Women artists at ARCO

Last week it was the ARCO fair in Madrid, one of the most traditional fairs of contemporary art, and it is always a great opportunity to see artist’s new projects and works, also to discover new names of the contemporary art. This year the fair was marked by the International Women’s Day (last Saturday), and this made more people pay attention to the presence of female artists.

I decided to share with you today, the names of some women artists that caught my attention, and why. I made a little selection of 7 artists; it was not easy to choose the names.

DIANA LARREA
Multidisciplinary artist, Larrea is famous for her interventions on public space. She works with the Espacio Mínimo gallery and every year she presents part of her activist work, that contains meanings on different levels, showing a commitment to symbolic and also contemporary conflicts.

CAMILLE BERNARD
She is a Franco-Scottish artist, born in Paris in 1994. She studied at Glasgow School of Art; she was the winner of the Fleming-Wyfold Bursary in 2017. Her work shows an ambivalent vision of humanity, in her vision the humans are creatures that evolve in a durable but at the same time fragile balance.

CLAUDIA PAGÈS
Born in Barcelona, she studied Fine Arts at the Universitat de Barcelona and in the University School of Art Design in Helsinki. In her creative process, word, body, and movement circulate in multiple directions, tracing a tangled linguistic web of micro-narratives.

KEI TAKEMURA
Is a Japanese artist who lives and works in Japan. Her works are compromised of overlapping a layer of embroidered cloth on to a photo or a drawing, through this Takemura wants to create a state of being “tentative”, she desires to transform fragments of memory, or objects and places that no longer exist into something tangible.

CLAUDIA ANDÚJAR
Is a Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and activist, who advocates for the rights of the Yanomami people. She studied humanities at the Hunter College in New York. Her career in the photojournalism started with a project on the Karajá people in central Brazil. Her photographs have appeared in various important magazines, such as Life, Look, or Aperture.

BUNNY ROGERS
She is an American artist known for her multimedia works. She works with different medias including sculpture, video, and installation. One of the most important aspects of her work is its engagement with personal and cultural trauma. In her works she explores themes such as nostalgia, loneliness, and alienation.

BUHLEBZWE SIWANI
She is a multidisciplinary artist born in Johannesburg in 1987. She is better known for her performances, installations, and photographs. She studied at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg and at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts. Her works encompass themes of black womanhood and spirituality.