b. 1996 Quito, Ecuador
based in London, UK and Quito, Ecuador
My practice investigates expanded notions of objects and space through scent. I explore how scent compels a deeper, more intimate interaction with these objects. It is this intimacy that invites bodies to occupy, lean into, touch, and even ingest the works, creating a tension that forces the viewer into a state of vulnerability. This in turn, transforms the act of perception, blurring the boundaries between the object, its environment, and the body of the observer.
As an Ecuadorian artist based in the UK, I explore identity as place and distance-to-place by juxtaposing nature and technology, aiming to dislocate and create discomfort through my work.
Mi práctica investiga nociones ampliadas de los objetos y el espacio a través del olor para generar una interacción más íntima. Es esta intimidad la que invita a los cuerpos a ocupar, inclinarse, tocar e "ingerir" las obras, creando una tensión que obliga al espectador a entrar en un estado de vulnerabilidad. Esto, a su vez, transforma el acto de percepción, difuminando los límites entre el objeto, su entorno y el cuerpo del observador. Este trabajo junto a una exploración de la identidad como lugar y distancia al lugar, hace uso de la yuxtaposición entre naturaleza y tecnología con el objetivo de acercarnos a la sensación. Al emplear tecnologías digitales (impresión en 3D con arcilla y tejido digital) como extensiones de los oficios femeninos tradicionales, busco construir una epistemología única que enfatiza el proceso y el labor.
Education
MFA Fine Art Goldsmiths, University of London
BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Awards and Residencies
2025 Awarded the Freelands Foundation’s Artist Bursary
Shortlisted for The John Ruskin Prize “From the Eye to the Hand”
Artist in residence at Industra ART
2024 Elected as a member of The London Group
Received a Fellowship from The Alternative Art School
Shortlisted for New Contemporaries
Artist in residence Fem/o/type - Museo Interactivo de Ciencias Quito (online)
2023 Winner of the Vic Kuell Memorial Prize for Innovation
2022 Artist in residence Suttle AIR Oregon - In collaboration with Paula Barragán
2021 Artist in residence for Talleres y Residencias CAC at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Quito
2020 Artist in residence for Carne Fresca III at Espacio Violenta Guayaquil
Artist in residence for PRPG MX - Proyectos y Residencias MX
2017 Artist in residence at New York Studio Residency Program - AICAD
Honorary Mention New Millenium Writing XLII - Melancholia
2014 SAIC Creative Honors Scholarship 2014 - 2018
Exhibitions and activations
2025 Force with No Net Sum at Industra ART, Brno, CZ
Latin American Landscapes curated by Tlaxcala3 at Soil, Seattle, USA
UFF Arte Itinerante, Santa Cruz, Cuenca and Guayaquil, EC
The London Group Annual at the Royal Watercolour Society, London, UK
Fem/o/type: Mujeres en las prácticas contemporáneas del Bioarte at Facultad de Bellas Artes, UCLM, ES
The John Ruskin Prize at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
The Scent of Connection at Sevente, London, UK
2024 Small Wonders at Croydon Art Space, London, UK
Stillness in Movement at Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK.
Primordial Soup curated by LATAMesa at Mucciaccia Gallery, London, UK.
MFA Degree Show at Goldsmiths University of London, UK.
Dust and Shapes at Pushkin House, London, UK.
Sentado sobre el césped [cena de olor - scent dinner] in collaboration with SABADO and Ana Wappenstein, Quito, EC
De lejos huele a metal, de cerca dicen que huele a planta at Punto Rojo, Quito, EC
2023 The London Group Open at Copeland Gallery, London, UK
Wraymour and Flanigan: International at Wraymour and Flanigan Tennessee, USA
Interim Show at 2 Deptford Church St, London, UK
Approximate Distance at H.artslane Gallery, London, UK
Loess Collective presents ‘Taste the Difference’ at Hypha Studios, London, UK
2021 Cuerpos Cuerdas: Traspasar el miedo. Prolongar la acción for Cuarto encuentro AME at Alianza Francesa Quito, EC
Habitares (in) visibles at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, EC
A las Escondidas at Media Agua, Quito, EC
2020 ON (Nueva Ola) at Espacio ONDER, Guayaquil, EC
2018 Destejer la historia, los hilos de la memoria for Tercer encuentro AME at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, EC
Spring Undergraduate Exhibition -BFA Show- at Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, USA
2017 On The Passage (Of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time) at AICAD/NYSRP 20 Jay St, Brooklyn, USA
Extra Loud at M10 at AICAD/NYSRP 20 Jay St, Brooklyn, USA
2016 7.8 at OPEN Center for the Arts, Chicago, USA
Performer for Body in Way of Belting by Andrea Perales at Soho House Chicago, USA
2015 ARTBASH at The LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, USA
Performer for The Winner’s Circle by Paola Lopez at Loop Alliance Activate, Chicago, USA
Artist Talks and Workshops
2024 Artist talk for De Cerca Huele a Metal at Punto Rojo, Quito, EC
Enfleurage Workshop at Punto Rojo, Quito, EC
2023 Artist talk on Lean in for The London Group Open, Copeland Gallery, London, UK.
2021 Artist talk Olfato y los Sentidos as part of artist residency at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Quito, EC
Talleres de Destilación de Nostalgias [Nostalgia distillation workshops] at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Quito, EC
Artist in Residence Artist talks at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo. Quito, EC