Despacio’s mission is to keep doing what it has been doing for the past decade: consistently exploring new models of artistic and curatorial practice while remaining a driving force in the continued development of Central America’s artistic voice.
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Federico Herrero
Founder (2007-19)
Cristina Ramirez
Production (2018-19)
Erno Hilarion
Exhibition Manager (2015-19)
Sandino Scheidegger
Curator (2015-19)
Mimian Hsu
Director (2012-15)
Roberto Chaves
Production (2013-17)
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Studio Alejandra
Happened in August 2017
San José
Alejandra Ramírez León
Alejandra Ramírez León finds a balance between the use of documentary and pictorial approaches in her artistic practice. Her passion for the miniscule creates a hyperreal refinement over the canvas, transforming the oil to what the untrained eye defines as photographic style. Cinematic nuances dominate her work as well; by engaging a play of light and shadow, she presents the audience with an opportunity for dynamic visual involvement.
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The detailed emulation of photographic realism to canvas reveals voyeuristic tones in Ramírez León’s work, creating a parallel relationship between her own curiosity and the viewer’s.
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Alejandra Ramírez León was born in 1994 in Cartago, Costa Rica, where she lives and works. Learn more about Ramírez León on Instagram, Facebook or contact her by email.
The artist is part of the residency program La última which starts on May 2018.
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