Alicia Paz Explained

Alicia Paz is an artist based in London, working internationally. Born in Mexico City, Paz graduated from UC Berkeley, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris, Goldsmiths College and Royal College of Art London.[1]

Over several years, Alicia Paz has focused on the tension between artifice/ illusion and the veracity of actual processes involved in painting, exposing the duplicitous nature of representation. Through her work, she explores notions of hybridity, assemblage, and metamorphosis, focusing particularly on the female figure: the self is experienced and presented as multiple, fluid, paradoxical. Paz's paintings are as much portraits as they are landscapes, combining references that range from erudite painting or the history of the painted image,[2] to citations of advertising images or comics.[3] Inhabiting fantastical and exotic landscapes, Paz's feminine subjects become fused and combined with organic life. Strange and unsettling visions of tree-women and monster-women also represent the fusion of the subject with painting itself: she often depicts amphibian or plant-like figures “weeping” pigment, their limbs, hair, and various ornamental accoutrements mud-caked and dripping, as if extracted from a colourful, post-cognitive swamp.

In August 2017 Paz unveiled her first public sculpture commission at in Magdeburg, titled Insel der Puppen (Island of Dolls), in steel and enamel.[4] [5]

Paz is working on a large research and production project exploring the network of women that are playing an important rule in her life, personally and professionally. Her project is supported by the Arts Council England. She developed her research it into three exhibition, each specifically adapted to the location and with new work for each show.[6] [7] The first installation was Río y Mar (River and Sea) at the Beecroft Art Gallery in Southend-on-Sea, part of Estuary 2021,[8] followed by River Makers at the Visual Arts Centre in North Lincolnshire, both in 2021, and finally Juntas (Together) at the [9] in Paris in early 2022.[10] [11] [12] In 2024, the curator Bénédicte Delay, presented a solo show of Paz' work under the title Explorations au féminin at the Château de Haroué in Eastern France, in collaboration with the Centre des monuments nationaux CMN.

Selected works

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2024: Château de Haroué, Alicia Paz - Explorations au féminin[13]

2022:, Paris, Juntas

2021: Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, River Makers

2021: Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, Río y Mar (River and Sea)

2010: LAC Narbonne, in association with FRAC Languedoc-Rousillon for Casanova Forever, Sigean France[14]

2007: Unit 2 Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London UK

2006: Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK

2005: Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina[15]

2000: Galerie Yvonamor Palix, Paris, France

Group exhibitions (selection)

2021: Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend UK, Río y Mar (River and Sea),[16] as part of Estuary 2021

2012: Through the Looking Glass, The Agency Gallery, London, UK

2011: Round and Round and Round (Part 2), exhibition drawn from the FRAC IDF Collection, curated by Xavier Franceschi, Parc culturel de Rentilly, France

2009: Multiverse, curated by Ole Hagen, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, UK[17]

2008: Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London, UK[18]

2007: Celeste Art Prize, selected by Goldsmiths College Curating MA, London, UK

2007: Incheon Biennale, Incheon, South Korea[19]

2006: John Moores 24, selectors: Peter Blake, Tracey Emin, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Biennial, UK[20]

2004: EAST International, selectors: Neo Rauch, Gerd Harry Lybke, Norwich, UK[21]

2004: Mind the Gap, 10 London Artists, sponsored by British Council, Triangle, Marseille, France

1999: ZAC 99, collaboration directed by "Bureau d'Etudes" and Jota Castro, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France

1998:Tamayo Museum Biennale, Oaxaca, Mexico

Awards, grants and residencies

2022: Cité internationale des arts, Paris

2022: residency at the Leonora Carrington Museum, Mexico

2002: Triangle France, Artist's Residency, La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseilles, France

2002: Cité internationale des arts, Artist's Residency in Paris

2001: Gasworks Artist's Residency, London, UK[22]

2001: Grant awarded by Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico

1999: Delfina Studio Trust Residency, London, UK

Collections

Further links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Show catalogues of graduate student work at the Royal College of Art. . 16 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121123070044/http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=500832&CategoryID=36646 . 23 November 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Book: Charlesworth, JJ. Alicia Paz: Unfinished Subjects. Galerie Dukan&Hourdequin. Monografik Editions. Marseille, France. 2009. 978-2-36008-003-8.
  3. Book: Lamy, Frank. 3D, Alicia Paz, Andreas Hirsch, Samuel Choisy. Maus Habitos. Porto, Portugal. 2004.
  4. Web site: Magdeburg . Volksstimme . Insel der Puppen: Künstlerin gestaltet Skulptur . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128102843/https://www.volksstimme.de/article/20170824/dpa/308249848/1018 . 28 January 2021 . 2021-01-21 . Volksstimme . de.
  5. Web site: 2017 . Neue Werke von Alicia Paz und Nathan Coley im Skulpturenpark des Kunstmuseums . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210617175532/http://kunstmuseum-magdeburg.de/de/ausstellungen/archiv/2017/ . 17 June 2021 . 2019-11-03 . Kunst Museum Magdeburg.
  6. Web site: Visite de " Juntas " d'Alicia Paz - Maison de l'Amérique latine. 2022-02-10. www.instagram.com.
  7. Web site: Project & Exhibition Selection . 2022-02-08 . periferia . en-US.
  8. Web site: Río y Mar (River and Sea) . 2022-02-08 . www.estuaryfestival.com . en.
  9. Web site: Alicia Paz - Agenda . 2022-02-08 . Maison de l'Amérique Latine.
  10. Web site: 25 January 2022 . La mexicana Alicia Paz, exposición en la Maison de l'Amérique latine de París . 8 February 2022 . YouTube . RFI Español.
  11. Web site: Fer . Anne-Frédérique . 2022-01-27 . Interview de Alicia Paz, par Anne-Frédérique Fer, à Paris, le 26 janvier 2022 . 2022-03-19 . FranceFineArt . fr-FR.
  12. Web site: Ellison . Heidi . 2022-03-09 . A Circle of Friends . 2022-03-23 . Paris Update . en-US.
  13. Web site: CMN . Alicia Paz, Explorations au féminin . 2024-11-26 . www.chateau-haroue.fr . fr-FR.
  14. Book: Latreille, Emmanuel. Casanova Forever: 33 Expositions en Languedoc Roussillon. Dilecta. Paris. 2010. French. 978-2-916275-72-7.
  15. Book: Hunt, Andrew. Alicia Paz. Ruth Benzacar Gallery. 2005. Buenos Aires.
  16. Web site: Alicia Paz & Michael Szpakowski . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210821223112/https://www.southendmuseums.co.uk/exhibitions/Alicia-Paz-&-Michael-Szpakowski- . 21 August 2021 . 2021-08-21 . Southend Museums 20 . en.
  17. Book: Ole. Hagen. Kit. Poulson. Multiverse. Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art. London. 2009.
  18. Book: Jerwood Foundation

    . Jerwood Contemporary Painters. Jerwood Foundation. Jerwood Charitable Foundation. London. 2008.

  19. Book: Knocking on the Door: International Incheon Women Artists' Biennale. Incheon Culture and Arts Center. South Korea. Incheon Metropolitan City. 2007.
  20. Web site: Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art . 2022-02-10 . Liverpool Biennial . en.
  21. http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/181604 News: Andrea . Mason. East International. a-n Magazine. September 2004.
  22. Web site: Gasworks Residencies. . 16 February 2012 . https://archive.today/20120801212334/http://www.gasworks.org.uk/residencies/detail.php?id=123 . 1 August 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  23. Web site: Musée d'art moderne de Céret - Collections - Liste des artistes. live. 2021-08-21. www.musee-ceret.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20071202204915/http://www.musee-ceret.com/mam/liste-artistes.php?choix=P . 2 December 2007 .
  24. Web site: When the Machine Stops. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201025083803/https://coleccion.malba.org.ar/when-the-machine-stops/ . 25 October 2020 .
  25. Web site: Alicia Paz. 2021-08-21. Artist Pension Trust.

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