Matilde Cánepa González

I live by the art
אני גר אמנות
Yo vivo el arte


"I want confidants, not clients.

I was born in Caracas, Venezuela and now live in Berlin, Germany.
I have been developing my art since 1990. As an interdisciplinary artist I work with different materials and techniques. Over the years I have created various sculptures, paintings and art books. Sculptures on different supports and materials in the form of reliefs, textures, calligraphies, with a symbolic character, born from a syncretic language.
My paintings are mostly on paper, because this material gives me a certain charm and foundation, although I also use canvas and other materials. I prefer mixed media with acrylic, ink, watercolour and others.
I have used assemblage as an approach to my art, it is a two or three dimensional construction made from scraps of wood and pieces of stoneware, glued together and painted.
I love assemblage, collage and combining different materials to create a new piece with a unique aesthetic.

For a long time I lived in Tenerife, the Canary Island in Spain. Today my studio is in Berlin. This allows me to be inspired to express my human aesthetics, philosophy and inner turmoil in my work. In a constant relationship with my social environment, where ...

Vocational Plan, School of Plastic Arts, Cristóbal Rojas Caracas Venezuela, 1985-1988,
Ceramics courses - technology, ceramic - Arts Workshop School Fire Candido Millan, Caracas, VZla, 1989-1992,
School of Design Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.1984,
Ceramic and murals Fundación Condorhuasi ceramologia. Buenos Aires, Argentina,1987.

Selection of exhibitions from the last 5 years
2024 Treppenhausgalerie Kunst Stufen Berlin.
2020 Travelling exhibition "Cartografia Organica", Hotel "Baobab Suites" in Adele Tenerife, Spain,
2019 MAC Insurances - Organic Cartography Exhibition in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain,
2017 La Roche-en-Ardenne as part of the BAM sculpture festival "Camille Claudel" / Belgium,
2016 I. Biennial of Sculpture - Valldoreix dels somnis, Barcelona, Spain.

My works have been exhibited in Caracas Venezuela, Buenos Aires in Argentina, Havana in Cuba, Spain in Madrid, Barcelona, A Coruña and Tenerife, Germany in Berlin and in the United States of America, Miami and Washington.
If you want more information about me as an artist, I can send you my dossier or my resume by email. Matilde Cánepa González