Mara Faúndez
Bio
Mara Faundez (Paine, Chile, 1998) is an artist whose painting practice engages with the construction of subjectivity through intimate scenes and fragmented narratives. Her works present female figures as partial projections of the self, situated in spaces where the everyday intersects with the symbolic. Through domestic objects and recurring elements, her practice explores affects related to love, loss, identity, and sexuality. Her use of saturated color and precise tonal transitions creates atmospheres that heighten emotional intensity. She has presented solo exhibitions in Santiago and Miami, and her work is held in private and institutional collections.
Statement
My work is built from intimate scenes drawn from the everyday and the anecdotal. Through painting, I develop fragmented narratives where female figures operate as extensions of the self, situated in spaces that oscillate between the real and the imagined. I am interested in how affects—love, loss, desire—are inscribed in gestures, objects, and seemingly simple atmospheres.
Color plays a structural role in my work, not only as a formal element but as an emotional register. Each scene functions as a space of tension where the personal becomes shared, and where painting allows for the articulation of vulnerability, intimacy, and transformation.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
