Juana Elena Diz (Buenos Aires, 1925) was the only woman of the Spartacus Group9Grupo Espartaco)* (1959-1968). Members of the group included Esperilio Bute, Ricardo Carpani, Pascual Di Bianco, Raul Lara Torrez, Mario Mollari, Juan Manuel Sánchez, Carlos Sessano and Franco Venturi. At a time when ladies in Argentina did not occupy a relevant place in art, Diz was not only part of the group but portrayed in the middle of her works female characters.

Painter, engraver and ceramist, Diz graduated from the Manuel Belgrano School of Fine Arts and attended the Vicente Puig workshop. She joined the Spartaco Group in 1960 and participated in all exhibitions until its dissolution in 1968. Between 1975 and 1976 she resided and worked in the Bale...