Artists

Chile

Jesús Román
Objectual Explorations and Sequins

21.08.18 14.09.18

 Jesús Román´s residence in 2018 was the beginning of a series of partnerships. The artists and scholar will be part of our International Honorary Advisory Board during 2023-2024.


OBJECTUAL EXPLORATIONS AND SEQUINS (by Jesús Román)

In 2016 I made an exhibition entitled Penar. It consisted of a series of pieces that were made having as reference medieval paintings like the Triptych with the Cross of Christ. The dichotomy (heavy / light) is one of the conceptual and visual axes that this exhibition proposed. In this sense, the fold, formed by a “textile” made of pvc covered with sequins, is the materiality that accounts for this dichotomy.

From this point I want to resume my research and therefore what I want to elaborate in this residency. I am interested in working in relation to concepts such as weight, layers, superposition, movement, organism, duplicity.

Considering all these factors, my project consists in the realization of a series of small scale objects where the materialities would be sequins and pvc, threads, silk ribbons, lace, etc. I would also like to include other materials such as wires and/or metal objects, glass, plastics, acrylics, etc. that help to give structure to the objects. In order to cross, embed, adhere and assemble “codes” of different origins that are coherent with each other in terms of creating objects/autonomous beings and at the same time interdependent with each other as well as a living system. I am interested in transmitting a certain organicity in objects, a some kind of animality or carnality at the same time as subtlety and lightness.

BIO
Jesús Román
1978 | Santiago de Chile, Chile

EDUCATION
2017 | Master in Arts, focus in Visual Arts, Universidad de Chile
2003 | Bachelor in Arts, focus in Visual Arts,  Universidad de Chile

EXHIBITIONS
2017 | Domo, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Valdivia, Chile
2016 | Penar, Space Hand of Nun MdM, Valparaíso, Chile
2015 | Franked 0.15, Madrid, Spain
2013 | Mano-Factura, La Moneda Centro Cultural, Santiago, Chile
2012 | Interior Garden, Space Cabinet of Dr. Sazié

AWARDS
2015 | FONDART Open Window, National Contest Line of Support
2011 | FONDART Metropolitan Region with the Aesthetics of the Surface project

Proyecto´ace
Artist-in-Residence International Program

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International Airport

Ministro Pistarini- Ezeiza (EZE)
Buenos Aires
45' to 60' trip

Domestic Airport

Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Buenos Aires

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38, 39, 41, 42, 59, 63, 65, 67, 68, 151, 152, 161, 184, 194 and 168 (stop in the front door)

Subway/Metro

D Line (Green)
Olleros Station (4 blocks, 4')

Train

Mitre Line (either to Leon Suarez or Mitre)
Colegiales Station (1 block, 1')

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A neighborhood founded on the Jesuit farms in the 17th century

We are located in Colegiales neighborhood where the tree-lined streets, some of which still have their original cobblestones, invite you to walk. Although the apartment buildings advance, low houses still predominate. It is a district of the city where about 20 TV production companies, design studios, artist workshops and the Rock&Pop radio have been located. The neighborhood also has six squares, one of which pays homage to Mafalda, the Flea Market, shops, restaurants and cafes like its neighboring Barrios de Palermo and Belgrano, with which it limits.

Proyecto´ace
Artist-in-Residence International Program

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Residencies 2025
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January 31st, 2025

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