Ximena Zomosa
| Ximena Zomosa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1966 Santiago, Chile |
| Education | Universidad Católica de Chile |
Ximena Zomosa (born 1966, Santiago, Chile) is a visual artist and curator who works in contemporary art[1] and conceptual art,[2] whose work demonstrates — from the perspective of gender[3] — a discourse that is fundamentally feminine.[4] She acted in a managerial and curatorial capacity at the Balmaceda Youth Art Gallery, a space for art by emerging Chilean artists.[5]
Zomosa studied art at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, which complemented her studies at various Chilean universities.[2] Her work is characterized by "la originalidad mostrada en el empleo de materiales sacados de la vida cotidiana y dispuestos en instalaciones inusuales (...). En su afán transformatorio, es evidente un sentido autobiográfico e irónico frente a lo femenino y lo doméstico" ("originality demonstrated in the use of materials from everyday life and displayed in unusual installations (...). In her eager transformation, there is a sense of the autobiographical and irony in the face of that which is feminine and that which is domestic").[2]
In 2004, Zomosa received the Altazor Award of the National Arts in the category of Installations and Video Art for Colección de la artista (Artist's Collection).[6]
Throughout her career, Zomosa has participated in solo exhibitions as well as exhibitions featuring other artists, including V Bienal de Estandartes in Tijuana (2008); Concours Matisse 1992, Concours Matisse 1994, and II Biennial Premio Gunthe, in the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts (1992, 1994, and 1995, respectively); Última Generación at the Chiloé Museum of Modern Art (1995), Everyday at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the Biennale of Sydney (1998); El Lugar dentro at the Casa Colorada Museum (1999);[7] Proyecto de Borde at the Valdivia Museum of Contemporary Art (1999); Project N11, Muro Sur arte chileno contemporáneo for the la Biennale of Shanghai (2004); Portable Affairs, Project of a Boundary at Artspace Sydney Visual Arts Centre in Sydney (2005); and Arte Mujer y Compromiso Político at the Salvador Allende Museum of Solidarity (2009),[8] and other exhibitions in the United States, Latin America, Australia, and Europe.[1][2][3][4]
References
- 1 2 Valdés, Adriana (2006). Memorias visuales: arte contemporáneo en Chile. Ediciones/Metales Pesados. p. 432.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ximena Zomosa (1966-)". APCh, Artistas plásticos chilenos. Biblioteca del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- 1 2 Rozas, Maril (11 July 2005). ""Project of a Boundary": Artistas chilenas exponen en Australia". El Mercurio (Chile), Actividad cultural. Retrieved 24 June 2013.}
- 1 2 rdenas, Elisa (12 March 2003). "Artes visuales: Novedosas propuestas en torno a la mujer". Actividad cultural. El Mercurio. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ↑ ""Welcome Tour" instalación de Ximena Zomosa". Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ Altazor – Premio a las Artes Nacionales. "Ximena Zomosa - Colección de la artista". Artes Visuales - Instalación y Videoarte. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ↑ "Notas de Arte". Artes y letras. El Mercurio. 26 September 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ↑ "Mujer, Arte y Compromiso: Visibilizando la solidaridad de las artistas del mundo". Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2013.