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Born in 1985, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Based since 2003 in London, UK.

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Magdalena Suranyi is a multi-media artist based in London since 2003. She completed a Foundation course in Central Saint Martins in 2004 and a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Arts at Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2007. Her persisted choice in medium has been figurative large-scaled drawings and paintings which create a natural link between her political tendencies and the development of murals or (ideally) some form of public art.

Through her compositions, she encourages a deliberate excess, the uncomfortable use and abuse of socially charged death-imagery. Her concern with human rights, gender roles and archetypical imagery that accost deep-seated stereotypes and learned behaviors has been described as consistent and profound.

These confrontational visuals work on a number of levels as she hopes to strike a balance between topical and specific historical references and a kind of inconclusive universality. The nature of the compositions are defined and largely controlled by her merged interests in violent global patterns, developmental psychology and gender related studies. Moreover, her painting and drawing has morphed into installation work that occasionally includes elements of performance and she has also been developing her collaborative, printmaking and curatorial abilities in a consistent string of art events in London and abroad.