“The primary focus of my artistic work is the phenomenon of migration, with a particular emphasis on the experiences of women. In addition, I am interested in the body as a political and social object that performs in the public sphere and poses political and cultural questions to society.The body is a subject that can be approached through various lenses, including the mapping of life, experience, communication, and historical connections between these three spatial dimensions (body, subject, territory). Furthermore, the body is intricately interwoven with geopolitical issues, language, and globalisation.

I move within a dichotomy: between the private and the public, as a person from a country in the global south and of mixed heritage.”

Maricruz Peñaloza

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