Rocio Gomez
Bio
Master in Visual Anthropology and Bachelor of Arts from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In her work, she investigates the relationship between language, images and reality. In 2015 she presented Ocupa, her last solo show. In 2017 and 2019 she presented A medio camino I y II, a work carried out in a collective (gómezy garcía) and exhibited in Carlos Caamaño Foto Galería. In 2019 she participated in the VIII International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA (Madrid) and in the Parallel Program of the Arco Fair 2019. In 2020 she participated in Maco. In 2021, she held digital exhibitions about the Pandemic, with the Suero platform and with Abrir Galería respectively. In 2022 she participated in Después exhibition at Grau Galería in Lima, and in Bajo la Línea exhibition at Taller Maldonado, Ecuador.
Statement
For Rocío Gómez, art is a space from which human behavior is observed. Rituals, habits that materialize and repeat in specific forms. It is not about exceptional expressions, they are rather close, everyday of the world we inhabit. Images, phrases, objects, body movements, or thoughts are part of a wide universe that works as mandates to execute ideas. Playing these shapes over and over again establishes a recognizable pattern. Her discomfort or fascination with any of these forms shapes her creative process. Gomez needs to understand what the message is, how it is constructed, and how it affects her. Using the representation technique that best suits each project, Gómez appropriates the form and proposes a selection. The very process of playing and forming a group allows us to poll the content. Actions such as appropriation, change of scale, copying, repetition or the generation of a new order allow her to emphasize what she wants to highlight.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
