Susana Marín is a visual artist, researcher, and educator. Her work is inspired by the Guler and Kangra idioms of Pahari painting and by patterns of traditional and sacred geometry. She apprenticed in India with masters from Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan such as Padma Shri Vijay Sharma in Chamba and Manish Soni in Bhilwara. In her studio practice she works with natural pigments and handmade paper, using the techniques and materials of traditional Indian painting. She holds a PhD for her dissertation on the Living Tradition of Pahari Painting from the King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts in London, where she also teaches Indian miniature painting. She conducts workshops internationally and her work has been exhibited in Europe, U.S.A, and the Indian subcontinent.
