Silvina Arismendi ranks among the multi-directional artists. She often uses a strategy of minor interventions in reality (U Kuliové, Štítkovačka) and conceptually-toned series inspired by closely watching the world around her (documentation on colour tests). She relishes in developing situations that allow her to communicate directly with her audience. This was the case with the project cincuentacincuenta (fifty-fifty), where per special order she painted colourful squares directly on the wall of a friend’s house. A similar situation occurred when she held her birthday party in a gallery, where she had invited unwitting visitors (Díky, že jste přišli– Thanks for coming). Another source of inspiration for her is the tension between her far-away homeland and the place where she currently lives. She used this theme in the project –scape*. In this project she brought the blueprint for her family home to the gallery. Or one time she used manipulated photographs to fill Prague’s streets with palm trees. Her work depicting her constant state of moving bears similar themes (Things made by people, Stěhování- Moving). Cleaning sponges have become her favourite subject and also favourite sculpting medium (installation of floors in the Jelení Gallery, in Bratislava’s Hit Gallery, or as part of the Indikace (Indication) exhibit in a former dental clinic).
Studies:
2001-2007 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Studio Vladimír Skrepl/Jiri Kovanda
2005 School of Fine Arts, Kankaanpaa, Finland
2004 Informal Architecture workshop with Marjetica Potrc, International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria
2005 School of Fine Arts, Kankaanpaa, Finland
1996-2000 Escuela de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay
Awards, grants and stipends:
2009 Pocket Utopia, Two-week residency program and exhibition organized by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2008 Futura Residence, Castle Trebesice, Czech Republic
2007 and 2005 Nomenee for the Essl Award Czech Republic
2000-2007 UNESCO Scholarship for Studies Abroad, Czech Embassy, Montevideo, Uruguay
Curatorial projects:
2012
Somewhere between the beach and the highway,Jiri Kovanda, galería parásito/EAC, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ideological graffitti,Carlos motta, galería parásito/Berlinskej Model, Prague Czech Republic
2011
Luis Camnitzer,galería parásito/TranzitDisplay, Prague, Czech Republic
2009
These Krasni Czechs, Paula Delgado, co-curated with Tomas Dzadon, galería parásito/Hunt Kastner Artworks, Prague, Czech Republic
Three-hour exhibition Svatopluk Mykita(Co-Curated with Omar López-Chahoud), galería parásito/PS122 Gallery, NYC
Everness, Alejandro Cesarco, co-curated with Tomas Dzadon, galería parásito/ETC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2008
Micro residencias parasit(i)o, co-curated with Joaquín Luzoro, Artist in Residence for working in situ at the gallery space, galería parásito/MeetFactory. Prague, Czech Republic
Do not believe him, he does not write, he just draw words, Juan Manuel Romero,co-curated with Tomas Dzadon, galería parásito/Entrance gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007
Correo Domestico (Czech version), galería parásito/No-D. Prague, Czech Republic
2006
Konec skolního roku, NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Jiří Ptáček: Silvina Arismendi, Umělec, 2/2004