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Biography

Geny Dignac was born in 1932. Shes a sculptor. Shes an environmental artist. She worked with fire, light and temperature. She lived in Washington D.C.from 1954 to 1972. She moves to Arizona. Her projects include: "Sand Fire", "Fire Over Water" and "Forms of Fire in Mid-Air". She believes that her art should go beyond modern day art. Her solo exhibitions contain of her works with fire and she has had various solo exhibitions. Her solo exhibitions include various types of her art ranging from drawing to sculptures and monuments. Her work is popular in the United States and abroad. She has been apart of group exhibitions in Medellin, Columbia, Antwerp, Belgium, New York City, Paris, France, Pamplona, Spain, Caracas, Venezuela, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Since 1969, Geny Dignac has been expressing her use of fire in Art all over the United States and South America. She diffuses the concept of using the element of fire in her art by sharing her thoughts at many different schools and musuems. She collaborated with a metallurgist and the Naval Ordinance Labratory to create sculpture employing fire and nitinol alloys in 1971. R. Osuna and J.Y. Bernudez made her the subject of several films and videos during 1967 to 1980. Dignac wrote "Lightning is the gesture of the storm. Flames are the gesture of the fire. Fire is a magical element. Magical thinking is art". Her work can be found in private, public and corporate permanent collections. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary Davis,Douglas. Art and the Future. Praeger, 1973. Glusberg,Jorge. Art in Argentina. Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1986. Del Pop a la Nueva Imagaen. Ediciones de Arte Gaglianome, 1985. Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer. American Women Artists. G.K. Hall, 1982