Artist Statement
Within my body of work, personal history is woven with that of the Andean region of Latin America. With a strong emphasis on materiality as a storytelling and conceptual device, I use both ephemeral and precious materials to reflect on time, memory, family, territory, nature, mourning, the body and collective experiences.
I often refer to my work as an abstracted autobiographical narrative. A story told through the framing of my own personal experience within a broader social and historical context. In my work, history is not only defined as the recording or retelling of past events but alsothe production and organization of meaning through memory in real time. Utilizing different mediums, and methods, each object, video, or installation is situated within an ever expanding and contracting social, cultural, economic and political framework.
A key aspect of my practice is the exploration of ideas about our bodies and how we engage with them. In my work the body is not only regarded as biological or physical structure but also an experience, an action, and vessel for meaning and culture. As such I suggest that they are shaped by intersecting forces. These include histories and how they inform the present, the self within the collective, the negotiation between private and public spheres, health and illness and the body as refuge and confinement. Furthermore, I am interested in exploring rituals and belief systems through which we negotiate identity, contradictions between nature and progress, presence and absence, celebration and mourning and ultimately love and loss.
Employing materials including silver, cigarette ash, hair, leather and fruit; concepts such as time and stillness; devices including repetition and craft techniques and elements derived from both formal and informal cultural practices, the meaning of my work is frequently found within its own contradictions, much like Bolivia or Latin America.
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Education
1997-2001
University of Texas at Austin. Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Residencies
2022
FAARA, Jose Ignacio, Uruguay
2011
URRA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010
Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2019
Gasworks, London, United Kingdom
Solo shows
2022
Vestimentas (12 de 12). Private collection. London, England
Moscas/ Plata. Persona Galería. La Paz, Bolivia
2020
Te quiero a veces. Persona Galería. La Paz, Bolivia
2018
Still Life with Others. Situations. New York, New York. USA
2017
Presente. Centro Cultural de España en La Paz. La Paz, Bolivia
2016
El viaje. SCAD Museum of Art. Savannah, Georgia. USA
Paisaje. Metales Pesados Visual. Santiago, Chile
Imposibilidad temporal pasada. Gonzalez y Gonzalez. Lima, Perú
2014
Mantos. Galería Temporal, Santiago, Chile
Todo lo contrario. Nube Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2013
Maricomio. Vox, La Paz, Bolivia
2012
Espejo de cuerpo entero. Artespacio CAF, La Paz, Bolivia
LPB. Centro Cultural de España, La Paz, Bolivia
Río Adentro. CAF, La Paz, Bolivia
Forma y Movimiento. Kiosko Galería, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
From Ultra Madre. Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY. USA
2010
Recent Work. Salon81, Brooklyn, New York. USA
Capullos. Kiosko Galería, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2009
Ultra Madre. Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia
2008
Dibujos. Fundación de Arte y Culturas Bolivianas, La Paz, Bolivia
Madre Santísima. Basement, New York, New York. USA
2005
I want to swallow you just not whole. Happy Ending, New York. USA
2002
Photographs. Bellevue, New York, New York. USA
1999
Uncircumcised breasts and more. Flood Gallery, Austin TX
Group Shows
2024
El Dorado. Americas Society. New York, NY. USA
2023
El Dorado. Fundación PROA. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021
Cuando no hay sombre es medio día. Nube galería. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2019
The Waste Land. Nicelle Beauchene. New York, New York. USA
America Weaves. Goral Gables Museum. Miami, New York. USA
Big Ringer. Andrew Edlin Gallery. New York, New York. USA
Exulto. Persona galería. La Paz, Bolivia
2018
I see you. SCAD Musem of Art. Savannah Georgia. USA
Origen y Mito. Saco. Antofagasta, Chile
Reflexiones simultaneas. Museo Nacional de Arte. La Paz, Bolivia
Noche Larga de Museos. C.A.F., La Paz, Bolivia
2017
Objeto. Centro de la Cultura Plurinacional, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Noche Larga de Museos. C.A.F., La Paz, Bolivia
2016
América. New York, New York. USA
Bienal SiArt. La Paz, Bolivia
Arte contemporáneo Andino. Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, hoy. Tilcara,
Argentina
Território, povoação. Blau, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Febrero Untitled, Metales Pesados. Santiago, Chile
2015
Bienal do Mercosul. Porto Alegre, Brasil
Videobrasil. Sao Paulo, Brasil
Litio, Lima. Perú
Building imaginary bridges across hard ground. Dubai, U.A.E.
2014
Objetos. CAF, La Paz, Bolivia
Chojcho Men. Alianza Francesa, La Paz, Bolivia
5to foro de arte contemp. y políticas culturales. Tucumán, Argentina
Mi vecino el otro. SACO3, Antofagasta, Chile
Dixit. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bolivia existe. Momenta, New York, New York. USA
2012
Santa Cruz Bienal. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
713 Arte Contemporáneo. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centro Cultural Británico. Lima, Perú
2011
Contextos. Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Dot 51. Miami, Florida. USA
Del Infinito Arte. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Semi-Legit, Brooklyn. New York. USA
2010
Santa Cruz Biennale. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Kiosko Galería. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Ceri Hand Gallery. Liverpool, England
2009
Dialectos Digitales. La Paz, Bolivia
Asian Song Society. New York, New York. USA
Rafik, New York. New York. USA
Second Floor, New York. New York. USA
2008
Fundación de Arte y Culturas Bolivianas. La Paz, Bolivia
Five Myles. Brooklyn, New York. USA
Supreme Trading Gallery. New York, New York. USA
2007
Worksound Gallery. Portland, OR. USA
2006
Unisex Salon,The Delancy. New York, New York. USA
2004
Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts. New York, New York. USA
2001
Austin Museum of Modern Art. Austin, TX. USA
2000
Jack S. Blanton Museum. Austin TX. USA
Curating
2014
Colección de arte Molino Andino. La Paz, Bolivia
2011
Other Life Forms. Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New
York. USA
2010
Brooklyn Is Burning. MOMA PS1, New York, New York. USA
2009
Brooklyn Is Burning, Glasslands Gallery. New York, New York. USA
Brooklyn Is Burning, Monkey Town. New York, New York. USA
2008
Brooklyn Is Burning. Glasslands Gallery, New York, New York. USA
Commissions
2012
Exhibition for the Queen Sofia of Spain. Centro Cultural de España.
La Paz, Bolivia.
Video Installation. Larga Noche de Museos. C.A.F. La Paz, Bolivia.
Publications and catalogues
2017
Made in Bolivia. Paola Campuzano.
2016
Monocrome Undone. Sayago and Pardon.
2014
When Does Contemporary Art Begin. Andrea Giunta.
2011
100 Contemporary Artists Under 35. Laurence King Press
2009
Ultra Madre, Catalogue. Museo Nacional de Arte.
Press and articles
Artishock, Artfcity, Austin American Statesman, Austin Chronicle, Clarin,
El Deber, Época, Gothamist, Huffington post, Hyperallergic, La Nación,
La Razón, Época, L’Officiel México, Página Siete, Raveline Magazine, S
Magazine, New York Observer, New York Magazine, New York Times,
Soma Magazine, The New Yorker, Time Out New York, Vanidades, W
magazine, WNYC.