Rachel Valdes

Rachel Valdés is a Cuban multidisciplinary artist working in several fields, including painting, sculpture, installation, and photography. She studied at San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, graduating in 2010. Her work calls for contemplation and reflection on how we conceive a given space, inviting a direct dialogue between the piece and the viewer. Valdés uses materials such aslaminated mirrors, glass, and polished stainless steel in her sculptures andother three-dimensional works. Interested in perpetual and sensory issues, she often tries to distort and reinterpret an environment through different elements, looking for new ways of living and observing our surroundings. Attracted to the idea of turning a viewer into the fundamental part of the workby providing a state of presence, recognition and contemplation, she creates adialogue between the subject, the object, and the environment. Rachel Valdéslives and works between Havana and Madrid.