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Dr Natalia Sassu Suarez Ferri

Director of Teaching

Lecturer

Lecturer in Art History

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2500

Email

nessf@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

Natalia has a PhD from the University of 58³Ô¹Ï, an MA in Modern Art from Università Ca’ Foscari (Venice), and an MA in Arts Management from Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge). She completed her undergraduate studies on Cultural Heritage Science at Università Cattolica (Milan). She holds an education focused position in the School and offers Honours modules on Modernism, Postmodernism and Contemporary Art in Latin America.

Research areas

Natalia specialises in Latin American art of the 20th century, with a specific focus on Venezuelan Kineticism and the art of Carlos Cruz-Diez. Her research focuses on Kinetic and Op art; transcontinental links between Latin America and Europe; colour theory; and the emergence of abstraction. Her PhD looked at the transition from figuration to abstraction in the work of Carlos Cruz-Diez. This involved a focus on archival work and primary sources, as most of the artist’s figurative production is unpublished and has rarely been explored. Most recently, she has directed her research to the added value that Venezuelan kinetic public art has acquired due to the current socio-political situation in the country. Parallel research interests include the life and work of Henri Matisse, on which she worked as a researcher for Laurence King Publishing (London), and the Italian 20th century group Corrente, as part of her curatorial work in Milan for Associazione Amici dell’Arte di Aligi Sassu.

Selected publications

• Open access
  Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 10 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Third Text. Latest Articles

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 6 Jun 2023, Transmission and gender: women artists as teachers in the XX^th century. Laks, D. & Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. (eds.). Heidelberg: Heidelberg University, p. 61-69 9 p. (Passages online; vol. 26).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Open access
  Laks, D. & Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 6 Jun 2023, Transmission and gender: women artists as teachers in the XXth century. Laks, D. & Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. (eds.). Heidelberg: Heidelberg University, p. 7-18 12 p. (Passages online; vol. 26).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Open access
  Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E. (Editor) & Laks, D. (Editor), 6 Jun 2023, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University. 133 p. (Passages online; vol. 26)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 1 Jan 2021, Aligi Sassu: 20 anni dopo: in ricordo di un maestro. Foglia, P. (ed.). Monza: Associazione Culturale Amici dell'Arte di Aligi Sassu/Archivio Aligi Sassu

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access
  Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 1 Oct 2019, In: Tate Papers. 32

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 1 Aug 2019, The Pittas collection: mythological paintings and sculptures. Humfrey, P. & Andronikou, A. (eds.). Florence: Mandragora

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 2017, Dolor, represión y censura política en la cultura del siglo XX. Lopez, D. M. (ed.). Granada: Libargo Editorial, p. 185-198 14 p. (Artes & estudio; no. 7).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. E., 21 Nov 2012, Catalogo dell’arte moderna: gli artisti italiani dal primo Novecento ad oggi. Milan: Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, Vol. 48. (Cataloghi d'arte (Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori); no. 48).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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