Fernanda Laguna

Fernanda Laguna’s rich and multifaceted creative practice centers primarily on visual art but also encompasses acclaimed poetry, novels, and the creation of alternative cultural spaces. Laguna has been deeply engaged in social practice, leading transformative art workshops in Villa Fiorito—a marginalized, impoverished neighborhood—where her initiatives have empowered local women and children, establishing a powerful hub of feminist activism in an area severely impacted by gender violence. Her artistic work is shaped by recurring themes such as the expression of erotic desire from a distinctly female perspective, an embrace of spontaneity and the irrational, and a thoughtful appropriation of local folk crafts and popular iconography. Laguna’s practice also navigates between the use of vulnerable, precarious materials and references to vernacular modernist painting traditions like geometric abstraction and metaphysical art. Underlying her work is a profound concern with social inequality, alongside a vivid, immediate articulation of her own subjectivity and lived experience. ...