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EDUCATION
MFA - New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, New York Graduate art school in the heart of Tribeca
Artist Residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Fine Arts Diploma in Painting Graduate- The Art Students League of New York - Fine Arts Intensive Diploma - (2019-2023) Graduated. Studied with renowned art masters. Ceramics with a master sculptor and ceramicist.
Parsons School of Design - Graphic Design & Marketing (Certificates) New York, New York
MoMA NYC - History of Abstract Art & Art and Identity in Society Certificates under Lisa Mazzola
Nord University, Norway- BA - International Policy with a focus on Indigenous People & Scandinavian nations.
Cornell University - Certificate: Urban Ecology & Climate Change Certificates
Hunter College - New York, New York, studied Communications & Art History, Certified in Translation & Interpretation
RESIDENCIES & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, NY Artist in Residency for painting January-April 2024
ICELAND - Artist Residency program was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Iceland. Eyrarbakki, Iceland. Susana was selected to join a group of fellow international artists who came together to explore the sense of time and identity, empathy and compassion. While there, Susana worked closely with the local town, school and with Litla-Hraun the largest prison in Iceland, to help create an art festival bringing together everyone in the community, based on the concepts of empathy and compassion, while learning about social interaction, Icelandic festivities & identity, and the social, justice, and welfare system. She led a painting workshop for 40-50 inmates. She also led a workshop sharing her experience as an abstract expressionist artist at the local school.She led the art workshop during the art festival at the local prison. City As Studio - self imposed artist residency/project in New York City. BENEFITS The Rema-Hortmann Foundation Benefit Gala at RuttKowski68 Gallery - Tribeca, New York Kino Saito Art Benefit, Vanderplack, New York Nippon Gallery NYC - Annual Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Exhibition - Benefits Neon Arts through Carnegie Hall, NYC. The New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame Benefit Auction and Gala - Tribeca, New York The Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn, New York - through BWAC's exhibit "Trees" Special Citizens Benefit Exhibition - Hell's Kitchen, New York The Art Students League of New York Gala Art Auction -at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - New York, NY VisualAids at Oztuzar Projects Gallery VisualAids at Berry Campbell Gallery
MUSIC COLLABORATIONS & LIVE PAINTING
Musicians and composers of the Juilliard School of Music, New York, New York Musicians and composers of Columbia University, New York, New York Brooklyn Conservatory of Music & NascentNY - Brooklyn Heights, New York Noa Font Jazz Quartet - Brooklyn Heights, New York Painting Music at Astoria Park - Trifón Dimitrov Quartet Astoria Park Alliance & Queens Rising - Astoria Park Musical Walk AvanTango, New York, New York Central Park Tango, Central Park, NY Suarez Paz Tango Orchestra, New York, New York Leonardo Suarez Paz Tango, New York, New York Piazzolla 100 Years Celebration at Roosevelt Island, by Suarez Paz Tango, New York, New York Flushing Bid Gala & Jazz band, Gala event
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
MFA Academy Scholar Award - New York Academy of Art
Susan Wasserstein Patrons Scholar Award
Merit Scholarship Award Winner in Abstract Painting - The Art Students League of New York
The Leonard Rosenfeld Award - through the generosity of the Leonard Rosenfeld Fund and Leonard Rosenfeld’s wife, through The Art Students League of New York selected by jurors of The Museum of Modern Art in NYC (MoMA) and Ps121 MoMA (Queens, New York) for said scholarship. Click here to vie selection.
James Little Student Exhibition - Honorable Mention Larry Poons Student Exhibition - Red Dot winner * by professors & peers
Contributor Recognition Award awarded by Special Citizens, recognizing Aldanondo's commitment to the organization as a contributor since their Benefit inception.
Harmony for Humanity Winner, by Contemporary Art Collectors, London, UK
Hamptons Fine Art Fair Chief Curator’s Best In Booth Award Hamptons Fine Art Fair Chief Curator’s Picks Award Best in Show - London, UK
National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) Abstract Painting Juried Award Winner
Jackson’s Painting Prize (London, UK) Long-listed
Samsung USA - Featured artist ArtScope Juried Competition Winner. Juried selection by The Milken Family Foundation: Milken Family Foundation Juried selection juried by Benedict Leca, PH.D., Executive Director at the Redwood Library & Athenaeum, Norah Diedrich, Executive Director at the Newport Art Museum, Qianni Zhu, Mirlen Family Postbaccalaureate Fellow in Museum Practice, Colby College Museum. Artweek - London, UK Best Art Award Winner
COLLECTIONS
The Art Students League of New York - Permanent Collection
Consulate General of Argentina in New York - Permanent Collection
The Rosenfeld-Hoffmann Collection, New York, NY
Iris Apfel, New York, NY
Balliro Family Collection at Hamptons, NY,
P. Hall Family Collection, London, UK
Linder-Biel Family Collection, Berlin, Germany
Lubecki Collection, Iceland
Private Collection at New York City, Westchester, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, Madrid Spain, France, London UK, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Australia, and Brazil.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Consulate of Argentina, New York, New York
Southern Vermont Medical Center, Vermont
SPECIAL FEATURES
CBS - The Equalizer, featuring three works, 2022, curated by Fanny Pereire - Hollywood Art Curator & Art Advisor.
SAMSUNG USA - Finalist, featured on Samsung USA, 2019.
MEMBERSHIPS
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK - Membership is attained only through a high amount of demonstrated studio hours. ARTISTS OF RONNIE LANDFIELD Select group of artists who are current and/or former students of Ronnie Landfield.
NEW YORK SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS (NYSWA)- Juried member. Board and Chair of Marketing for the organization. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS (NAWA) Juried Member: acceptance is granted only after presenting work and earning the approval of its board members consisting of art professionals, art critics and fellow peer artists. NAWA was founded in New York City in 1889. Aldanondo’s images at NAWA are catalogued in the NAWA historic archive. The archive and image files are available to curators and scholars. The NAWA catalogs, exhibitions, programs, events, advertising, presentations, press releases and membership activities are also archived at: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum and Rutgers University Library; Museum of Modern Art; National Museum of Women in the Arts; Smithsonian Institution Archive; Ryerson Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago; Frick Art Reference Library; New York Public Library; the Film and Fine Arts Library, Littauer Center, Harvard University; and the Library of Congress.
SPEAKING PRESENTATIONS
Iceland - Presented the project she worked on while in Eyrarbakki, presenting the Art Exhibition which consisted of paintings on paper made by the inmates at the local prison and also by the school children at the local school. Through the power of art, these very different groups of creators came together. The works presented shed light on the many similarities in inspiration found in the works, which spoke of hopes, dreams for the future, a love for family and love of the arts. The exhibition was presented to the public at the local community center.