PAULA ISOLA, Argentina
Loopholes
This piece is a shrine made up of small ceramic vessels of abundance and life, pierced because the girl who inspires it is dead. It is a tribute to “Virgin” – a mummy of the “Children of Llullaillaco” trilogy, now housed in the Museo de Alta Montaña in Salta, Argentina“. Centuries ago, she offered her young life to a divine purpose in the place closest to the Sun, and today she carries the ancient wisdom
of the peoples who lived in the Andes. According to Inca beliefs, the sacrificed children were reunited with their ancestors, who watched over the villages from the tops of the high mountains.
Materials: woods of Rauli, Quebracho, Palo Santo, Arrayan, Lapacho trees, sterling silver, copper and chaguar fibre
Technique: wood carving, construction
She is a jeweller, cultural manager and curator; specialist in the production of critical texts and media dissemination of art at the National University of the Arts. She studied industrial design. She also studied drawing, graphic and photography at L’ École Supérieure d’ Arts Visuels, Switzerland, as well as painting and ceramics. In 2006, she began studying contemporary jewelry with Graciela Lescano and attended numerous seminars on specific jewelry-making techniques with different mentors. In 2015, she studied PAC program – Contemporary Artistic Practices at the Gachi Prieto Gallery. In 2022, she was a member of the pre-selection jury for the province of Buenos Aires at the 110th National Salon of Fine Arts 2022. Since 2016, she has organized the Latin American Biennials of Contemporary Jewelry with Laura Giusti, which has been held in four editions to date (labienal.ar). She is the member of the Joyeros Argentinos collective and the Caracú collective, with which she exhibits her work as a jewelry designer. She has participated in group exhibitions of art jewelry in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Instagram: @paulaisolajoyas
