Cecilia Paredes: Walking In My Galaxy Blue

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Ruiz-Healy Art is pleased to present two concurrent solo exhibitions featuring new works by Peruvian born, Philadelphia based, artist Cecilia Paredes. This will be Paredes’ fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Cecilia Paredes : Walking In My Galaxy Blue opens at our New York City gallery on Thursday, September 21st, with an opening reception from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Cecilia Paredes : The Weaving of Dust opens at our San Antonio gallery on Thursday, September 28th, with an opening reception from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. A fully illustrated catalogue will be published accompanied by an essay by art historian Emily Alesandrini. 

Born in Lima, Peru, and based in Philadelphia since the early 2000s, Cecilia Paredes uses her camouflaged body as an expressive medium to interpret themes influenced by nature, femininity, transformation, and identity. Paredes explores these themes through ethereal “photo performances” where she camouflages her body against beautifully patterned backdrops and disappears amongst the ornamentation. By presenting herself as part of the landscape, Paredes is building her own identity in relation to the part of the world where she lives and raises the question of how our environment influences who we are.

Walking in My Galaxy Blue and The Weaving of Dust Paredes presents a new collection of work exploring embodied relationships to the cosmos, celestial mythologies, and earthly vegetation. As stated by art historian Emily Alesandrini, “Her textile, performance, and painting-based practice refuses boundaries and reimagines correlations between planet, plant, and body.” 

Walking In My Galaxy Blue, a reference to Paredes’ piece Galaxy Blue, evokes the vision of the personal landscape within her mind. Whether it be a dream or a parallel world that she possesses, everything within the natural world, from the stars and sun, to the never ending cosmos, the color blue is in her mind. Within the exhibitions, Paredes explores concepts of identity and the natural world channeled through her strong interest in ecology. Through her photo performances, Paredes’ physical form undergoes a transformation and she becomes one with nature and the cosmos. Paredes is engrossed in these natural elements and reinforces the idea that we are guests of mother nature.