Geraldine Guillén

My work is inspired by a metaphor that I created over 3 years, the world of fish men, which takes place in surreal landscapes inhabited by characters with human and fish characteristics.
My surreal and poetic theory explains that humans before birth were fish men, who lived at the bottom of the ocean, which symbolizes the womb and at birth they are separated from their world, based on the theory "the trauma of birth" of Otto Rank where neurosis, anxiety and mental disorders come from birth which is a traumatic act".

The fish men are entities without gender, that is why they wear masks, only spirits swimming, our unconscious, the place where we turn to generate answers, something like the origin.

The technique is lost plate engraving, I like the challenge generated by achieving colors with the juxtaposition of inks and knowing that it is impossible to reprint the work, it is a unique piece.

Geraldine Guillén engraver and painter born in Uruapan, Michoacán in 1992. Her interest in art has been genuine and without thinking about it she decides to study at the Popular Faculty of Fine Arts in the city of Morelia graduating in 2017 but she has been an active member for a long time. of the Manuel Pérez Coronado Engraving Workshop (MAPECO) in Uruapan. His graphic style has been influenced by great neo-expressionist artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, the satire of José Guadalupe Posadas or the color of Manuel Pérez Coronado, which have been important points of reference.

Artistic Residencies: First graphic camp in “LA MANO GRÁFICA”. Patzcuaro, Michoacan 2017.
Meetings: 1st Meeting of mobile graphic workshops. Guanajuato 2017.
1st Miniprint Meeting (Guanajuato 2018)
Biennials:
-II Biennial Olga Costa 2020
-FEMSA Biennial 2020
Contests:
-13th Efraín Vargas state painting and print contest (2019)
14th Efraín Vargas state painting and print contest (2020)
Collective exhibitions: 20
Individual exhibitions: The Fish Men Celaya Institute of Art and Culture. June 10, 2022.
Catalogs:
-Catalogue of the Olga Costa Biennial 2021 Central West region.
Recent portfolios and collaborations:
- Ánimas (graphics workshop zalce 2019)
- The pit (Oaxaca-Michoacán collaboration)
- women engravers (holy leaf workshop Oaxaca 2019)
- MAPECO 2020 (mapeco 2020 graphics workshop)
-The new order (Pátzcuaro 2021 tacanche workshop)