Carolina Yrarrazaval

Statement:
"Throughout my entire artistic career I have devoted myself to investigating traditional textile techniques from diverse cultures, especially Pre-Columbian techniques, trying to adapt them to my creative needs. Abstraction has always been present as an aesthetic aim, informing my choice of materials, forms, textures and colors. The simple proportions are guided by an intuitive sense that avoids the use of mathematical formulas.

There is neither message nor interpretation. This simplification and freedom from conceptual constraints combine to reveal a language that conjures up other impressions, such as emptiness and the need for austerity and sensuality, silence and aloneness."

Exhibition venues: Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chile; National Museum of Fine Arts (solo exhibition), Santiago, Chile; Contemporary Museum of Art (solo exhibition), Santiago, Chile; Interamerican Bank Gallery, Washington, DC; Pre-Columbian Arts Museum, Santiago, Chile; Le Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Central Museum of Textiles, International Triennial of Tapestry, Lódz´, Poland; Raiffeisenhof Educational Center, International Textile Symposium, Graz, Austria; Goethe Institute, Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Chilean Consulate Gallery, New York, New York; Pabula Neruda Museum, Isla Negra, Chile; Grand Palais, Paris, France; International Shibori Symposium, Tokyo, Japan; Catholic University of Concepción, Chile; Contextile International Textile Triennial, Guimaraes, Portugal; Museo de Arte Popular José Hernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Recipient: Critics Prize: Best exhibition on visual arts; First prize: Salón Nacional Textil Bolsa de Comercio, B. Aires,Argentina.