Patricia Domínguez Chilean, b. 1984
Patricia Domínguez's practice interwines myths, symbols, and rituals with ideas of extraction, cultural appropriation and the destruction of natural heritage.
Her 2019 exhibition, Green Irises, at Gasworks, London presented a multi-screen video installation alongside a series of altars and totem figures. Combining ethnographic surrealism and science fiction, Domínguez’s work embraces a range of myths and rituals shaped by extractivism and global finance, from the syncretic worship of Our Lady of Cerro Rico, an infamous silver mine in Bolivia where eight million natives died, to the archaeological museum inside Scotiabank’s head office in Cusco, built on top of the ruins of an Incan palace.
In 2020, Domínguez is to complete the Delfina Foundation residency in London. During this residency, she will develop a new commission for a forthcoming exhibition at Wellcome Collection in London opening in May 2021. Taking the archives of Wellcome Collection as a starting point, Domínguez will critically engage with the limits of science and shamanism through a focus on spirituality and visionary plants within the context of the current cosmologies of neo-colonialism in South America.
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Museum Exhibition
Patricia Domínguez at st_age, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Madrid October 23, 2020Artists: Dana Awartani, Patricia Domínguez, freq_wave by Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Dorine Mokha, Courtney Morris, Eduardo Navarro with BaRiya,Christian Salablanca Díaz, Yeo Siew Hua, Himali...Read more -
Artist Representation
Patricia Domínguez March 31, 2020Cecilia Brunson Projects is delighted to announce co-representation of Patricia Domínguez with Galería Patricia Ready, Chile. Patricia Domínguez practice interwines myths, symbols, and rituals with...Read more -
Biennale
Patricia Domínguez to participate in the 2020 Gwangju Biennale January 24, 2020Patricia Domínguez, part of the group show, Contagio [Contagion], has been selected to participate in the 2020 Gwangju Biennale. Art Review: Defne Ayas and Natasha...Read more