Ivania Lasso

Ivania Lasso
Visual artist based in San José, Costa Rica
Ivania Lasso (Costa Rica, 1984) explores the deterioration of the city of San José, Costa Rica, where she studies urban textures, as evidence of the passage of time and imprint of memory. Her work includes various formats such as painting, assembly and installation.
Graduated in Arts and Visual Communication with the specialty of Painting from the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, and later as a Bachelor of Education from the Universidad San Marcos of Costa Rica. She has been invited to exhibit by feminist collectives such as Casa Ma (CR) and in Portugal by the curator Rolando Castellón, as well as exhibitions in New York, El Salvador and Costa Rica. She has worked as a professor of Plastic Arts in various government institutions in addition to her artistic practice. In 2021 she was awarded an internship with the Panama Fem Art Coalition. In 2022 her work was selected to be showcased at the 2022 Visual Arts Salon at the Museo de Arte Costarricense and was awarded a Costa Rican government grant for art production.

Bachelor Degree in Art and Visual Communication, specialty in painting Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Licentiate Degree in Art and Visual Communication, specialty in painting Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Licentiate Degree in Education Universidad San Marcos

SOLO

2022
Galería Vida. California United States

2014
Estética de deterioro, Escuela de Arte y Comunicación Visual, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

2013
Metáforas Urbanas, Texturas de la Materia, Alianza francesa, Costa Rica

COLECTIVE

2022
Salón anual. Museo de Arte Costarricense. Costa Rica

2020
Geo-Grafismos, Casa 49, Costa Rica

2019
Casa MA, Centro Cultural Botica Solera, Costa Rica


2018
Valoarte Edición XIII, Avenida Escazú, Costa Rica
Lano Bienal GEO feminista, Casa de Cultura José Figueres Ferrer, Costa Rica
Lano Bienal 2 edición, Casa de Cultura José Figueres Ferrer, 2018 Costa Rica
City Art Walk. Museo de Paterson. Nueva Jersey. United States

2016
XIV Exposición de Pintores Hispanoamericanos. NJ, Union City, United States
Bohemian nights along the Hudson, Kennedy Blvd. East, West New York. United States
Lano Bienal, Galeria Kroma Arte Contemporáneo, Costa Rica

2015
3rd Ironbound Multi Cultural Festival Temporary Gallery. Newark NJ.
United States
DIQUÍS: (Di/Con)vergencies Galeria Fabula Urbis. Lisboa, Portugal.
Galería 3+ arte, Portugal.
MARTE, Museo de Arte de El Salvador.

2014
Agora Gallery, 29th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition New York, United Stat...