CATALINA SWINBURN
1979, Santiago, Chile
Works and lives between Buenos Aires, Argentina & London, UK.
Catalina Swinburn’s work translate into key messages and universal concerns such as: sustainability, identity, gender equality and globalization underlining the connections of the Global South throughout history. The use of weave and vintage documents are used by her as a vital and dynamic language for raising awareness both physically and conceptually while aiming to strengthen the integration between various communities in making reference to female resilience. She pursues to rescue ancestral rituals related to sacred places, ancestral geography and original memory.
Regenerating these narratives articulates for the artist both a sense of urgency and a mode of resistance. The artwork is therefore activated by the artist’s position as both fabricator and performer of the sculpture. This could be seen as a metaphor for resistance, where woven narratives are portrayed as a substitute for the silence of women throughout history.
Textiles are eloquent expressions of women’s concern with cultural tradition and transmutation, and are recognized as fundamental to studies of gender, social identity, status, exchange and modernization. Weave, tends to demarcate a suspension of ordinary existence and are among the most visible signs of sacred space and sacred roles.
By using weaving as a metaphor for resistance, her practice brings us closer to our cultural identity and offer an alternative view of the function of art as a vehicle of consciousness by meeting various forms of knowledge; opening a dialogue between conservatism and innovation, between continuity and transmutation.
EXHIBITIONS
Revolutionary Myths
Or les Murs, Selma Feriani Gallery,
Fitzrovia Chapel, London, UK.
2023
Open Book
Public Space Permanent Pavillion
Plaza Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022
Archaic Contingency
Selma Feriani Gallery
Cromwell Place. London, UK
2021
Matters of Material
Curated by Dina Nasser-Khadivi
Christie´s, London, UK
2020
Untitled
Selma Feriani Gallery
Sidi Bou Said, Tunis
2020
Viaje hacia la Luz
Curated by Thiago Verdi
Galeria Aninat
Santiago, Chile
2020
We all need Opera
Mam Contemporary Art Salzburg
Salzburg
2020
Imagen del Texto
Galeria de Arte Isabel Aninat
Santiago, Chile
2019
des/composure
Video, 6.48 min
Bienal de Artes Mediales, Santiago, Chile
2019
no land
Art Basel Hong Kong
Selma Feriani Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2019
NARRATIVES OF DISPLACEMENT
Selma Feriani Gallery
Sidi Bou Said, Tunis
2018
FISSURES
Selma Feriani Gallery
Sidi Bou Said, Tunis
2016
THE PERFECT BOUNDARY
CENTRO CULTURAL MATTA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016
MIGRACIONES (en el) ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
MUNTREF / MUSEO DE INMIGRANTES
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015
PORTRAIT REDUXE
CENTRO CULTURAL MATTA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016
ARQUEOLOGIA ANTICIPADA*
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galería Isabel Aninat, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2013
*AWARDED BEST EXHIBITION 2013, CHILE.
PORTRAIT
PAINFUL TIMES
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Selma Feriani Gallery, London
2013
INDULGENCES
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Selma Feriani Gallery, London
2012
UTOPIA
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Mount Street Church, London
INSTALATION
2012
LOST PARADISE
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Collahusi Foundation, Iquique, Chile
INSTALATION
2011
ART OF TELLING TALES
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Artnexus Space, Bogota, Colombia
2011
EL QUE NO ARRIESGA NO PASA EL
RIO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
About Change, World Bank, Washington, USA
PERFORMATIVE PHOTOGRAPH
2008
IN GOD WE TRUST
ANINAT & SWINBURN
DANGEROUS LIASONS CURATED BY SEBASTIEN GOKALP
Monnaie Du Paris, France
2011
LUJOSO SILENCIO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Cecilia Gonzalez, Lima, Peru
PERFORMATIVE PHOTOGRAPH & INSTALATION
2011
IN GOD WE TRUST
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Bolsa de Arte, Brasil
INSTALATION
2009
PAINFUL TIMES
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Isabel Aninat, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION & PHOTOGRAPH
2010
STATU QUO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
CCU, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION & PERFORMANCE
2010
IN GOD WE TRUST
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Chile
INSTALATION
2009
HOLY WATER
ANINAT & SWINBURN
PERFORMATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
2009
SESGOS MÍSTICOS
ANINAT & SWINBURN
CENTRO DE EXTENSION UCC
Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO
2008
NOVUM MEMORAE
ANINAT & SWINBURN
CENTRO DE EXTENSION UCC
Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO
2008
LUGARES COMUNES
ANINAT & SWINBURN
PUBLIC SPACE PROYECT-VITACURA
Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2008
NO HAY PEOR CIEGO QUE EL QUE
NO QUIERE VER
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Isabel Aninat, Santiago, Chile
PERFORMATIVE PHOTOGRAPH
2008
SINCE 11.09
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2007
ALTAR DE SACRIFICIO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2007
IN CONTEMPLATIO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria 5006, Buenos Aires
PERFORMATIVE PHOTOGRAPH
2006
OBITUARIO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Animal, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION & PERFORMANCE
2004
IN MEMORIAM
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Animal, Santiago, Chile
PERFORMANCE
2004
OPERACIÓN LIMITE AMBULATORIO*
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Concurso Delta Airlines
PERFORMANCE, VIDEO AND INSTALATION
2005
*WINNER OF DELTA AIRLINES CONTEST
PIEZAS DE COLECCIÓN
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Isabel Aninat, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2005
IN MEMORIAM 12.05.04 – 05.06.04
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Valenzuela & Klenner, Bogota, Colombia
PERFORMANCE
2004
EN MEMORIA
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Animal
INSTALATION – PERFORMANCE
2002
MEMORIA VELADA
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Galeria Animal, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION - PERFORMANCE
2002
NON SITE – EN MEMORIAM 13.11.02 &
8211; 07.12.02
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Corporación Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2003
FRAGMENTOS DEL OLVIDO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Corporación Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2003
MEMORIA EN TRÁNSITO
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Fundación Telefónica, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2002
EN MEMORIA
ANINAT & SWINBURN
Kent Instalations, Santiago, Chile
INSTALATION
2002
COLLECTIONS
Pilar Citoler Foundation
Cordoba, Spain
Balanz Capital Collection
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Latin American Art Collection Artnexus
Bogotá, Colombia
CCU Art Collection
Santiago de Chile, Chile
ICC Contemporary Institute of Culture
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Arte Al Dia Collection
Miami, U.S.A.
Rosenblum Foundation
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Permanent Public Intervention
Vitacura Parks. Santiago de Chile, Chile