Proyecto Prismas

PROYECTO PRISMAS, a Latin American art research and archive.

The Prismas Project was created in Mexico in 2021 as a result of the need to bring closer dialogue among artists of different nationalities who, through
the use of different media, converge in different points throughout the investigation of the processes and methodologies in the artistic production.
As the prism changes color as it moves, generating a range of reflections and light dispersion, the project considers that each artist is part of the edges of
the prism. Through the entry and intersection of ideas, an archive of processes is created, and a set of reflections emerge contributing to new visions, concepts and poetics. Dispersion occurs in the projections of the results obtained from this diversity of experience.
The first Prismas exhibition took place in São Paulo at the Gruta Cultural Center in 2022 and was curated by the artist Juan Pablo Mapeto, who, during
his stay in Mexico City, worked to bring together the group of artists who started the project. This first edition included works by four artists: Ali Cotero;
Daniela Terroba; Matias Solar; and Valeria Montoya, whose production is based in Mexico City, establishing a link with the diversity of artistic proposals
between the two Latin American megalopolises.
In 2024, the second Prismas exhibition took place at Selva Projects Gallery in New York, presenting a vision of the emerging artistic practices of artists from
Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Mexico.

This edition is the result of new artists joining the group in the last few years and the strengthening of the group’s discussions and exchange of diverse experiences.

The exhibition features: André Penteado, Anna Bigão, Céu Isatto, Júlio Vieira and Luís Só from Brazil; Matias Solar; Hector Llanquin from Chile; Gabriela Velazco and Lorenzo Freidell from Colombia; and Ali Cotero, Angela Leyva, Daniela Terroba, Renata del Riego, Margot Kalach, Santiago Gómez, Valeria Montoya from Mexico.

Curated by Juan Pablo Mapeto