Mariu Palacios

Statement

Mariu Palacios represents a unique figure in contemporary art. Her work, apprehended between the fabric of pain and desire, explores the roots of her feminine lineage and plunges into the depths of psychoanalysis. Her artistic journey is both a return to her ancestors and a personal and emotional transformation.

From an early age, Mariu lived in various regions of Peru, which enriched her cultural and artistic perspective. The common thread in Palacios' work is her connection to the women in her family. In her pieces, she reflects on how that bond was broken and how she seeks to heal it through art. Performance, writing, weaving, and collage become an act of communication with her ancestors, a way to restore the stories silenced for generations. Her grandmother, whom she often evokes, represents the symbol of this connection, and her need to create arises as a genuine impulse to revive the past and give voice to what has remained hidden.

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Tacna, Perú, 1976.

Between 1997 and 1998 she studied plastic arts at the Instituto Corriente Alterna (Lima, Peru) and between 1998 and 2001 she continued her studies at the Art Institute in Miami, Florida. She graduated with first place in the specialty of painting. Between 2003 and 2007, she also participated in various courses and workshops in painting, drawing, human figures, and sculpture at the Instituto Corriente Alterna. In 2011 she followed a sculpture course (human figure) at the Tel Aviv School of Art. In the year of 2015, she participated in the Art Pulse (Miami) and Art Lima (Lima) art fairs, and in 2017 he participated again in the Art Pulse art fair (Miami).

Subsequently, she presented in the Ginsberg Gallery (Lima) “Fake Concrete” in 2018 and “7 Lobsters and a Mirror” in 2022. In 2024 she presented a solo show at Galeria Xavier Fiol (Madrid), in 2023 she presented her work at the Zona Maco art fair (Mexico City) next to CAM Galería and the exhibition “Tuyo” at Galería Aparador (Mexico City) and a group show at Lluc Fluxá (Palma de Mallorca). By the beginning of 2025, she will have a solo show at CAM Galería, (Mexico City).

Her work can be found in international collections such as 21c Museum (2023), Hochschild Collection (2018), Brescia-Hoffman Collection (2018), Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery Collection (2016), Board member, New Museum, NY (2015), Susana Fontanals, COO CIFO, Cisneros-Fontanals Art Foundation and EFC Holdings (2015), Deutsche Bank (2004), Prince Albert of Monaco Collection (2007), Lolas Family Collection (2014) and Ofer Family Collection (2013) and other private collections such as Bruno Rauffaer, Ramon Sauma Hananias, John Friedman, Rebecca Moores, Rey Nasser, Johanna Berdugo, Elia Tasca, Victor Leyton, Roberto Burstein and Susana de la Puente.