A Journey to New Dimensions

Prepare to be amazed as you immerse yourself in Paula Ceroni’s art. Let the vibrant colors and rhythmic textures guide you into a realm of recognition, meditation, and contemplation. Each piece invites you to explore new dimensions and experience an original aesthetic journey filled with wonder and enjoyment.

1. Briefly describe the work you do.

I am a visual artist who explores different techniques such as textile art, photography, painting, videos, and installations. I am interested in developing a dialogue with the viewer. I invite them to reflect through installation proposals such as 'fixed shadow', or to participate with elements to be part of or complete a work, as in 'Exploring the rope'. I seek to represent human relationships, identity, and ancestral traditions in Latin American textiles and the echoes that color and form produce in the pieces. In recent years, I have worked around the pulled thread technique, starting from musical representation, also addressing social identity, and lately absorbed by my imaginary universe, trying to challenge the limits of geometric representation, color, texture, volume, and movement, to evoke personal relationships with the public.

2. What or who inspires your work and how has that influenced both your work and your identity as an artist?

I am inspired by music and have practiced piano for five years. I am particularly fond of classical music and enjoy attending concerts, especially those featuring pianists. Fabrics, textiles, sewing, and threads have always been present in my life, and I incorporate these aspects into the works that I compose. I also love fashion and haute couture, and I am always very attentive to fashion weeks. I am impressed by the compositional versatility in costume designs and how they have changed throughout history. Architecture has also been a part of my personal history, and I am passionate about seeing the different volumetric forms of space design. I am fascinated by creations that look like habitable sculptures. I have always been observant from an early age and was always attracted to art. I enjoyed browsing books of art history, and the images of works transported me. I marveled at the creativity. Many artists have influenced me, but the main one is Picasso. I have read enough of his work to value the diversity of his work, the feeling through color, but above all, the movement of his figures in action. My favorite work of his is 'Two Women Running on the Beach'. An exhibition that notably influenced the way I appreciate art was one of Joan Miró (one of the few international artists that I saw in my country). The use of color and his expressive freedom marked me. Mondrian's work also influenced me. His impeccable invoice, work in suit (without apron), was a character that I wanted to imitate. I really like his work and how he evolved from the representation of the landscape to the 'boogie woogie', a great representation of movement, the city, and music. Chile is known for its great development in poetry. 'Chile fertile land of poets' has great natural monuments, an imposing mountain range, and an extensive sea. So my country is full of inspirations.

3. As you reflect on your artistic journey, could you describe the evolution of your identity as an artist and how it has exceeded your initial expectations?

Art is my passion, it moves me and transcends me. I wake up thinking about creating and I fall asleep, trying to solve proposals and polishing ideas. Life inspires me, what surrounds me and I am always attentive to the new, to the next, to what questions me, challenges me, I constantly ask myself questions about topics that matter to me and that touch me personally from the social and human, I also demand myself in the representation, in its possibilities, the composition, the color, the design. I want to be a real contribution from what moves me. Day by day it is a constant search and work that I believe has materialized with small and large achievements, that fill me with joy and give me more impulses to continue in this exciting career.

4. How do you view the significance of your contribution to contemporary art in a world that is increasingly shaped by technology?

I like technology because it provides new tools and helps me in my processes. Sometimes I rely on digital sketches that allow me to visualize what I want to achieve more clearly. It's important that with the existence of new technological forms of expression, manual work is valued even more. I believe that humans will never lose their fascination or appreciation for things made by hand, especially in a world where time is becoming increasingly valuable. Investing time in creating is already a translation of value. I think one of my contributions is to showcase the value of manual work, which is a slow and constant process, almost like a ritual, working with time. By placing value on perseverance, I can generate a different rhythm of production.

5. How do you see the future of your art and the art world evolving in the coming years?

Every day, I observe the world, experiment, and learn from the textile field. I am always opening up new horizons to add more elements to my new works, whether in abstractions or known forms and themes, while also creating tension in the compositions to generate a work where aesthetics is a very important part that extends from the works I create. I see the evolution of art as a very positive thing. History has taught us that art in the hands of artists generates a search for different means to create new expressions and manifestations. As the years go by, these demonstrations of art have increased, new techniques and media have emerged, and it is very inspiring to live in these times.

6. Get inspired!

INSTAGRAM: @p_ceroni
WEBSITE: paulaceroni.cl
REPRESENTED BY: Aninat Galería (Chile), Pedro Ávila Galería (Mexico)