Activities
Semillero (Seedbed)
Body Atlas
María Villanueva
12.06.24 10.07.24
María Villanueva was selected in 2023 to participate in the SEMILLERO exhibition programme. As such, her exhibition in June 2024 at the ´ace studio was the last of this programme in its 2023 iteration, making way for the new SEMILLERO open calls.
A cultural manager and visual artist, María Villanueva works in sculpture, painting, site-specific actions and collective creations. She studied visual arts at the UNA and Image and Sound Design at the UBA. She took part in the “Futura” programme at the CCEBA and received a creation grant from the FNA 2021. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions, residencies and projects in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, USA, Spain, Germany and Ecuador. She is an artistic producer at the MAPA art fair and works on independent projects.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I give form to what is hidden and heal with fire. A symbolic act that requires me the practice of creating, de-constructing and reflecting from my body. I use the physical metaphor to refer to internal systems and how they replicate on the outside. These anatomical exercises propose a journey through the human ecosystem, its organic landscapes and desolate territories. A visceral revelation that feeds on ceramics, textiles and paintings where I dissect human biology.
BIO
María Villanueva
1984 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina
EDUCATION
Bachelor in arts, UNA, Buenos Aires
EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Conspiraciones y teorías. MAC, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
2024 | Adentro. Galería Tiempo, San Isidro, Argentina
2019 | Die zone. Top gallery, Berlin, Germany
2019 | Eidos. Haimney gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019 | Gráfica America. Mueso MOLAA, California, EE. UU.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021 | Group creation grant, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Argentina
2017 | Mention in the Bahia Blanca Biennial, Argentina
2017-2024 | Epecuén Residency. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 | Fluss Lab residency. Berlin, Germany and Tigre, Argentina
2019 | Konvent Residency. Barcelona, Spain



