A21 Foundation | Artists

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

Art, at its core, represents a deep form of human exploration that goes beyond the physical and conceptual boundaries of the known world. In 2023, Antarctica21 Foundation called on various artists to create a collection of works inspired by the Antarctic theme. Employing a wide range of media and techniques, including painting, sculpture and metalwork, these artists explored universal themes such as love and life in connection with nature, manifesting their most intimate emotions and deepest reflections. The result of this creative effort is now available in the Explorers House library, as well as in their store.

ANDREA ARANEDA

Bio

Graduate in Plastic Arts (University of Chile) and advanced training in Graphic Arts (Porta Romana Institute, Italy). She focuses on the indigenous peoples and contingencies of the region. In 2017, she completed a residency at the SVA in New York.

Inspiration

It seeks to interpret the uniqueness of this vast and mysterious territory, which lives independently of human reach, reminding us of our place on the map of existence. It hopes to generate an emotional connection with the Antarctic universe.

ANTONIA RIOS

Bio

She graduated in Visual Arts from the Finis Terrae University, Santiago. She develops different projects in Punta Arenas: individual and collective exhibitions of painting, drawing and installation; art direction in audiovisual projects, muralism and design.

Inspiration

The inspiration is based on the blocks of ice, on the grandeur of the volumes and the power of the verticality that contrasts with the horizontality and infinity of the ocean that acts forcefully transforming the Antarctic environment.

CONSTANZA CORTÉS

Bio

Magellanic goldsmith whose learning has developed from the craft of engraving applied to jewelry. Her research focuses on the biota of the place where she lives. Throughout her career, she has successfully secured Fondart projects.

Inspiration

Rediscover the biodiversity of the region. She explores and depicts the beauty of lichens, penguins, algae, whales and imperceptible plants. She highlights its importance and fragility in each piece, inviting us to protect our incredible biodiversity.

JACQUELINE PARADA

Bio

Technologist in Marine Resources from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her connection with marine sciences has served as inspiration to form “Handmade Science”, which seeks to connect art and science.

Inspiration

The Antarctic fauna, mainly vertebrates, but also that microscopic world that exists in the sea, invisible to the naked eye, especially microalgae, with beautiful shapes and great importance in the marine ecosystem.

JAVIER CANALES

Bio

Artist and teacher, graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from ARCIS University, Chile. He has taught visual arts and ceramic sculpture classes, as well as contemporary ceramics workshops and residencies.

Inspiration

Connection with nature and the historical cultural tensions of the southern native peoples. Links between contemporary art, education, nature and the landscape of this unique geographic space.

JESSICA RESTOVIC

Bio

Graphic Designer from the Catholic University of Valparaíso. In Punta Arenas, she began to work on painting with a special interest in nature and iconography related to the aborigines who inhabited the area.

Inspiration

Her work is inspired by Patagonia, its extreme nature, the vastness of its landscapes, the wind, the snow, the traces of the climate left in its wake. She experiments with various techniques, venturing into three-dimensionality.

KAREN BARRÍA

Bio

Goldsmith whose main teacher has been Apiao Island in Chiloé, where he spent his childhood, becoming the catalyst for his Arkenario brand, a prism through which he reflects the vast and exuberant Patagonian territory.

Inspiration

The immensity of the southern south, in the amazing relationship between landscape and biodiversity. Transferring the long-lived spirit of this “Terra Australis” is the endless journey of hers. His jewels are synecdoches, fragments of planetary memory.

KAREN LÜDERITZ

Bio

Visual Artist and Industrial Designer from the Catholic University of Chile. Color Interaction Teacher. Permanent work in the Democracy and Memory Hall, Palacio de la Moneda, Chile.

Inspiration

Color and light have been the axis of her plastic research. The interval of light, the fragility of an unpredictable, tiny, inevitable moment. The light that underlies this infinite spectrum of colors and gives life to the substance of matter.

MARCELA ALCAÍNO

Bio

Magellanic, goldsmith, contemporary master craftsman. Winner of the UNESCO Seal of Excellence. Today she directs her “School and Workshop”, where a part of the new generation of Magellanic goldsmiths has been trained.

Inspiration

Patagonia, from ice fields to the mythical Antarctic, turning nature observation, scientific research, and ethnic wealth into jewels, all reflected in handmade pieces.

MARÍA ISABEL SÁA

Bio

Textile Designer from the University of Chile and Graduate in Art from the Catholic University. In addition to painting she is interested in engraving and contemporary jewelry, she incorporates aluminum into her proposal.

Inspiration

“I testify of having witnessed the crossing of these albs and enormous white mountains, under the sun, the wind and the hail. Immersed in these southern waters, they appear saying goodbye before leaving” (notes by the artist from a trip to Antarctica).

PAOLA VEZZANI

Bio

Graduated in Arts UC, she has taught in Chile and the United States. Her works are in public spaces in Finland and Chile. She has collaborated with scientists to disseminate both science and principles of ecology.

Inspiration

Accompanying scientific expeditions in the subantarctic territory and Antarctica has deeply impacted the way in which the notion of travel intersects with the landscape, navigation charts and weather conditions.

VICENTE GONZÁLEZ

Bio

He studied at the Chilean School of Photo Art. He develops creative work thanks to which he has won various creative projects that have allowed him to delve into his own language and exhibit in Chile and abroad.

Inspiration

He extracts from Magellan the essence of his images, moving from a singular geography where the extension is what defines the territory, its stories and myths, to the portrait of the beings that inhabit it.

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