CV
b. 1996 Quito, Ecuador
Education:
Bachelor of Visual Arts (specialization in sculpture), Universidad Nacional de las Artes, Argentina
Artist programs:
2023 Manglar Artes Visuales en Galería Acéfala, Buenos Aires
Residencies and awards:
2024 Gasworks, London United Kingdom, July - September
2023 URRA Cerrito, Buenos Aires, August - September
2022 Beca Creación for project development, Fondo Nacional de las Artes Argentina
Solo exhibitions:
2023 ‘Affectus’, Centro Cultural Benjamín Carrión Bellavista, Quito. Exhibition text by: María del Carmen Oleas
Group exhibitions:
2024 ‘in short, we are cyborgs’, Omved Gardens, London. Curated by Tamara Manova & Zofia Kierkus
2024 ‘Tiempo de siembra’, Berlin Program for Artists // Raum, Berlin. Curated by Simon Speiser
2024 ‘Latinoargentina’, Proa21, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires. Curated by Rodrigo Alonso
2023 ‘Aquello que no debería estar aquí’, Galería Acéfala, Buenos Aires. Curated by Andrés Labaké & Barbara Echevarría
2023 ‘Una conjuración de mundos’, Museo Sívori, Buenos Aires. Curated by Johanna Caplliure
2023‘Imaginar futuros al cobijo de un paisaje’, 111º Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires. Curated by Guillermina Mongan
2022 ‘Currículum Cero’, Galería Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires
2022 ‘V edición del Premio Brasil’, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Quito
Publications:
2023 ‘Affectus’, INDEX Revista de Arte Contemporáneo, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
2023 ‘Making Kin’, Institute for Postnatural Studies, Cthulhu Books Madrid
2016 ‘Encuentros Parejos: Intervenciones artísticas participativas en el espacio público. Archivo Móvil La Floresta’, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Quito
BIO / STATEMENT
My work reflects on various technological structures and the cultural and political dimensions that inform them. My projects seek to challenge binary relationships between the human and the non-human, questioning how this dichotomy impacts ways of cohabiting and structuring the world system. Through various media such as performance, sculpture, video, and installation, I assess Western ways of conceiving the natural world, to defy human-centered notions and norms, creating pieces that establish relationships between bodies from a posthumanist perspective as an alternative form of (self)representation against dominant schemes. In my projects, I create prosthetic hybrids that transcend purely human form by expanding the body with sculptural objects, articulating the multiplicity and heterogeneity of a process of subjectivization beyond the human. By appealing to multi-species alliances through the process of “becoming animal”, I seek to create forms or experiences that escape from hegemonic humanism.
paulaproanomesias@gmail.com