Art

Bringing together concrete and metaphorical images, Sofía Quirno´s work proposes an experience of everyday associations.
Influenced by the Argentine tradition of Feminism, Surrealism, and Psychoanalysis, Quirno sets to play with existing schemas using humor to evidence vulnerability.
Her paintings and installations reinterpret landscapes of life to enhance the perception of the strange and often funny experience that it is to be in the world.
Using collage as her underlying processes, she experiments with montage, overlapping images and perspectives to capture the randomness of thoughts and the multiple relationships between meanings and forms.
Quirno was born in 1978, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She lives and works in New York.
She graduated from Torcuato Di Tella University and has a degree in International Studies (2002).
She is also a graduate of a Masters in Visual Arts from Parsons The New School (2015).
She was part of the Paint School fellowship, Shandaken Projects (2020) and the Viewing Program 20/21 at The Drawing Center in New York.
She received the Deans Merit Scholarship Award (2013) and Student Senate Grant (2015) at Parsons The New School of Design and the Sterling Clark Scholarship as artist-in-residence at Vermont Studio Center (in 2012).
Quirno was also an artist-in-residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (2013) and Triangle Arts Workshop (2010).
She has presented the following solo exhibitions: Beat around the bush, Praxis NY, New York (2024); El cuerpo es Avant Garde, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2023); I Went there, Praxis NY, New York (2022); Heads and Tails, Praxis NY, New York (2019); Importa un pepino, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2017); After Noon, M E N Gallery, New York (2017); Calendar Day, Praxis Art NY, New York (2016); Sunny Side Up, Sleep Center, New York (2015); Entre líneas, Central de Proyectos – Arte BA, Buenos Aires (2013); Serendipia, Galería Cobra, Buenos Aires (2012); Tapeando, Pantocrator Gallery La Pan, Barcelona (2012); Un día sin lluvia, Paseo Cultural Carlos Nuñez, Buenos Aires (2011).
Among her two-person exhibitions are: A su lado. Brenner & Quirno, Galería VASARI, Buenos Aires (2019); For Starters, Sofía Quirno and Jonathon Haffner, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York; Casa robada, Quirno- Ignatti, Urbana, Buenos Aires (2017).
She has participated in numerous group exhibitions: Copiado y prestado, Hache Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2024); Bye Black Bird, CAMPO ARTFEST 2022, Garzón; Landscapes of Care, The Clemente, New York (2022); Lo que queda, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2020); House- Hold, MARQ, Buenos Aires; House- Hold, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York (2019); Coffey Street show, Brooklyn, USA (2018); Lo firme en el centro encuentra correspondencia, Galería Hache, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2017); Bosquejar, proyectar, dibujar, Galeria Quimera, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2016 ); Has llorado en silencio, Hache Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2016); Dialogando con Cortázar, The Clemente, New York, USA (2016); INstall/ DEinstall, Hunter College, New York, USA (2016); Off Pink, Parsons 2015 MFA Thesis Show, The Kitchen, New York, USA (2015); Proyecto Bonzo, Casa Uno, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2015); Videosnack, Regina Rex, New York, USA (2015); Do you see the Picture?, Praxis Art Gallery, New York, USA (2014); Videorover: Season 8, Nurture Art, New York, USA (2014); The Set, 25 East Gallery, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA (2014); Riña de gallos, Galeria Rusia, Tucumán, Argentina (2013), Artist in residence at Online Morning Drawing Residency (2013); Secret Admirer, 2971 24th St, San Francisco, USA (2013); Colorama, Vermont Studio Arts Center, Vermont, USA (2012); Mil hojas, Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011).

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: Oscuro Sobre Sí, Hache galería (2023); Gris Frondoso, Espacio Andrea Brunson, Santiago de Chile (2019); Un muro más allá, Hache Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2018); Fondo-Fondo, Hache Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2016); Eres Polvo, Esteban Lisa Foundation, Buenos Aires (2015).
Works by the artist have been included in numerous group exhibitions (selection): Copiado y prestado, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2024); Subconjunto, Espacio Andrea Brunson, Santiago, Chile (2024); 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).

Pursuant to exhaustive research driven by love and knowledge of film by classic authors like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Film Noir period, Martín Sichetti (b. 1973, Buenos Aires) selects stills that he later reworks in drawings, videos and performances triggered by film narrative devices.
As a self-taught artist, his relationship with drawing goes back to childhood; a period in which he also reaffirms his passion for films.
His passion for films is also reflected on Darling Pet Monkey (2011), a video he produced based on a scene from Billy Wilder’s classic film noir, Sunset Boulevard (1950).
His first performances were under the spell of Marilyn Monroe.
Simultaneously in 2008, he founded marsdepartment, a studio focused on hi-end retouching he has been directing ever since.
As a young teenager, he learned the technique of fashion sketching and attended to costume design workshops at the Teatro Colón and the Teatro San Martín.
He has also designed costumes for plays and contemporary dance shows.
He attended workshops by Norma Cirigliano; Peter Richter; Ezequiel García; Fabiana Barreda; Valeria Iglesias; Catalina Schliebener; Gilda Picabea; Silvia Gurfein; María Onetto; Inés Estévez; among others.
In 2013, his piece The Key was selected to illustrate the cover of the book of poems inspired by cinema: Rancho Nostalgia, by James Cihlar, Dream Horse Press.
Recent solo show include: Personæ, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2023); Film Fatale, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2019); Microfilms, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2016); Suspensa, Fundación Esteban Lisa, Buenos Aires (2014); Darling Pet Monkey. Espacio Cabina, Buenos Aires (2013).
Works by the artist were included in numerous group exhibitions: Universo último proceso, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2022); Bienalsur: Conciencia medioambiental, capítulo 3: Paraísos artificiales, Museo Evita Palacio Ferreyra, Córdoba (2021); Inventar a la intemperie. Desobediencias sexuales e imaginación política en el arte contemporáneo, Parque de la Memoria, Buenos Aires (2021); Premio Fundación Andreani 2020, Buenos Aires (2021); Fondo Nacional De Las Artes 2020, Casa Nacional Del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires (2020); Lo que queda, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2020); Premio Klemm 2019, Fundación F.J Klemm, Buenos Aires (2019); En El Borde(R), MACLA – Museo de Arte Contemporánea de la Plata (2019); 72º Salón Nacional de Rosario 2018, Museo Castagnino+Macro, Rosario, Santa Fe; 107 º Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales 2018, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires (2018); Premio Klemm 2017. Fundación F.J. Klemm, Buenos Aires, (2017); 94º Salón de Mayo 2017, Museo de Bellas Artes Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez, Santa Fe (2017); Premio Itaú 2017, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires (2017); Premio Klemm 2016, Fundación F.J. Klemm. Buenos Aires (2016); En Papel, Del Infinito Galería, Buenos Aires (2016); Alphaville, BA Photo, Buenos Aires (2016); Lo firme en el centro encuentra correspondencia, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2017); Has llorado, en silencio, Hache galería, Buenos Aires (2016); Vértigo, el cine desde las artes visuales, Praxis, Buenos Aires (2015); Páramo, Hache galería- GAS, Buenos Aires (2014); The Eclectic Tomorrow. The Clubhouse, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013); Faber-Castell 250º aniversario. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011); among others.
In 2018, he was awarded a special mention in the discipline of Drawing at the 107th edition of the Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario in Buenos Aires.
In 2019, Martín Sichetti was awarded the second acquisition prize in the XXIII Premio a las artes visuales Federico Jorge Klemm, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.