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Available Sizes: 24 x 36 Edition of 10 32 x 48 Edition of 5 48 x 72 Edition of 3 Chromatic Alchemy explores the parallels between cacti's adaptive methods of survival and humanity’s own coping mechanisms in hostile environments. Similar to cacti’s evolving spines in order to thrive in inhospitable conditions, humans navigate emotional aridity by developing their own "energetic thorns”—a defensive coping system shaped to protect against the pain of life's challenges. Captured within manicured gardens, the black and white photographs serve as a metaphor for the confining nature of unchanging environments. These structured landscapes symbolize a kind of imprisonment. However, the narrative transforms when these resilient cacti find themselves in the untamed wilderness. Within this vast expanse of emotional terrain and in effort to heal the traumas from the past, I transmute the stark, muted tones of the desert by overlaying vibrant healing colors – a symbol of optimism and hope. I seek to convey the alchemical process of turning pain into beauty, mirroring the desert's ability to bloom with vibrant life amidst its seemingly harsh conditions.
2024
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Multi-media artist, Javiera Estrada, was born in Acapulco, Mexico, in 1981 and emigrated to the United States in 1989. Javiera’s broad scope of work, which includes photography, mixed media, photograms, film, and textiles, is influenced by her memories of growing up in Acapulco—a tropical paradise of vibrant colors, steeped in spiritual ritual and magical realism. Estrada’s mystical affinity for bridging the gap between the conscious landscape of reality and the subconscious world of the spiritual can be seen throughout her work. Philosophically, Estrada rejects Cartesian dualism and its compartmentalization of the whole, embracing a worldview of interconnectivity and unity consciousness. Artistically, she seeks to unify the mundane and the sacred. Javiera examines the theme of interconnected consciousness in a multitude of ways. From incorporating female bodies as sculptural forms in organic communion with nature, to creating galactic primordial environments with inks—fluid and formless, structures representing the “prima materia,” original essence of existence. The juxtaposition of shadow and light play a recurring role in Estrada’s explorations as well, representing the internal struggle between the spiritual and the physical. Estrada describes her artistic process as both frenzied and laborious. The work is multi-layered and time-consuming, a technique she sees as inducing presence, while moving away from the high-speed nature of the digital age. The initial messy, chaotic stage of unknowing is essential to Estrada’s process, as it allows for connection with the deeper, subconscious elements wanting to emerge through the work. Estrada has exhibited in the United States, Europe (London, Germany, China, Switzerland) and Singapore. In 2020, her solo show in Las Vegas received a Certificate of Special Congressional Commendation for the Arts from the United States Congress. Recently, she was commissioned to create a site-specific piece for the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Estrada currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
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