Martina Quesada
Bio
Martina Quesada b. 1987 lives and works between Buenos Aires and Paris.
Selected exhibitions:
2023 The borders are fragile, Piloto Pardo Gallery, London, UK. 2022 After the fire, Del Paseo Galeria, Punta del Este, UY.
2022 Like earth in heaven, ARP Projects, Paris, FR.
2022 Distance 390, Marra/Nosco, Brussels, BEL.
2022 Everything I do could be done differently, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK. 2021 Pure morning, Marra/Nosco, Brussels, BEL.
2021 Optimal temperature, Del Paseo Galeria, UY.
2021 Aragon Park, Madrid, ES.
2020 Is nothing sacred? Revolver Galeria, Buenos Aires, AR.
2019 Ancestral edges, A lado residency, Lima, PE.
2018 Volver al futuro, MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, AR. 2017 Memorias de la forma, MCMC Galeria, Buenos Aires, AR.
2017 Encuentros invisibles, Del Paseo Galeria, Punta del Este, UY.
2016 El optimismo imperecedero, Del Paseo Galeria, Lima, PE.
2016 La fuerza Debil, National Arts Fund, Buenos Aires, AR.
2015 Rectas coincidentes, SlyZmud Galeria, Buenos Aires, AR, 2015
2014 Walking on Air, Van Riel Galeria, Buenos Aires, AR, 2014
Statement
In past projects Quesada has been interested in the the construction of meaning within society through historical perspectives. Often questioning our ways of seeing and remembering as to go beyond social dogma, and that which seems certain and unchanging.
Many of her works consist in the use of simple geometrical systems to explore the intersection between visible and invisible, as well as the transition areas where transformation is triggered. Researching on how to disarticulate functional viewpoints in order to generate new ways of perceiving.
Recently, she has been working with sculpture, installation and video as to evoke personal introspection through the use of external references of nature and ancient sacred symbology.
Part of Quesada’s investigation consists in the analysis of the impact of religious and sacred imagery on contemporary social dynamics. And how representation and information are conveyed and interiorized over time. At the same time, examining traditional rituals and worship practices as reference points to consider the various pathways to spiritual realization. Currently exploring the possibility of bridging areas between spirituality and consciousness as to channel towards less alienated states in relation to our current environmental crisis.
Her works are included in institutional and private collections such as MACBA and MALI
museum.
