ELENA LOSON

Elena Loson’s work explores the impossibility of returning to the starting point through drawing. Using powdered graphite and paper, the trade is a way of exploring the support, a way of thinking, tracing and inhabiting the space in which the remains of the procedure make it possible to open up to another journey: that of the time of drawing on the surface in which it moves and exists.

Loson was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1980. She has a degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad de Palermo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and a Master in Art from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She earned a Bachelor of Art degree in Philosophy from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and the title of National Teacher at Prilidiano Pueyrredón School of Fine Arts (Buenos Aires, Argentina). She lives in Santiago, Chile, where she also works as the Content Director of Nube Lab (contemporary art + education).

Her recent solo shows include: Oscuro Sobre Sí, Hache galería (2023); Gris Frondoso, Espacio Andrea Brunson, Santiago de Chile (2019); Un muro más allá, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2018); Fondo-Fondo, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2016); Eres Polvo, Fundación Esteban Lisa, Buenos Aires (2015), among others.

She has presented the following individual exhibitions: Un muro más allá, Hache Galería, curaduría Max Gómez Canle, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2018); Fondo-Fondo, Hache Galería, curated by Alejandra Aguado, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2016); Eres Polvo, Esteban Lisa Foundation, Buenos Aires (2015); Figuritas de acción, Central de Proyectos, Buenos Aires (2012); Sobre la pintura, Juana de Arco, Buenos Aires (2007); Gris como mi fuente, La Casona de los Olivera, Buenos Aires (2005); ¿Cuál es tu color?, Juana de Arco, Buenos Aires (2004).

Works by the artist have been included in numerous group exhibitions (selection): La cuerda infinita, Palacio Pereira, Santiago de Chile (2023); Puente, Museo Santa Rosa de Apoquindo, Santiago (2022); Mínimos Comunes, Espacio Andrea Brunson en Edificio Alonso, Santiago (2022); Universo Último Proceso, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2022); 2ª Bienal de Dibujo, Museo Franklin Rawson, San Juan (2021); Atmósfera en Sitio, 9ª Bienal Nacional Premio Ciudad de Rafaela, Museo Urbano Poggi (2021); Volumen 1, Espacio 550, Santiago (2021); Resemblance through contact, Tartu Art House, Estonia (2020); Lo que queda, Hache, galería, Buenos Aires (2020); Originales múltiples, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (2019); Tú, yo y las cosas de este lugar, Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile (2019); Su aspecto es criminal, su corazón divino, Munar, Buenos Aires (2018); Imágenes de la distopia, Colección José Luis Lorenzo, Córdoba (2017); Lo firme en el centro encuentra correspondencia, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2017); Has llorado, en
silencio, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2016), et al.

In 2021 she was awarded the 3rd Acquisition Prize by the Ministerio de Cultura de la Provincia de Santa Fe in the 9th National Biennial “Premio Ciudad de Rafaela” Atmósfera en Sitio, Museo Dr. Urbano Poggi, Argentina.

She was artist in residence at Soporte Común in Santiago, Chile (2020); Residencia Internacional URRA, Tigre, Argentina (2018) and Versus/Caja Negra Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile (2012).