Ana Mendieta was an interdisciplinary artist, referring to herself as a sculptor. She is best known for her earth/body works, most specifically her now iconic Silueta Series, in which she used her body, and later the absence of the body, in the landscape as a way of connecting with nature and the universe. Spanning a period of 15 years, Mendieta created groundbreaking work in sculpture, photography, film, drawing and site-specific installations using organic materials such as earth, water and fire. Her pioneering works are in more than 120 public collections worldwide and continues to be influential today.
Ana Mendieta’s innovative work has been the subject of 56 monographic exhibitions, which includes 16 major museum retrospectives.
Ana Mendieta was born in Havana, Cuba in 1946 and died in New York City in 1985.
