BIO
María Edwards
Santiago, Chile, 1982
Lives and works in Chile
The work of María Edwards has its origin in her will of assuming herself as an active observer of the world, from her own exercises of discarding and selection…from the crossing of relationships and encounters, her long bicycle rides and her deep interest in the stars, the scientific and philosophical thought. From all these references arises the idea of “grid”, like a vast weft of spatially interconnected points, as in a constellation. The sky map traced in the earth´s surface by means of its paths.
Her journeys, blackboards, notebooks and mobile constructions, as in a philosophy of the world, a mental and physical map of experiences, as well of the status and position that the artist occupies in the world and the universe.
Her work is characterized by its coherence and consistency, which begins with the recognition of that which has been discarded and unnoticed, and ultimately with the ethics and dignity in which each of these recovered fragments of the world are brought back again to its presence, transfigured and reinterpreted by the artist´s will.
After getting her Arts bachelor degree in Universidad Finis Terrae (Santiago, Chile, 2006), and her Diploma in Cinema Photography Direction, in Universidad de Chile, 2008, Edwards travels and settles in New York (2009-2012) in order to enhance her knowledge on Engraving and Artist book discipline, doing artistic residencies in School of Visual Arts and in Lower East Side Printshop. On 2012, she was granted an invitation from the Arts Cultural Center in Mexico, Reynosa/Tamaulipas, to perform an individual exhibition, “In Between”, in the context of Tamaulipas International Arts Festival.
Her work has been exhibited in Chile and abroad, in countries like Spain, United States, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, México, Paris, London and others. She has also taken part in international art fairs; Pinta Art Fair-New York, ArteBA-Buenos Aires, Art Lima-Peru, Arco-Madrid, YIA-Paris, ArtBo- Colombia, ChaCo-Chile.
She has recently been awarded the "Art for Science" award from the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) Santiago, Chile. Nominated with the ArtNexus / EFG award at the International Art Fair, ArtLima 2015. Awarded by the European Network of Art and Digital Science with double residence (at the European Southern Observatory in the Atacama Desert and AEC Future Lab, Austria).
The results of this residence were exhibited at the Ars Electronic Festival in Linz, 2015, as well as 7 mobile exhibitions at the seven cultural network partner institutions (Center for the promotion of science, Serbia- DIG Gallery, Slovakia- Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, Spain- Kapelica Gallery/ Kersnikova, Slovenia - GV Art, United Kingdom - Laboral, Spain - Science Gallery, Ireland). Getting the first "Prix Ars Electronica Award".
María Edwards
Santiago, Chile, 1982
El trabajo de María Edwards tiene su origen en su voluntad de entenderse a sí misma como un observador activo del mundo, desde sus propios ejercicios de selección pasando por el cruce de relaciones y encuentros, sus largos paseos en bicicleta y su profundo interés en las estrellas, el pensamiento científico y filosófico.
De todas estas referencias surge la idea de la "trama", como la conexión de puntos sobre el espacio, una constelación y mapa del cielo, trazado en la superficie terrestre a través de sus recorridos.
Obtuvo su licenciatura en Arte de la Universidad Finis Terrae (Santiago, Chile, 2006), un diploma en Dirección de Fotografía de la Universidad de Chile, 2008. Entre 2009-2012 reside en Nueva York profundizando sus estudios en The School of Visual Arts y Lower East Side Printshop.
Su trabajo ha sido exhibido en Chile, España, Estados Unidos, Argentina, Colombia, Perú, México, París, Londres y otros. Además ha participado en Ferias Internacionales de Arte tales como Pinta Art Fair-Nueva York, ArteBA-Buenos Aires, Art Lima-Perú, Arco-Madrid, YIA-Paris, ArtBo- Colombia, ChaCo-Chile y en la XX Bienal de Guatemala.
Recientemente ha recivido el premio "Arte para la ciencia", otorgado por la Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT) Santiago, Chile. Nominada al premio ArtNexus/EFG, en La Feria Internacional de Arte, ArtLima, Perú 2015. Premiada por la Red Europea de Arte y Ciencia Digital con una doble residencia junto con recibir el “Prix Ars Electronica Award”, otorgado por Ars Electronica future Lab, Linz, Austria. Los resultados de dicha residencia fueron exhibidos en el Festival Ars Electrónica en Linz, 2015, así como en 7 exposiciones móviles en los 7 centros asociados a la red Europea cultural (Centro para la promoción de la ciencia, Serbia-DIG Galería, Eslovaquia- Zaragoza Fundación Ciudad del Saber, España- Kapelica Gallery / Kersnikova, Eslovenia - GV Arte, Reino Unido - Laboral, España - Galería de Ciencia, Irlanda).
STATEMENT
María Edwards’ work arises from the "encounter" between both ideas and things, and the space that divides and connects art, science, music and mathematics.
Recorriendo – Recolectando – Resignificando (Wandering – Collecting – Giving New Meaning). The repetition of her habits in the daily mantra is the essence of her search making an art that is coherent with her way of life.
Stepping into María’s atelier or entering her works of art is akin to coming into a world within a world, a space in which each of the things contained there are in complete balance with each other. Maps, stars, stones, bones, feathers, wheels, sticks; old books on physics, mechanics and astronomy; music scores, boxes and parts of obsolete machinery are everywhere, hanging from the ceiling, floating in space, and scattered on the floor. Small carpentry gadgets full of ideas, each and every one of these findings in its full state, "loaded with the weight of things and also with their levity," says María about respect, death and life’s most minute form, about synchronicity and fidelity to the artist’s own impulses that led her to drag those objects to her workspace from wherever they were to be found. All those live! particles "subject to reactions in space", works of art "partially" made by the human hand, partially loaded with "something else", born of observation and the "encounter" or unexpected meeting between María and the world, and her accurate work of exclusion and selection.
“Exercises of balance, intents to elevate and extend a gesture in space and time, wishes to expand and contemplate...” vital impulses, metaphoric acts of connection, all of them define her work... "Constructions that are as tall and deep as my body can reach to the farthest point, and from there swing a thread or a rope, or suspend in the air the pieces in their own constant movement"... "A work that can be extended in space without invading the spatiality, projecting towards verticality." "A sequence of expansion pointing to the extension, where the lines do not go anywhere but to
Journeys, blackboards, mobile and
Text excerpts written by Carolina Castro Jorquera and quotations from the artist.
La obra de María Edwards surge del “encuentro” tanto de las ideas como de las cosas, así como del espacio que divide y conecta el arte, la ciencia, la música y las matemáticas.
Recorriendo – Recolectando – Resignificando. Es en la repetición de sus hábitos, en el mantra cotidiano, donde reside su búsqueda, haciendo un arte coherente con su manera de vivir.
Entrar al taller de María, así como a cada una de sus obras, es entrar a un mundo dentro del mundo, a un espacio donde cada una de las cosas ahí puestas están en absoluto equilibrio las unas con las otras. Mapas, estrellas, piedras, huesos, plumas, ruedas, palos, viejos libros de física, mecánica, astronomía y partituras musicales, cajas y piezas de maquinarias en desuso están por todos lados, colgando del techo, flotando en el espacio, esparcidas en el suelo. Pequeños artilugios de carpintería llenos de ideas, todos y cada uno de esos hallazgos en su estado pleno, “cargados del peso de las cosas y también de su levedad”, señala María, del respeto, de la muerte y de la mínima expresión de la vida, de la sincronicidad y la fidelidad a los propios impulsos que llevaron a la artista a arrastrarlos hasta allí desde donde fuese que se encontraban. Todas esas partículas “sujetas a las reacciones en el espacio”, ¡vivas!, obras de arte “parcialmente” hechas por la mano de hombre, parcialmente cargadas de “algo más”, nacidas de la observación y el “encuentro” de María con el mundo y de su preciso trabajo de descarte y selección.
“Ejercicios de equilibrio y balance, búsqueda de elevación y prolongación de un gesto en el espacio y el tiempo, deseos de expansión y contemplación…” impulsos vitales, actos metafóricos de conexión, definen su trabajo…“Construcciones que llegan hasta donde mi cuerpo pueda alcanzar a trepar para engancharme al punto más alto, y desde ahí dejar caer un hilo, una cuerda o bien suspender en el aire las piezas que tomarán su propio y constante movimiento” ... “Una obra que se pueda extender en el espacio sin invadir la espacialidad, proyectando hacia la verticalidad”. “Una secuencia de expansión que apunta hacia la extensión, donde las líneas no van hacia ninguna parte más que a
Las travesías, pizarras, construcciones móviles
C.V.
EDUCATION
2000 - 2005 Bachelor of Arts, Major in Printmaking. University Finis Terrae. Santiago, Chile.
2006 - 2007 Bachelor in Film, Art Direction and Photography. University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2010 - 2011 Lower East Side Printshop, Specialization in Printmaking and Waterbased Screenprinting, New York, USA.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2015 European Digital Art and Science Network / Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria.
2011 International Residency keyholder, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA.
2009 - 2010 International Residency in Printmaking and Book Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2017 XII PREMIO MAVI/ BHP/ MINERA ESCONDIDA, First prize Museum of visual Arts, Chile.
2017 Honorable Mention Biennial Pilar Juncosa and Sotheby's Award of Artistic Creation 2017, Pilar i Joan Miró foundation, Mallorca, España.
2015 First prize awarded by the European Network of Digital Arts and Science for the "Encounters" project, developed at ESO observatories and Ars Electronica, Austria.
2015 ArtNexus EFG, the solo project "Nocturno", display at the International Art Fair, ArtLima, Lima, Perú.
2013 "Art for Science" award by the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) Santiago, Chile.
2004 Second Prize, Lounge Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile.
2003 First Prize, Lounge Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile.
SOLO & COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2017 MAPA MENTAL I/ Para CONSTRUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES, Museum of visual Arts, Santiago, Chile.
2017 UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami Beach, Gallery Arróniz, Miami, USA.
2017 25 ESFERAS / 7 LINEAS/ Curated by Alexia Tala, Solo Project, Galería Xavier Fiol, Madrid XF, España.
2017 UNI- VERSOS/ curated by Alexia Tala, individual show, Gallery Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, México.
2017 GRUPO 11/ curated by Carolina Castro, Instituto Cervantes, Nueva York, USA.
2016 XX BIENAL PAIZ GUATEMALA
2016 CHACO International Fair of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile.
2016 YIA ARTFAIR- Young International Artist, Paris, France.
2016 ACROSS THE DIVIDE/ curated by Lu chao and Ian rosenfeld, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London, England.
2016 CHILEANS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES, 40 YEARS OF IDEAS, CorpArtes Foundation, Santiago, Chile.
2016 ARCO Madrid- International contemporary Art Fair, Spain.
2016 REVERBERADAS/ Exploraciones sobre arte digital & ciencia. Fundación Zaragoza ciudad del conocimiento- European Digital Art and Science network, España.
2016 AGAINST A CONSPIRACY OF INVISIBILITIES, Sobering Galerie, París, France.
2016 ART LIMA- International contemporary Art Fair, Perú, Gallery Isabel Aninat.
2016 ART BO- International Art Fair of Bogota, Isabel Aninat Gallery.
2015 MATERIA PRIMA, LABoral Centre for Art and Industrial Creation, Gijon, Spain.
2015 ENCUENTROS, Ars Electronica Center Museum, Linz, Austria.
XII BIENAL DE ARTES MEDIALES,, National Museum of Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.2015 SÓNAR Sound, International Festival of Advanced Music, Creativity & Technology, Santiago, Chile.
2015 ARTBO International Art Fair of Bogota, Isabel Aninat Gallery.
2015 LA BUENA ESTRELLA ,OTR Space/ Madrid, curated by Carolina Castro Jorquera, Madrid, Spain.
2015 CHACO- International Fair of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile.
2015 ART LIMA- International contemporary Art Fair, Perú, Gallery Isabel Aninat.
2014 ANDANTES, Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda, curated by Germán Bobe, Santiago, Chile.
2014 ENCONTRADO, ELEGIDO, CLAC / Art Gallery Las Condes, curated by Carlos Montes de Oca, Santiago, Chile.
2014 ARTEBA- Latin American Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2014 FAXXI, Art Fair XXI, Santiago, Chile.
2013 ELOGIO AL REINO NATURAL Y LA SAVIA NATIVA, UC Extension Center, curated by Carlos Navarrete, Santiago, Chile.
2013 12 X 12 NUEVOS MEDIOS, Cultural Corporation of Las Condes (Chile AICA) Santiago, Chile.
2013 THE END OF LIGHT, Academy Space Manhattan, New York, USA.
2012 IN BETWEEN, Solo show, International Art Festival Tamaulipas, México.
2012 MADE IN NEW YORK, Artespacio Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2011 PINTA Art Fair The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Show, New York.
2011 ALTERNATE ROUTES, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA.
2011 KEKED Curated by Glen Baldridge, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA.
2010 VINYL PROJECT, Local Project, New York, USA.
2010 THE CARPENTER, Pierogi Gallery, New York, USA.
2010 WCRAFT, The Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, USA.
2009 THE BLACK BOOK, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
2009 JOURNEY BY PARIS, Gallery La Sala, Santiago, Chile.
2007 BLACK & WHITE, Casas Lo Matta Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile.
2006 "In your labyrinth there are three lines" Visual Arts Center of Santiago / CAVS, Santiago, Chile.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMMISSIONS:
2014 - Mural for the new public building CONICYT. Santiago, Chile.
2014 - Mural, River Park, Alexandria Center for Life & Science, New York, USA.
2012 - Mural, Etcheberry Study, Santiago, Chile.
2010 - Mural, The Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, USA.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
COLLEZIONE TAURISANO, Naples, Italy.
CASA, Stgo, Chile.
ENGEL Collection, Stago, Chile.
MAVI, Museo de Artes Visuales, Stgo, Chile.
EFG BANK, Lima, Perú.
HOCHSCHILD Collecton, Lima, Perú.
FUNDACIÓN CALOSA, Guanajuato, México.
BIO
María Edwards
Santiago, Chile, 1982
Lives and works in Chile
BIO
María Edwards
Santiago, Chile, 1982
Lives and works in Chile
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
C.V.
2000 - 2005 Bachelor of Arts, Major in Printmaking. University Finis Terrae. Santiago, Chile.
2006 - 2007 Bachelor in Film, Art Direction and Photography. University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2010 - 2011 Lower East Side Printshop, Specialization in Printmaking and Waterbased Screenprinting, New York, USA.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2015 European Digital Art and Science Network / Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria.
2011 International Residency keyholder, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA.
2009 - 2010 International Residency in Printmaking and Book Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2017 XII PREMIO MAVI/ BHP/ MINERA ESCONDIDA, First prize Museum of visual Arts, Chile.
2017 Honorable Mention Biennial Pilar Juncosa and Sotheby's Award of Artistic Creation 2017, Pilar i Joan Miró foundation, Mallorca, España.
2015 First prize awarded by the European Network of Digital Arts and Science for the "Encounters" project, developed at ESO observatories and Ars Electronica, Austria.
2015 ArtNexus EFG, the solo project "Nocturno", display at the International Art Fair, ArtLima, Lima, Perú.
2013 "Art for Science" award by the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) Santiago, Chile.
2004 Second Prize, Lounge Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile.
2003 First Prize, Lounge Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile.
SOLO & COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2017 MAPA MENTAL I/ Para CONSTRUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES, Museum of visual Arts, Santiago, Chile.
2017 UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami Beach, Gallery Arróniz, Miami, USA.
2017 25 ESFERAS / 7 LINEAS/ Curated by Alexia Tala, Solo Project, Galería Xavier Fiol, Madrid XF, España.
2017 UNI- VERSOS/ curated by Alexia Tala, individual show, Gallery Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, México.
2017 GRUPO 11/ curated by Carolina Castro, Instituto Cervantes, Nueva York, USA.
2016 XX BIENAL PAIZ GUATEMALA
2016 CHACO International Fair of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile.
2016 YIA ARTFAIR- Young International Artist, Paris, France.
2016 ACROSS THE DIVIDE/ curated by Lu chao and Ian rosenfeld, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London, England.
2016 CHILEANS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES, 40 YEARS OF IDEAS, CorpArtes Foundation, Santiago, Chile.
2016 ARCO Madrid- International contemporary Art Fair, Spain.
2016 REVERBERADAS/ Exploraciones sobre arte digital & ciencia. Fundación Zaragoza ciudad del conocimiento- European Digital Art and Science network, España.
2016 AGAINST A CONSPIRACY OF INVISIBILITIES, Sobering Galerie, París, France.
2016 ART LIMA- International contemporary Art Fair, Perú, Gallery Isabel Aninat.
2016 ART BO- International Art Fair of Bogota, Isabel Aninat Gallery.
2015 MATERIA PRIMA, LABoral Centre for Art and Industrial Creation, Gijon, Spain.
2015 ENCUENTROS, Ars Electronica Center Museum, Linz, Austria.
XII BIENAL DE ARTES MEDIALES,, National Museum of Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.2015 SÓNAR Sound, International Festival of Advanced Music, Creativity & Technology, Santiago, Chile.
2015 ARTBO International Art Fair of Bogota, Isabel Aninat Gallery.
2015 LA BUENA ESTRELLA ,OTR Space/ Madrid, curated by Carolina Castro Jorquera, Madrid, Spain.
2015 CHACO- International Fair of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile.
2015 ART LIMA- International contemporary Art Fair, Perú, Gallery Isabel Aninat.
2014 ANDANTES, Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda, curated by Germán Bobe, Santiago, Chile.
2014 ENCONTRADO, ELEGIDO, CLAC / Art Gallery Las Condes, curated by Carlos Montes de Oca, Santiago, Chile.
2014 ARTEBA- Latin American Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2014 FAXXI, Art Fair XXI, Santiago, Chile.
2013 ELOGIO AL REINO NATURAL Y LA SAVIA NATIVA, UC Extension Center, curated by Carlos Navarrete, Santiago, Chile.
2013 12 X 12 NUEVOS MEDIOS, Cultural Corporation of Las Condes (Chile AICA) Santiago, Chile.
2013 THE END OF LIGHT, Academy Space Manhattan, New York, USA.
2012 IN BETWEEN, Solo show, International Art Festival Tamaulipas, México.
2012 MADE IN NEW YORK, Artespacio Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2011 PINTA Art Fair The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Show, New York.
2011 ALTERNATE ROUTES, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA.
2011 KEKED Curated by Glen Baldridge, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA.
2010 VINYL PROJECT, Local Project, New York, USA.
2010 THE CARPENTER, Pierogi Gallery, New York, USA.
2010 WCRAFT, The Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, USA.
2009 THE BLACK BOOK, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
2009 JOURNEY BY PARIS, Gallery La Sala, Santiago, Chile.
2007 BLACK & WHITE, Casas Lo Matta Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile.
2006 "In your labyrinth there are three lines" Visual Arts Center of Santiago / CAVS, Santiago, Chile.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMMISSIONS:
2014 - Mural for the new public building CONICYT. Santiago, Chile.
2014 - Mural, River Park, Alexandria Center for Life & Science, New York, USA.
2012 - Mural, Etcheberry Study, Santiago, Chile.
2010 - Mural, The Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, USA.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
COLLEZIONE TAURISANO, Naples, Italy.
CASA, Stgo, Chile.
ENGEL Collection, Stago, Chile.
MAVI, Museo de Artes Visuales, Stgo, Chile.
EFG BANK, Lima, Perú.
HOCHSCHILD Collecton, Lima, Perú.
FUNDACIÓN CALOSA, Guanajuato, México.