VANESA PÉREZ CEPEDA, Argentina
Nido de loros 2/Parrots’ nest 2
From these latitudes, at the base of the corn, I become a body, I create a home, the home becomes a body, the body becomes a home. Weave a body like a home, weave a hat like a body. Breasts like homes, homes like breasts, woven and unwoven bodies, nourishment. Weaving this body that I am, that inhabits me, as if this body that I am, without ceasing to be what I am, were everything I could imagine.
Material: corn husk
Technique: crochet
Born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1976, Vanessa is a jewelry designer, weaver, textile artist, dancer, and architect. In 2017, she started her own contemporary jewelry brand Nifu ni fa (@nnifunifajoyeriadeautor), where she works with ceramics and the textile universe. Since 2020, she also been developing an independent path in the field of textile art. In 2024, she wins the first prize of the Argentine Jewel at the IV. Latin American Biennial of Contemporary Jewelry in Chile for her work – the breastplate "The Weight of the Earth". She has participated in various exhibitions, such as Conjuring the Party/Hybrid Experiences, International Collective Exhibition, Babble of a Prelude 2022/23 (The Cicadas Travels series), invited by La Brújula - arte en tránsito, Valparaíso region, Chile, and VIII. textile jewelry exhibition, Argentine Center for Textile Arts (CAAT), Buenos Aires (September 2024).
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