Alonsa Guevara (born 1986) is a Chilean contemporary realist

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living and working in

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. Her paintings are a depiction of imaginary worlds that mix fantastical and believable traits.

Biography

Alonsa Guevara Aliaga was born in Rancagua,

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and grew up for 7 years in the Ecuadorean jungle, before moving to the United States in 2011. She began making art at the age of 12. She studied at the

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and for a Masters at the New York Academy of Art, before being awarded their Fellowship in 2015. She lives in

, where her work has been featured by publications such as

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Style & themes

Guevara's early works focused on constructions of invented worlds containing characters in the form of female fashion models, represented as crumpled paper, the intricate structures of fruit, representing "desire, fecundity, and fertility", and included homages to other female artists such as

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. Her current works juxtapose tropical fruits and mostly female nudes to represent life-cycles, the connection between humankind, nature and spiritual themes.

Exhibitions

* 2018, Anna Zorina Gallery ''"Espíritu"'' * 2018, Cheng Xi Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China * 2016, Anna Zorina Gallery ''"Ceremonies"'' * 2016, Fort Works Art ''"Duets"'' * 2015, Mark Miller Gallery * 2015,

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, Washington, DC * 2013, Expressiones Cultural Center, New London CT ''"Fugitivas"''

Awards & residencies

* 2015 NYAA Chubb Fellowship * Terra Foundation Residency * Michele and Timothy Barakett Scholarship *

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Grant * Ministry of Education (Chile)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guevara, Alonsa Living people 1986 births Chilean emigrants to the United States New York Academy of Art alumni 21st-century American painters 21st-century American women artists People from Rancagua