Emilia Cunliffe
Bio
Graduated from Art at the Edith Saachs School of Art in Lima, with forays into Sculpture at Constantin Meunier in Brussels, Belgium, and welding and modeling courses at the Creative Art Center in Dallas, United States. She has also attended the workshop of Eugenio Dittborn, Chilean National Art Award.
Since its inception, it has made individual exhibitions, among which SerHumano (2003) and 70% H2O (2005) stand out, and other collective exhibitions and international fairs such as Art CartagenaIk Projects (2015); ArtMiami (2004 and 2005); Ibero-American Art Fair in Caracas, Venezuela (2000) and the one organized by the Occidian Gallery in Quedlinburg, Germany (2002), among others. She has participated in SCOPE Miami 2017, 2018, 2021.
Her work is part of the DELTA collection.
Statement
Through a static object made up of transparent resin blocks with ceramic swimmers encapsulated inside, I try to excite and surprise the viewer.
I propose a volumetric space that simulates the ocean and that creates emphasis through a powerful internal metaphor. Frozen scenes perfectly combine a living body belonging and being one with the aquatic environment in a full and joyous encounter.
Through this, by appealing not only to visuality but also to touch through how the object feels and its materiality in the work, I incite an active attitude towards the underlying reflection. I try to take the viewer out of everyday life and connect him with his original. emotions thus turning them into witnesses of a space that portrays the essence of peace and connection.
