Antonio de Loayza
Bio
Antonio De Loayza (b. Lima, 1993) studied at the Corriente Alterna school, Lima, Perú. He has worked on different collaborative projects such as the documentary miniseries AMAzones of myths and visions, under the curatorship and direction of Christian Bendayán, also as assistant curator in the exhibition “Kenebo: Cartografias de la eco-cosmología Shipi- bo-Konibo. He has participated in collective exhibitions at the Centro Cultural del Ol- ivar, Galería Enlace Arte Contemporáneo, Galería Forum and presented his first solo exhibition at the ICPNA in San Miguel in 2021. He has been a finalist of the XII na- tional painting contest of the BCRP, being his work in exhibition in the MUCEN.
Statement
De Loayza uses the collection as its main work process: metal mesh, bricks, iron, cement and gravel. His pieces are installed together, forming an urban and natural "garden", which also alludes to cultural diversity, the permanence of the ancestral. His main inspiration is Peru and its tangible and intangible territory, its fragility and power.
