Fernanda López
Bio
Born in Santiago in 1991.
Visual artist, Bachelor of Arts from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her work has revolved around questions that arise between the subject and the cultural, social and political context that she inhabits.
He has participated in various exhibitions, among which stand out individuals such as "Mitochondrial DNA" at the Nahim Isaias Museum, Guayaquil, Ecuador (2018), "Suspended Time" at the Espacio Matta Cultural Center (2017), "Sísifo" at Corporación Cultural Las Condes (2016) and “(Des)confecciones” in Espacio Vilches (2014). She has been selected to participate in residencies such as "Fiestas, Cofradías y Desierto: Residencia La Tirana", Tarapacá Region, Chile (2013) and "Desiertos intervenidos II", conducted by Juan Castillo under the context of SACO6, Antofagasta, Chile ( 2018).
Statement
Constantly traversed by the context where I insert myself, I have had the need to identify, understand and analyze the relationships that make up the social. The first rapprochement occurs through coexistence and permanent dialogue with another, which begins in my filial and genetic core: my family, and then expands to other spheres.
Through the metaphor of the textile weft, I reveal different themes: filial relationships, genetic and cultural inheritance, the feminine, the naturalization of norms imposed on the subject, the body repressed and tortured by the social and its bodily and psychic resistance. , premises that establish a sensitive dialogue with the everyday. This last concept, together with autoethnography, are the main bases in the research and execution of my works, developed through the performativity of actions such as writing, speaking, walking, dressing, and/or weaving, or through objects textiles.
Additional information
“El Simiente” se conforma bajo la geometría sagrada de la semilla de la vida, símbolo vinculado a la creación, similar al proceder de la célula en sus 7 primeros días de multiplicación.
