Elisabeth Wild

Elisabeth Wild (Vienna, 1922 - Guatemala, 2020) lived and worked in Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. Although she is best known for her collages made out of magazine cut-outs, she has worked in a variety of mediums and formats over the years, which include painting, drawing, ceramics, jewelry, textile and industrial design, and sculpture.

Her recent solo and two-person shows includes Galeria Marilia Razuk (Sao Paulo), Canícula (with Vivian Suter), The Power Plant, Toronto (2017); Fantasías, Sterna, Nisyros, Grecia (2018); Fantasía, NuMu, Guatemala City (2017); Monstera Deliciosa (with Vivian Suter), Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City (2016); Panajachel (with Vivian Suter), The Mistake Room, Los Angeles (2015); Fantasías 2 (with Vivian Suter) Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2014); and Elisabeth Wild, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City (2014). She has participated in museum group shows at the Art Institute Chicago, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico; and Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San Jose, Costa Rica, and in documenta14 in Athens, Greece, and Kassel, Germany.

Submitted by Galeria Marília Razuk