Silvia Westphalen
Bio
He was born in Rome in 1961 to Peruvian parents, a poet father and a painter mother.
Between 1963 and 1992 he lived successively in Lima, Rome, Mexico City, Lisbon, Lagos and Évora (Portugal).
He attended the Center for Art and Visual Communication in Lisbon (AR.CO) for three years and, in 1982, the Plastic Experiences course at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon.
In 1993 he returned to Peru where he currently resides.
Winning artist of the I National Biennial of Lima in 1998.
In 2013 she was invited as a lecturer at Pratt Institute, NY.
In 2015 she was invited to give a talk at the ENSABAP -Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú.
Statement
My favorite areas of work are stone sculpture and drawing.
My creative process is very intuitive and linked to improvisation. I am interested in and attracted to organic forms, the varied and contrasting landscapes of Peru and the art of ancestral cultures.
I work mostly in stone, marble, onyx and alabaster, I recover the industrial waste from the marble factories.
The technique I use is direct carving with high-speed abrasives.
