Aurora Pellizzi

Aurora Pellizzi’s work merges the formal principles of painting and sculpture with traditional craft techniques, deeply informed by pre-industrial textile practices such as natural dyeing and backstrap loom weaving. These artisanal processes shape the texture and dimensionality of her compositions, where fiber functions both as a pictorial surface and as a physical embodiment of the subject. Her practice intentionally blurs the boundaries between fine art and applied arts, as well as between two- and three-dimensional forms. Pellizzi draws from a diverse range of influences—combining academic references from painting and sculpture with indigenous textile methods rooted in pre-Hispanic culture. Central to her thematic exploration is the female body, which she deconstructs, transforms, and stylizes into geometric motifs. These motifs simultaneously echo Italian Renaissance iconography, American Pop Art, and Mexican textile traditions, resulting in a rich visual language that connects historical art references with contemporary cultural identity and craft. ...

Instituto de Vision is a Bogotá and New York based gallery for conceptual practices. Their mission is to investigate conceptual discourses that have been neglected by the official Latin American art canon. They have recovered important estates from the Latin American art of the mid century and continue to research the most enigmatic oeuvres of the region. Through a parallel program, they represent some of the most relevant contemporary practices from Colombia, Chile, North America, Venezuela, and others. Directed by three women, Instituto de Vision gives special attention to female voices, queer theories, environmental activism, the conflicts of migration, and other critical positions that challenge the established order. Using the international art scene as a platform, they are committed to give visibility and expand the work of artists that reveal critical realities and raise important questions for these contemporary subjects. ...