Cecilia Paredes Peruvian, b. 1950
"I wrap, cover or paint my body with the same pattern as the backdrop and represent myself as a part of that landscape. With this act, I am building my own identity through the entourage or the part of the world where I live, or where I feel I can call home. My bio has described me as nomadic so maybe this is also a need of addressing the process of constant relocation. Another preoccupation I have in mind is the fact that flora as we know it, is coming to be endangered. I think that in my work, aesthetics bind with anthropology in order to register fragments of my personal and social memory."
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Cecilia ParedesCrisalida, 2023
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Cecilia ParedesMagical Rose Garden, 2023
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Cecilia ParedesMy Galaxy Blue, 2023
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Cecilia ParedesRose Garden Hand, 2023
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Cecilia ParedesSix Ways to Look at the Stars, 2023
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Cecilia ParedesTapisserie, 2023
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Cecilia ParedesClorinda, 2022
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Cecilia ParedesDaphne in Repose, 2022
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Cecilia ParedesDaphne Tall, 2022
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Cecilia ParedesGardenia Dream, 2022
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Cecilia ParedesBlue Flight II, 2021
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Cecilia ParedesEl Susurro (The Whisper), 2021
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Cecilia ParedesVuelo Azul (Blue Flight), 2021
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Cecilia ParedesDe Alas y Espinas (Of Wings and Thorns), 2020
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Cecilia ParedesEve, 2019
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Cecilia ParedesForest, 2019
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Cecilia ParedesLa Travesia (The Voyage), 2019
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Cecilia ParedesZanzibar, 2019
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Cecilia ParedesHermitage, 2017
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Cecilia ParedesThe River Within, 2017
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Cecilia ParedesCorinthian Blue, 2014
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Cecilia ParedesLa Dorsal, 2014
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Cecilia ParedesMercury, 2013
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Cecilia ParedesFlow, 2010
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Cecilia ParedesFeet and Tree Roots
Multidisciplinary artist in essence, Cecilia Paredes uses her body as a performative vessel merging painting, sculpture and photography. While she initially appears as the main subject in each of her “photo performance”, her work explores a wide range of themes such as exile, integration, connection to nature, as well as biocentrism. Playing an active role in the narration, the background of her compositions is often made of patterns borrowed from tapestry or wallpapers filling the entire frame including her body. Her identity, hence camouflaged in the backdrop, is distilled to a quintessentially feminine shape inviting the viewer to ponder the ways in which individuals are informed by their natural and cultural environments. Additionally, the omnipresence of vegetal or animal design depicts an ideal world where humanity blends in rather than dominates.
Born and raised in Peru, Paredes’ political activism as a student in Lima in the 1970s forced her to leave the country. She has lived in Mexico and Costa Rica, and is now sharing her time between Philadelphia and Lima. Her nomadic lifestyle pieces together the motive for her need of addressing the process of constant relocation and displacement. Indeed, Paredes defines her life outside of Peru as a form of exile, a shearing away from family, culture and nature.
For the past 30 years, Cecilia Paredes has exhibited in the most renowned museums, from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, to the Lowe Museum in Miami, USA, via the Royal Museum of Arts in Brussels, Belgium. Her “photo performances'' are now part of countless private, corporate and museum collections internationally. Additionally, as a conservationist she participates in seminars such as “Art changing attitudes towards the environment” which was organized by the United Nations in 2008.
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Context Art Miami
Florida, USA November 7, 2023We are thrilled to announce our participation to Context Art Miami for the first time! Join us from December 5th to December 10th, 2023 at...Read more -
Moderne Art Fair
Paris October 2023See in Paris for Moderne Art Fair (booth #231)! We will be exhibiting nature inspired photographs by Alain Laboile, Bas Meeuws, Cecilia Paredes, Jan Schlegel,...Read more -
Unseen Photo Fair 2023
Amsterdam September 5, 2023Echo Fine Arts is pleased to present a floral booth at Unseen art fair in Amsterdam, from September 21st-24th, 2023. Gathering a wide array of...Read more -
Photo London 2023
Art Fair May 2023We are thrilled to exhibit in Photo London again! Meet us at booth #G23 to discover our artists' latest artworks: - QUOTIDIAN, by Jeff Robb...Read more -
Cecilia Paredes
Paris Metro, France February 2023To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Fisheye, French transport company RATP hosts a photography exhibition by 10 artists selected by the magazine. As an echo...Read more -
Scope Miami Beach 2022
Nov 29th - Dec 4th, 22 November 2022We are thrilled to announce our second participation to Scope Miami Beach! We will present a small retrospective of Dean West's work, alongside Cecilia Paredes'...Read more -
Iberoamericana Prize Recipient
Cecilia Paredes November 2022We are thrilled to announce that artist Cecilia Paredes is the recipient of the Honor Prize of the Iberoamericana de Toro. Organized by the city...Read more -
New Representation
Cecilia Paredes August 2022We are very proud to announce that we are now representing Peruvian multidisciplinary artist Cecilia Paredes. Using her body as a performative vessel merging painting,...Read more
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Art Miami Context
Miami, FL. 5 - 10 Dec 2023Echo Fine Arts is proud to exhibit artworks by 7 of our represented artists at Context Art Miami from Decemer 5th - 10th. We are...Read more -
Moderne Art Fair
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Unseen
Amsterdam 21 - 24 Sep 2023We are thrilled to return to Amsterdam for Unseen art fair from Wednesday September 21st until Sunday, September, 24th. We will offer a contemporary exploration...Read more -
Photo London 23
10 - 14 May 2023We are thrilled to participate to Photo London once again. Meet us at booth #G23 to discover our artists' latest artworks: QUOTIDIAN, by Jeff Robb...Read more -
Scope Miami Beach 2022
29 Nov - 4 Dec 2022We are thrilled to announce our second participation to Scope Miami Beach! We will present a small retrospective of Dean West's work, alongside Cecilia Paredes'...Read more -
Unseen Amsterdam
15 - 18 Sep 2022We are thrilled to announce our participation to Amsterdam for Unseen Amsterdam from Wednesday 15th until Sunday, September, 18th. We will be premiere Olivier Valsecchi's...Read more