Claudia Lugo

Statement witnesses of a subconscious past

I have approached sculpture from a gender position to provide an intercultural vision of Mexican women.
I have been knitting wire since 2016 and have found my particular way of weaving stories and material; exploring the bonds that are woven with emotions between individuals or groups until I come to reflect on and express the social fabric in my sculpture.
With my work, volumes are woven with various closed and organic topological shapes, such as a drop. With wire I explore forms with volume, investigating and probing how far I can grow with a woven volumetric form.
I have explored the relationship of light and lighting in relation to my volumetric wire knitting.
The knot, in its role of connection, generates links between the different strands that make up the piece, the knitted wire is formed until reaching a volumetric sculptural form with a topological surface.
Knots are usually related to problematic situations, the core of the conflict, which do not pass easily, so the knot acquires a role of complementary duality. It is common to appreciate how the different communities produce patterns and techniques that are their own and are generally inherited from previous generations....

Claudia Lugo is a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana and studied at ENAP Xochimilco.

Lugo is a contemporary visual artist. "I have approached sculpture from a gender position, to provide an intercultural vision of Mexican women." She began her activity as a visual artist in 2007 (painting); In 2016 she began her formal work in sculpture.

Among his most recent participations, the following stand out: Proyecto Artería with Alberto Castro Leñero, Antonio Gritón, Demián Flores, Nestor Quiñones, among others, Cdmx Wire Sculpture (2023); Witnesses of a subconscious past, Mexico Wire Sculpture (2022); Forest of Underwater Creatures, Leipzig, Germany Wire Sculpture (2021);Questioning Space Accumulation, Leipzig, Germany Wire Sculpture (2021); Sense of Freedom, Mexico (2021); exhibitions in Italy (2011), China: selected to participate in contemporary art museums in Shanghai, China: Zhu Qi Zhan Museum, Hui Sheng Art Museum and Songjiang Art Museum, (2012-2013).

Awarded at the Florence Biennale, Italy (2011); Awarded in Argentina: "Latin American Art in the Bicentennial" (2010) and with distinctions and recognitions in: Germany, selected to participate in the Pilotenkueche art residency for her work in wire sculpture (2021); s...

2022 Mexico City Museum. Solo Show. Witnesses of a subconscious past
2021 Art Residency. Leipzig, Germany. AlteHandlesSchule Gallery, Leipzig, Germany. Group Show. Dietzold studio location. Leipzig, Germany. Venice International Art Fair, Venice Italy. Group show. Sense of Freedom Serie. On line Exhibit. Enrique Elguero Gallery. Sense of Freedom Serie. Cultural Center Alvaro Obregón Mexico City
2020 Award. Ministry of Culture of Mexico (Federal) Contigo en la Distancia
2018-2016 Grant. Ministry of Culture at Mexico City. Grant as a Master degree to create a cultural company.
2014 Watercolor Museum. Mexico City. Water movement. Solo show. México city Torre del reloj Gallery. Museum Jumex of Contemporary Art. Aid for Aids Foundation. Mexico City
2013 Zhu Qi Zhan Art Museum. Shanghai China. Transparent media Exhibit. Hui Sheng Art Museum. Pudong China. Feeling the art of walk Jason Samuel Gallery. Art Basel week at Spectrum Grant.Ministry of Culture at Mexico City. Grant to develop an artistic project.
2012 Artexpo NYC USA Jason Samuel Gallery. Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico City. (MAM) Arte Vivo Foundation. Shanghai Art Fair. Moyiart Gallery. Songjiang Art Museum Songjiang District. Shanghai China
2011Award Winning. International...