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Susie Gadea was born in 1953, in Lima, Peru, in a bicultural family that encouraged her artistic inclinations and sense of global citizenship. In 1969 she moved to Hobart, Australia where she completed the Matriculation Certificate and the following year moved to Queensland where she started her artistic training, obtaining an Associate Diploma in Graphic Design at the Brisbane School of Art in 1972. In 1978, she settled in the Dominican Republic where, heading her studio, she practiced as an independent design and communications consultant, specializing in tourism promotion and the design of training material for development institutions. Her work obtained local and international recognition.

In 1994, besides her professional occupations, she started formal studies in psychology receiving a BA degree in 1999. This discipline, added to her life-long philosophical and metaphysical interests, furthered her understanding of herself and others. During this phase, transpersonal psychology influenced considerably her approach to reality, she participated in numerous courses and workshops to develop the right brain and increase perception and experimented with innovative therapies based on color. The year 2000 marks a period of inner search and adjustment of her goals, leading her to focus on artistic self-expression, her lifelong passion.

Her first solo exhibit, in Casa de Bastidas in Santo Domingo in 2001, was well received by art critics. Three years later she exhibited in Altos de Chavón Gallery in La Romana, and shortly after she finally closed her design studio to devote her time to artistic creation. In 2005 she moved to Madrid determined to further her quest through art. Since then, she has had three solo exhibits and participated in several collectives. Her artistic production is her way of connecting with sensitive fibers in other people and promoting personal contact with our eternal inner being. Her work is part of private collections in the United States, Spain, Austria, Korea, Australia, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, and the Dominican Republic.