Born in the city of Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Samantha Coronel showed a keen interest in both arts and dance from an early age. Studying at the Manuel Belgrano School of Fine Arts and later the Prilidiano Pueyrredón teaching school.
It was at this time that a passion for Tango dance emerged; a love of the calm, nostalgic feeling it evoked, as well as the blend of disciplined technique and simple enjoyment. Having spent more than two decades in the professional world of Tango, along with a variety of other dance forms – these passions inspire and inform Samantha's artistic creation.
Driven by freedom of expression, Samantha's colourful and emotive figures show the sensitivity, temperance and nostalgia that she has experienced through her studies and practice of both dance and art.
I consider my art works a passage of great transparency that is born from deep within. My hope is that a person contemplating my art can connect directly with my inner state. At present, I am experimenting with contrasting colours, flat spaces and straight lines and using nature as a visual stage for expression.
– Samantha Coronel
