Susana Casillas

Susana Casillas is a Mexican visual artist from Guadalajara, internationally recognized for her emotionally charged portraiture that blends impressionism and figurative art. A self-taught painter, she began exploring art in childhood, working with watercolors, acrylics, and oils. Her work often explores themes of duality—merging the physical and spiritual realms—and is known for its textured surfaces and symbolic elements.

Casillas has exhibited across five continents, with shows in Mexico, the United States, China, and France. She has received numerous accolades, including the European Quality Award (UK, 2021), the Italy Biennial Award (2021), and recognition from the House of Oxford (UK, 2022) for her contributions as both an artist and entrepreneur. In 2021, she was awarded an honorary doctorate (Claustro Honoris Causa) for her global artistic impact.

“I live to convey, to connect with my spiritual being and allow each fiber out of it. There’s no yesterday, there’s no tomorrow, it is now, the dancing emotion and the adrenaline to portray. There’s no time, no space; everything is a powerful and limitless energy, is infinite conscience guided by intuition that frees you from any taboo, just listening to it, loving it, letting its full force out. The words don’t exist, only that impulse coming from that deep place within ourselves. “

– Susana Casillas