Ivet Salazar
Bio
Salazar was born in 1989 and now lives and works in Lima, Peru. Having graduated from the Arts and Design Faculty at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, she further complemented her studies at École des Beaux Arts du Mans in France, while also taking illustration, education, ceramics and weaving classes at various institutions.
Salazar has participated in several collective exhibitions inside the country and abroad. Recent participations include her latest solo show "Toda la vida en una gota" at Museo Julio C. Tello located at Paracas National Reserve in Peru; collective show "Urdiendo hilos, tramando arte" at El Olivar Cultural Centre in Lima; Hilos que resisten; hilos que subvierten - Identidades, memorias y cuerpos en el arte textil" at John Harriman Gallery Británico Cultural, Lima - Perú; "Hilos de la [a]tradición" (also "(A)Tradition threads") at Museo Julio C. Tello, in Paracas, Peru; Salón de Arte Joven Nikkei at Instituto Cervantes in Tokio, Japan; "Hilos de la [a]tradición" at San Marcos Museum in Lima Peru. She has also done solo exhibitions including "Textiles cerámicos: por la fragilidad de nuestra memoria" (or "Ceramic textiles: for our memories fragility") at Museo Qorikancha in Cusco, Peru.
Recently, her artistic work practices within the field of ceramics and textiles, contemplating topics of identity and culture. Finalist of following contests in Peru: IPAE best Sculptors in Peru; and ICPNA - North American Peruvian Cultural Institute National Contemporary Artists' Prize. Already participating at Museum of Contemporary Arts' auction on 2021 and 2022. Part of the following collections: MAC - Museum of Contemporary Arts in Lima, San Marcos Museum (Universidad Mayor de San Marcos), Arte al Limite (Chile), private collections in Russia, USA, amongst others.
Statement
Among many other things, I am an artist. In this area my development is based on my sensitivity.
Sensitivity to life.
As a human being I am not one-dimensional, therefore as an artist it is impossible to be so.
As a human being I penetrate in the social dimension, as an artist too.
As a human being, I penetrate on the political dimension, as an artist too.
As a human being I feel in the natural dimension, as an artist too.
I learn, I make mistakes, I grow, I change, as an artist too.
I live different experiences that feed my curiosity, as an artist too.
My condition as an artist is not separated from my condition as a human being, that is why my artistic production is not based on a single discourse, it travels from criticism of the political institution to the most sublime contemplation of nature, it deals with capturing the thoughts and experiences of all these dimensions in a different way than the usual, with the purpose that I believe any human expression has: to connect.
Additional information
"Ivet Salazar ha realizado un audaz desplazamiento del textil hacia la cerámica. En los últimos años, la artista se ha dedicado a tejer con tierra, evocando nuestra propia fragilidad física y la vulnerabilidad de la memoria histórica. Las obras que ella denomina “textiles cerámicos” surgieron como un intento de expandir las formas de pensar el tejido y el deseo de tratarlas como cuerpos que modela con las manos y luego quema en el horno." - Miguel A. López (Curador)
