Born La Paz, Bolivia in 1947. Lives in Buenos Aires since 1967. She is considered one of the main artists of her generation working in sculpture in Argentina. Has been exhibiting her works since the Eighties. Has participated in shows at Centro Cultural Rojas, Fundación Telefónica, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Museo de Arte de Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Instituto Italo Latinoamericano Rome, Italy, Centro Cultural Cándido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Art Basel, ARCO Madrid, Art Frankfurt. En 2015 presented a seminal solo exhibition at MALBA, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. She has been awarded the Fisrt Prize from Klemm Fouindation and teh Grand Prize at Salón Nacional Nuevos Soportes. Her works are in the collections of all major museums in Argentina and in numerous private collections.

ABOUT THE WORK
Elba Bairon plays with the vocabulary of both, classic and modernist sculpture, yet through the laborious process used to create her pieces, the forms of her sculptures often appear as in state of dissolution. Her recent series refer to the legacy of classic European sculpture, in this sense they convey an atmosphere of timelessness, yet the figures appear as in a state of dissolution and melting of their human shapes (or as emerging as such).This formal aspect is the result of the proprietary technique Bairon employs to build these sculptures. They are constructed by layers of paper paste and stucco carefully sanded, which results in a very particular finish.