Silvia Torras (1935 – 1970) arrived in Argentina with her parents the same year she was born. She studied at the Manuel Belgrano and Prilidiano Pueyrredón Schools of Fine Arts to continue her training, in 1956, in the workshop of Kenneth Kemble. She developed her work in a short period of time, three years from 1960. She was a central artist within Informalism. Within the informalist map, tending towards chromatic sparseness, her works are distinguished by the use of color in an exuberant manner based on drips, successive layers of paint and extensive brush strokes.

Plant elements merge in her abstract canvases. She exhibited individually in galleries on two occasions, the first in the Peuser gallery, the second in Lirolay. It was part of a series of important collective exhibitions, including the prestigious Premio di Tella 63 and before that in 1961, of Destructive Art at the Lirolay Gallery, a pivotal experience towards conceptualism, happenings and performances that would differentiate the landscape of the second mid ’60s. In 1962 she performed at Peuser and obtained Honorable Mention in the Ver y Estimar Award; In 1963 she participated for the second time in the Ver y Estimar contest and was selected for the Di Tella Prize. She also exhibits in the exhibition Arte Argentino Actual, held at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

In 1963 she abandoned painting and settled in Mexico. Her work is included in public and private collections such as the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Museum of Modern Art (MAMBA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina; among others.