Ximena Garrido-Lecca

Ximena Garrido-Lecca - Weaving

Artist Biography:

 

In her body of work, Ximena Garrido-Lecca examines Peru's turbulent history and explores the cultural impact that has history of Peru and explores the cultural impact that has resulted from colonial colonial standards in the wake of globalization processes. The artist observes urban, rural or natural architecture and dwells on spaces where a negotiated where a negotiating materiality between the specific and the universal is visible. the specific and the universal. The artist takes as a starting point forms of doing, organizing and communicating present in the current Peruvian culture and Peruvian culture, and executes strategies of appropriation, modification and and assemblage in order to interrelate our relationship with the transformation in the specificity of the landscape. the specificity of the landscape. It is for this reason that often the sculptures sculptures, drawings and installations often have a direct reference to Peruvian folk forms and direct reference to popular Peruvian forms and through an amplifying gesture they and recover their meanings in the construction of our relationship with the world. of our relationship with the world. Garrido-Lecca's work reflects on the open dynamics that form identity and the coexistence of multiple narratives that coexistence of multiple narratives that need to be revisited to generate economic and socio-political economic and socio-political balances without harming the most fragile communities that resist fragile communities that resist cultural hegemony. XII Biennial of Cuenca, 2014 _______________________________________________________ Garrido-Lecca (Lima, 1980) lives and works in Lima. She studied Plastic Arts at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, did a postgraduate degree in Fine postgraduate degree in Fine Arts at Byam Shaw School of Art in London, and a Master in Fine Arts at Byam Shaw School of Art at Central Saint Martins, London, UK. of Art at Central Saint Martins, London, UK. Garrido-Lecca has participated in numerous exhibitions such as: Divagation, Y Gallery, New York, USA, 2016; United States of Latin. America, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit, USA, 2015; 10th Mercosul Biennial, Messages from a New America, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2015; Future Generation Art Prize at Pinchuk Art Centre, Keiv Ukraine (2014); Biennial of the Moving Image BIM, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2014); Cartagena de Indias Biennial, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (2014); The Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum Arts Museum (CAFAM) Biennial, Beijing, China (2014); Ir para volver, Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador (2014); ICASTICA, International Art Biennial. Art. Arezzo, Italy (2013); LARA Latin America Roaming Art Project, Bogotá, Colombia (2013); Newspeak: British Art Now at the Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, among others. In 2014, Garrido-Lecca won an honorable mention at the 12th Biennial of Cuenca, Ecuador; and in 2012 she participated in the 2012 she participated in the LARA Project Residency, Asiaciti Trust, Honda, Colombia.