Education Center.
School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York
Artist Residency concluding with curated exhibition.
Iceland Artist Residency
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of Iceland. Developed community-based workshops with schools and correctional institutions culminating in public exhibition focused on empathy and shared experience.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
City As Studio — Southern Vermont Arts Center Museum & Galleries (2021)
Journey to Manila & New York — Private viewing series, The Virata Collection
SoHo to Manila — Solo exhibition, SoHo, New York
Across the Street — Public solo exhibition, SoHo, New York
Wall with a Voice — Solo exhibition, SoHo, New York
What We See and What We Don’t — Public installation/performance, SoHo
LiberTango — Public performance installation, SoHo
Life’s a (Bitch) Tango — Public performance installation, SoHo
I Am Here — Public performance installation, SoHo
Dance Alone — Central Park Tango, New York
Her Tango — Performance-based solo exhibition with music and poetry by Astor Piazzolla, Leonardo Suarez-Paz & Horacio Ferrer
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Women in the Arts — Four Seasons Hotel & Residences, New York
Public Women — Site-specific installation, Bowery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
CartDept × AirLab — Free Parking Gallery, New York
Focus — Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York
HL Projects — Chelsea Industrial, New York
Immigrant Song — University of Bridgeport
Spectalia — Every Woman’s Biennial, Pen + Brush, New York
New York Stock Exchange × MvVO Art — Women’s History Month Closing Bell
Rema Hort Mann Foundation — Tribeca
2025
New York Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition — Powerhouse Arts (curated by Eric Shiner)
Pausa — Performance Art USA, Flushing Meadows Park
Halsey McKay Gallery — Hamptons
NADA / Rema Hort Mann Foundation — Buy What You Love
MFA Thesis Exhibition — New York Academy of Art
Nippon Gallery — Juried Exhibition
NYFA Hall of Fame — Gotham Hall
NH Collection — Hotels with a Heart
Barsky Gallery — Hoboken
2024
Halsey McKay Gallery — Hamptons
Susan Eley Fine Art — New York
KinoSaito — Peekskill
Metropolitan Museum of Art — Uris Center for Education
Salmagundi Club — Gramercy Art Show
Berry Campbell Gallery — Visual AIDS Benefit
Van Der Plas Gallery — Lower East Side
Bryant Park Hotel — NascentNY
Barsky Gallery — Hoboken
2023
New York Academy of Art — Group Exhibition
Powerhouse Arts — AD ART SHOW Alumni
BWAC — COLOR (curated by Whitney Museum representative Armando Jaramillo Garcia)
Hofstra University / CUNY — Hugo Bastidas & Latin American Friends
Art Students League of New York — Multiple juried & scholarship exhibitions
Nippon Gallery — Tokyo–New York Friendship Ceramic Competition
Ruttkowski;68 — Buy What You Love (RHM Foundation)
Queens College — Women’s History Month Exhibition
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition — Trees
James Little & Larry Poons Studio Salons
2022–2021 (SELECTED)
Oculus World Trade Center — AD ART SHOW (curated by Eric Shiner)
Rockefeller Center — Flag Project (UNEP / Climate Museum NYC)
One Brooklyn Bridge Park — ChaShaMa / ASLNY Exhibitions
Taller Boricua — New York Society of Women Artists Centennial
Susquehanna Art Museum — Creating Joy
PS1 MoMA — Heineken & Latinos
Saatchi Gallery (Digital Feature), London
Culture Lab LIC — Off the Wall
Ortuzar Projects — Visual AIDS Benefit
Hamptons Fine Art Fair
Art in Public (SoHo, 2000–2010)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Teaching Assistant — New York Academy of Art (Sculpture Department)
Studio Assistant — Larry Poons Studio
Board Member — New York Society of Women Artists (2020–2024)
Social Media Curator — New York Society of Women Artists (2020–2024)
Founder — Studio in the Streets (2019–present)
Ongoing public art practice activating painting and performance in urban space across New York City.
COLLABORATIONS
Suarez-Paz Tango, AvanTango (Pablo Aslan), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Trifon Jazz Quartet
Clifford Owens — performance workshops, New York Academy of Art
Hector Canonge — Pausa, NYC Parks & Department of Cultural Affairs
ArtWorks NYC — Metropolitan Museum of Art & Brooklyn Museum education programs
PS122 Gallery — Cuquita the Cuban Doll (Yali Romagoza)
BENEFIT EXHIBITIONS
Rema Hort Mann Foundation
New York Foundation for the Arts
Visual AIDS (Ortuzar Projects, Berry Campbell Gallery)
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Gala — Art Students League participation
Brooklyn Botanic Garden — BWAC Trees
Carnegie Hall Neon Arts — Nippon Gallery Tokyo–NY Exchange
Special Citizens Foundation
Consulate General of Argentina — Tango Gala Auction
ARCHIVES & COLLECTIONS
The Virata Collection, Manila
Marie Theresa Lammoglia Virata Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library Archives
New York Academy of Art Archives
The Art Students League of New York Archives
New York Society of Women Artists Archives
Taller Boricua Archives