"My artistic practice, as a Mapuche and trans subject, is characterized by critically questioning the colonial binary order and its consequences for indigenous societies as well as global societies. Similarly, I am interested in addressing the study of categories such as race, gender, social class, whilst targeting territorial and environmental conflicts through the revision of their political, social and cultural implications.
My work is executed by means of installation, ceramic, drawing, photograph, performance and video, with the aim of exploring the cultural similarities, differences, and stereotypes produced between indigenous and global ways of thinking." – Seba Calfuqueo
SEBA CALFUQUEO
Seba Calfuqueo, "Evocation of hair", 2022
Seba Calfuqueo, "Brotar", 2021
Seba Calfuqueo (she/they, Santiago de Chile, 1991) is a Mapuche visual artist and curator at Espacio 218. They live and work in Santiago de Chile.
Seba Calfuqueo's work is part of the Centre Pompidou (France) Museo MALBA (Argentina), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Spain), KADIST collection (France), Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul - MAC RS (Brazil), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Chile) and MAC (Chile). It is currently on view at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (DHMD), Dresden (Germany); the UQ Art Museum, St. Lucia (Australia) and at the second edition of the Biennale (re)connecting.earth, Geneva (Switzerland). Their work will soon be on view as part of the group show "Handle With Care" at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest (Hungary), and will be featured in the 22nd Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial.
They are part of the Mapuche collective Rangiñtulewfü and Yene Revista. They participated in the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, 12th Bienal de Mercosur and 22th Bienal Paiz. They are winner of the Municipalidad de Santiago Award in 2017 and Fundación FAVA Award in 2018. In 2021 they were awarded by Eyebeam’s Fractal Fellowships and in 2023 by Fundación Ama Amoedo’a FAARA.
