Bio
Visual artist and teacher based in Valdivia, Chile, her practice focuses on sculptures made primarily from animal and plant fibers, exploring the material and symbolic possibilities of textiles in dialogue with memory and identity.
Her works have been shown in group exhibitions in Chile, Argentina, México, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, and in the solo exhibitions Three Heartbeat (2017), Traces of Living History (2020), both at Diego Rivera Cultural Centre in Puerto Montt, and Art, Communication and Human Rights (2022) at the Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco, with research texts by Mario Álvarez.
She has been the recipient of distinguished recognitions, including the Chile Crea 2019 Grant from the Chilean Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Heritage and the Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Scholarship from Leeds Arts University. She also won first place in the Three-Dimensional category of the Surmundo Exhibition at the Diego Rivera Cultural Centre in Puerto Montt (2016) and in the Young Painting and Sculpture competition of the City Council of Santiago (2012).
She currently works as a visual arts teacher while developing her work as an independent artist.
Statement
My practice is driven by a deep need to process emotions shaped by historical events and personal experiences. Each piece begins with a powerful feeling or moment that leaves a mark on me or my surroundings.
Primarily mixing textile techniques and sculpture, I sought to reflect on memory and identity, often through the representation of the human figure and, recently, everyday objects.
I am also interested in exploring the concept of dualism, in which sculptures can represent opposing yet complementary concepts through materials and forms such as presence and absence, interior and exterior, empty and full, memory and forgetting, among others.
CV
EDUCATION
2020 - MA in Fine Arts. Leeds Arts University. Leeds, United Kingdom.
2010 - BA Fine Arts, specialising in Sculpture. Universidad de Chile.
2009 - BA Education in High School Art Education. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
SCHOLARSHIPS | AWARDS
2019 - Chile Crea Scholarship – FONDART for postgraduate studies abroad. Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage. Chile.
2019 - Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Scholarship. Leeds Arts University, United Kingdom.
2016 - First place in the Three-Dimensional category, ‘Surmundo Exhibition’. Casa Diego Rivera. Puerto Montt. Chile.
2012 - First place in the ‘Young Painting and Sculpture competition’. City Council of Santiago. Chile.
2004 - ‘Bicentanario Scholarship’ for undergraduate studies. Ministry of Education of Chile.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Art, Communication and Human Rights. University of La Frontera. Temuco. Chile. Universidad de la Frontera. Temuco. Chile.
2022 - Traces of Living History. Casa Diego Rivera. Puerto Montt, Chile.
2017 - Three Heartbeats. Casa Diego Rivera. Puerto Montt, Chile.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 - Sala FEM. Tour exhibition, Galery City Council San Felipe and Vergara Palace Museum. Viña del Mar. Chile.
2026 2024 2016 y 2014 Autumn Salon. Casa Prochelle. Valdivia, Chile.
2020 - Show Postgraduate. Online Exhibition. Leeds Arts University, Leeds, United Kingdom.
2019 - Neo Norte. Central Saint Martins Window. University of the Arts London, United Kingdom.
2019 - International Biennial of Textile Art. Kunststichting Perspektief vzw. Haacht, Belgium
2016 y 2017 Surmundo, tour exhibition, Puerto Montt, Concepción, Villarrica, Valdivia and Osorno, Chile.
2016 - Traveling tapestry, Textile Mail Art. Museum of Philately of Oaxaca. Mexico.
2012 - Contemporary Textile Art. National Museum of Fine Arts. Santiago, Chile.
2011 - Appropriate. Argentine Textile Art Center. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2011 - III International Felt Day. Artequin Museum. Santiago, Chile.
2010 - Thesis 10, Juan Egenau Room. Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.
PUBLICATION | EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
2026 - Women Artists on the Rise, 3rd Edition, Arts to Hearts Project.
2020 - End of Year Book. Leeds Arts University. United Kingdom.
2019 - Neo Norte exhibition. United Kingdom.
2019 - International Biennial of Textile Art. Belgium.
2016 - Surmundo exhibition. Chile.
2014 - Author's Felt Book. Anilinas Montblanc. Chile.
2012 - Contemporary Textile Art exhibition. Chile.