Sol Calero

Sol Calero

BornNationalityBased In
1982VenezuelanBerlin
Biography

Sol Calero’s multidisciplinary practice is distinctly colourful and reflects on identity, displacement, cultural misconception and community. Her works are contextualised by the artist’s transnational experience of being born and raised in Venezuela, having worked and exhibited internationally, and now being based in Berlin. Calero’s practice draws on the exoticized stereotypes associated with Latin America, while depicting the exchange of visual symbols and meanings between Western European and Latino cultures. Alongside painting and drawing, she works with found objects and site-specific installations. Incorporating staged but functional Latin American hair salons, interiors and salsa classes into her installations and exhibitions, Calero investigates the ambiguity of cultural codes within a cross-cultural experience. In the pursuit of decoding them, Calero activates a space of peculiar, shared belonging. ...

Selected Artworks
Papaya escondida
Sol Calero
Papaya escondida, 2021
170 x 150cm
La abuela fantasma
Sol Calero
La abuela fantasma, 2019
100 x 80cm
Espagueti de culebra
Sol Calero
Espagueti de culebra, 2019
100 x 80cm
Recuerdos
Sol Calero
Recuerdos, 2020
100 x 80 x 4.5cm
Costa Paraíso
Sol Calero
Costa Paraíso, 2021
100 x 70cm
Bosque De Granadas
Sol Calero
Bosque De Granadas, 2022
150 x 120 x 4.5cm
La Palma
Sol Calero
La Palma, 2022
100 x 80 x 4.5cm
Gallery Representation
Awards
Nationalgalerie Prize For Young Art2017
Nationalgalerie Prize For Young Art2017
Biennals
Folkestone Triennial2017 - Folkestone
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