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Artist Statement
“My grandfather crossed the Atlantic at fourteen, fleeing from famine and war. He never returned. Not for a lack of means, but because he saw no reason to. His was a one-way trip. Once he set foot in Argentina, he erased his memories and started over. Only his accent continued to reveal a corner of Italy. And as a monarchist he never renounced his nationality. On arrival at the port of Buenos Aires, he found that his steamer trunk had been stolen. It was the brutal beginning of his life as an immigrant.
Soul migration. To cut all ties and hurl oneself into the void, like a stone. His heirs are genetically programmed for the return trip, the Atlantic always beckoning in their daydreams. Do body and soul migrate at the same time? The body takes longer. It gets caught up in some landscape, or stuck in a timeless mirror.
Someone somewhere will be waiting. Someone might arrive. Someone will depart. And the day after will be endless. My children and the children of others fly off to finish a story, to see other Sundays and dream in another tongue. The cycle never stops.”
Antonia Guzman was born and resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her rich, sensuous pallet draws the viewer to enter her personal world, where through geometric and figurative compositions, she expresses her explorations on both personal and global issues. Her exhibitions always have a theme, which over the past several years have focused on home and family and immigration and isolation.
While serious in subject, Guzman is able to distil the essence of her themes into a warm, colorful canvas where a story unfolds. Her work is highly linear, yet her geometric lines are softly hued and symbolic figures are minimized. Human figures are depicted as whimsical stick figures with triangular heads; small boats represent loved ones leaving home; and lighthouses symbolize the way home.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2007 “The Other One”. Couturier Gallery. Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2006 “Via croma y la serie del deseo”. Galería Palatina. Buenos Aires
Gardner Gallery. Atlanta, U.S.A.
“Historias personales”. The Americas Collection. Miami, U.S.A.
2005 “Me lo dijo Urquijo”. Galeria Aritza. Bilbao, España
Galerie Dessers. Hasselt, Belgica
Galeria Xanon, Madrid, España
2004 “Invasiones y Mudanzas”. Galeria La Casa del Arte. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
“Invasiones y Mudanzas”. La Galeria Arteconsult. Panamá, Panamá
Anthony Ardavin Art Gallery. Atlanta, U.S.A.
Galerie Dessers. Hasselt, Belgica
“Casas y crisis”. The Americas Collection. Coral Gables, USA
2003 “Cuestión de Tiempos”. Galería Niko Gulland, Buenos Aires
Galerie Dessers. Hasselt, Belgica
“Migrations”Praxis International Art. New York, USA
2002 The Americas Collection. Cor’al Gables, USA
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Puerto Banus. Marbella, España
Galería Orón. Valladolid, España
Realización de tríptico para The International Bank of Miami. FL. USA
2001 Galería Aritza. Bilbao, España
“De Curupaití a Rocanbol”, Galería Niko Gulland. Buenos Aires
Galería P9, con Marta Ratti. Madrid, España
2000 “Telas y papeles”. Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires
Verve Art Gallery. Lovain, Bélgica
Mission Viejo Library, con Marta Ratti. Orange County, USA
1999 Galería Aritza. Bilbao, España
C. Hulsch Gallery. Berlín, Alemania.
1998 Treg’Aquarelle, Salon International de la Peinture a l’Eau, exposición homenaje.
Tregastel, Francia Diseños de tapices para la Fuggerhaus de Augsburg, Alemania
“Lineart”, Foire d’Art International, Galerie Indigo. Gantes, Bélgica
1997 Studio Gallery, con Marta Ratti. Irvine, California, Estados Unidos
Galerie Indigo. Damme, Bélgica
Galerie Prinsenhock, con Patrick Crombé (esculturas). Sittard, Holanda
C. Hulsch Gallery. Berlín, Alemania
1996 Atelier 22. Schilde, Anvers, Bélgica
Galerie Dessert. Hasselt, Bélgica
Niko Gulland, Art Dealer. Buenos Aires
1995 Galerie C. Hulsch. Berlín, Alemania
Galerie Indigo. Damme, Bélgica
1994 Lisenberg, Arte Internacional. Buenos Aires
1993 Galerie Regard 76. Bruselas, Bélgica
Centro Cultural San Martín, Galería de Arte. Buenos Aires
Casa de la Cultura de Gral. Roca. Río Negro, Argentina
1992 Galería Van Riel. Buenos Aires
Museo de la Reconquista. Tigre, Argentina
Galería Pueblo Blanco. Buenos Aires
1991 Espacio Deutsche Bank, organizado por Galería Van Riel. Buenos Aires
Museo de la Fundación Rómulo Raggio. Vte. López, Argentina
1990 Banco Patricios. Buenos Aires
Galería Van Riel. Buenos Aires
Groups Shows (selection)
2006 “Antonia Guzman, Ramon Carulla and Javier Gomesoto”. Naomi Silva Gallery
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Masters of Latin America from the Joan and Milton
Bagley Collection
Buenos Aires Cow Parade, Buenos Aires, Argentina
FIA. Feria de Arte de Caracas, Galería Aldo de Sousa
2005 Merrill Lynch Arte Americas Art Fair, The Americas Collection. Miami, USA
Gardner Art Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia, USA
“El camino”, Galeria Aritza. Bilbao, España
“Terra Nova”, Galerie Dessers Leuven. Lovaina, Belgica
Galería Ignacio Lassaletta. Barcelona, España
2004 “A Special Sensibility”. Bucks Gallery of Fine Art. Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA
”Works on paper”, works by: Jose Luis Cuevas, Ignacio Iturria, Antonia Guzman, Fernando Allievi, among others. Praxis Int. Art. New York, U.S.A.
Merrill Lynch Arte Americas Art Fair, The Americas Collection. Miami, USA
Arte BA’2004. Galería Niko Gulland. , Buenos Aires
2003 30º Aniversario Galería Aritza. Bilbao, España
Arte BA’2003. Galería Niko Gulland. , Buenos Aires
Galerie Dessers. Hasselt, Belgica
“ Wet painting “. Anthony Ardavin Gallery. Atlanta ,USA
“Migrations”. The Americas Collection. Coral Gables, USA
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