Francisca Sutil

Francisca Sutil (born 1952) is a Chilean artist. She studied at the Southern Methodist University and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and received her M.F.A in printmaking at the Pratt Institute. and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santiago, Chile. Sutil would place flat objects one on top of the other to convey depth and light in her work.

In 1986, Francisca Sutil began using oil pastels on her hand made paper, after two years she fully committed to painting with pigmented gesso but soon after, in the 90's, watercolor, Chinese ink and oils. Her series Space consisted of vertical lines on paper one after the other, the gesso did not have the correct consistency and did not work with this type of technique.

After a year of traveling she decided to begin working with paint, this medium would allow her to examine her deep- seated questions about the relationship between materials. Many critics have thought about it as a metaphor for passing time, others see it as an act of prayer.

Solo exhibitions Francisca Sutil has had many one- person exhibitions, most recently she showed, "Alquimia/Alchemy" in 2006 in Santiago, Chile. In 2007, "Resonance" showed at Nohra Haime Gallery in New York. In 2010 she showed at the Galería Animal, "Interludio," “Muestra Chaco," "Arte Contemporáneo y Fe," at the Sala Blanca Centro de Extension UC. In 2011, "Mute" at the Sala Gasco Arte Contemporaneo in Santiago. In 2012, she showed at the Nohra Haime Gallery, a show called "Interlude" and a year later she showed "Mute," at the same place. In 2015, she showed "Chaco" at the Galería Patricia Ready, and in 2016 she showed at the same gallery, "Obra En Papel" and at Art Basel in Hong Kong.