Artist Statement
I am a painter born in Chilean Patagonia, and my work serves as a commentary on the effects of the globalisation within which I exist. Being born in a remote location has allowed me to witness firsthand how the specific and local become diluted in favour of a universal, globalised culture. Consequently, my paintings borrow iconic imagery from both art history and popular culture, reinterpreting these through diverse pictorial styles. By altering their original meanings, I seek to highlight the tension surrounding the loss or dissolution of local identity within the context of global standardisation.
This disappearance of the local in favour of the universal manifests itself in my work through an eclectic use of painting styles and visual references, aligning with the critical tradition of pastiche and decontextualisation exemplified by artists such as Sigmar Polke or Gerhard Richter. The deliberate juxtaposition of the old with the new, the revered with the popular, thus becomes central to my artistic practice.
Through this pictorial strategy, I aim to foster a critical dialogue between painting and its history, using technique not merely as a formal tool, but as a conceptual vehicle connecting the past and the present, thereby interrogating notions of identity and memory in the contemporary era.
