Ignacio Henríquez Carrera

Santiago, Chile (1987). A self-taught visual artist specializing in hyper-realistic graphite drawing. Dreamlike and intimate, his work focuses on exploring different dimensions of the coexistence of complex trauma and the body. In his hyperrealistic self-portraits, he dissects memory through meticulous traces, being a process of giving new meaning to the damage caused by abuse. These works contravene a masculine imaginary that reinforces characteristics such as integrity, vigor, impenetrability, as an essential part of its configuration, presenting on the contrary, a masculinity that allows itself to connect with its emotionality, vulnerability, and capacity for self-reflection.
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Architecture and Urbanism studies at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. As a sefl taught, full time artist (since 2020) he has gained further artistic knowledge participating in the DARDO Studio Mentorship Programme (Santiago, Chile) under mentors Rodrigo Zamora and Raimundo Edwards (2021 - 2022).

Published in various print and digital media, and participated in various national and international group shows, highlighting the following:

XIV MAVI Chile Young Artist Award, as a finalist (Santiago, Chile, 2020)

"Cuerpos Multidimensionales" at Centro Cultural Montecarmelo (Santiago, Chile, 2021)

"Slow Songs" at Quappi Projects (Louisville KY, USA, 2022)

"Envío 1.0" at Kastanien Gallery (Berlin, Germany, 2022)

XLIV Young Artist Prize of Universidad de Valparaíso, as a honorary mention winner (Chile, 2022 through 2023)

"De Ansia y Pudor" in Espacio 218 (Santiago, Chile, 2022)

35th Annual MAM Chiloé Show (Castro, Chile, 2023)