Profile
I am Adriana Guillén, architect and visual artist. I studied at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Mendoza as an architect.
I have always loved art, since I was a child, and I practised it in different ways throughout my life, in a self-taught way. I practiced my profession as an architect for some years and at the same time I pursued my dream of realizing myself as an artist.
At one point in my life I decided to dedicate myself completely to art and I began my studies in the workshop of Mauro Cano, a renowned artist from Mendoza, to study the human figure, which would become the main theme of my works, I continued my research with different techniques such as: graphite, pastel, chalk on paper, acrylic and oil, until I found my ideal means of expression in the latter.
‘My works, with an autobiographical content, travel through a surreal and dreamlike world, in a subtle and evocative, yet hopeful way. With a nostalgic touch, but with a strong and dramatic projection into the future, I choose to dream without darkness. Transparencies vibrate in my work, which despite the chosen colours are intense. The images are part of a visual puzzle, where the different pieces intertwine to tell a story or transmit a message addressed to the deepest part of each person’.
I have participated in several group shows and one solo exhibition:
· ‘Trilogía Onírica’ · Sala de Arte de La Barraca Mall year 2019.
· ‘Muestra Colectiva Vol 3’ · Centro Patrimonial Cristóforo Colombo year 2020.
· Virtual exhibition at Libertad Art Gallery and Los Visuales, March 2021.
· Virtual exhibition in the platform ‘Rampa Visual’ during September 2021.
· Notes in Diario Memo and Día del Sur (San Rafael).
· Collective exhibition ‘Muestras al sol’ organised by the Municipality of Guaymallén, 25th September, 2021.
· Collective exhibition ‘La Féminité’, in the frame of the week ‘Viví Francia en Mendoza’ on October 26th, 2021.
· Solo show at the Sala de Arte del Blas Shopping, part of the Salas de Arte Libertad on 5 November 2021.
· Group show ‘Mujeres artistas de Guaymallén’ at the Libertad Art Gallery on March 8, 2022.
· Collective exhibition at Bodega Vistandes, April-May 2023.
· Collective exhibition in the Legislature of Mendoza for the benefit of Conín ‘My best work’ August 10, 2023.
· Collective exhibition in the Municipality of Maipú related to Women's Day, March 8, 2024.
· Publication in Ana Busso Contenidos' space “El perfil del creativo” (Youtube) year 2024.
· Virtual exhibition in the gallery of architects-artists of the Colegio de Arquitectos del Neuquén, 17 March 2024.
