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MARIANA SILVA VARELA

TEXTILE ARTIST & WEAVER


"The art of Mariana Silva Varela takes place beyond traditional borders between fiction and reality. Marianas works are often reminiscent of utopian and parallel worlds. At the same time, they are connected to deeply human experiences" 

Text: Svante Tirén

Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by :Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Longing _Paris 2022 Mariana Silva Varela
Photo by : Voyez-Vous (Laetitia d'Aboville)

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS


X Faktor, Konst-ig bokhandel

5 - 14 October 2023


Solo Exhibition Art Lab Gnesta

21 October-10 Dececember 2023

ONGOING

Art Residency, Artlab Gnesta

21 September -22 October 2023.


























Public art assigment

Kronobergs Län, Växjö Habilitering Barn & ungdom. 

Stockholm Region, Danderydsjukhus.







 






EXHIBITIONS

2023

Konstnärshuset Yesterday`s You 11 may-17 June Fiberspace Gallery Stockholm 12-28 Jan 2023

IASPI/ Artist residens at 1shantiroadhttp://1shanthiroad.com India7 Bangalore1 Novemeber 2022 - 6 january 2023



2O22

STOCKHOLM CRAFT WEEk

ÖSTASIATISKA Artist talk, workshop & lecture

INDIGO MADDER /Vävmässan Halmstad26/9-9/10. 2022

LONGING /Swedish Institution

PARIS12/514/8 2022

2021

Salsta Slott/ This is the end

5/9-5/10 2021

Rian Museum /To Construct a costume 16/6-15/8

2020

Rikstolvan / Simrishamn

Group exhibition, AMBIGUITET

Mariana Silva Varela

Kuchinate

Britta Marakatt-Labba

Ai Weiwei

Keren Gueller

1 juni- 31 Augusti
HV Galleri /Stockholm Solo exhibition, La Partida 2 September -10 oktober

Craftweek Stockholm 1-4 oktober
september 2019 1/ 10-2/2-2020 Södertälje konsthall/internationella motstånd museet 1978-2020 3/10-3/11-2019

2019

Södertälje konsthall/internationella motstånd museet 1978-2020 3/10-3/11-2019

Hangmen Projects / Handmade tales 6/12-

Konsta(u)ktion för Chile / Hangmen Projects

2018

7 februari-18 mars ARK DES/ Stockholm 24mars -13 maj Form/ Design Center; Malmö 17 maj-30 augusti HV galleriet 26 maj-26 augusti/ RIAN design museet/ Falkenberg 2 juli-13 Nytomta / Arvika oktober TBA/ Tokyo 30 oktober Länsmuseet/NAV Sweden 2017

April- maj Hv Gallerie/ Stockholm juli – augusti/Rånässalongen/Norrtälje september Väv mässan/Växjö 2016februari Green Room/Stockholm möbelmässa Maj HV Galleriet juni-september Kulturhuset/Stockholm 7 mode i sju akter juli-augusti Rånässalongen/Lek i Parken/Norrtälj

Founder, coordinator and artistic director at LOKALRÄTTEN, Hökarängen.e oktober Galleri HV/ Stockholm 

L a Partida


What happens when people are not allowed to leave this world on their own terms? How is it to cope with loss when loss – in the shape lost identity, lost home, lost language – is already inscribed in your own fate?in this case death and those who are not given the chance to a proper goodbye because of the state of the world. What happens when people are not allowed to leave this world on their own terms? How is it to cope with loss when loss – in the shape lost identity, lost home, lost language – is already inscribed in your own fate?

Ponchos have been used by the Native American peoples of the Andes since pre-Hispanic time. As a garment, it has developed and survived many of the deepest traumas and crimes of colonization and continue to take on new shapes and tell stories, from everyday life situations to ceremonies and art. In its extraordinary multifunctionality, the poncho summarizes almost every part of life. It can be a protection, status symbol, practical garment, memorial object, identity marker and much else, even a funeral pall. In all its manifold uses, the shape of the poncho therefore provides unique possibilities to conversation on different experiences of death and life. This exhibition explores what happens when the poncho is elevated to a creative language of its own; liberated from conventional expectations and norms and free to tell its own stories across cultural borders and identities. 

Text: Svante Helmbaek Tirén

SÖDERTÄLJE KONSTHALL

2 Oct 2019- 2 feb- 2020

International Resistance Museum 1978-2020 Group exhibition



STIPENDIUM

2023

Arbets Stipendium konatnärnämden 2 årigt

Estrid Ericsson

2022

Konsthantverkets vänner Estrid Ericson

IAPIS/ Bangalore Oktober-December

2021

Krisstipendium/ konstnärsnämnden

2020

Helge Ax:son Johnsons

Estrid Ericssom
2019
Artbets stipendium 2020 Konstnärsnämnden


2018

Eva och Oscar Ahréns Stiftelse Hemslöjden/ Bo Hammarskiölds Stipendium Ny Tomta /
Maria Lindgren Sömmerskehem Stipendiet


2017

Maria Lindgren Sömmerskehem Stipendiet Unman Stipendiet Estrid Ericson StipendietPågående arbete. Konstnärlig gestaltning -Snesen Förskola. Uppdragsgivare Stockholmskonst. 2015: Drömtorget, Kärrtorp torg-

uppdragsgivare – Stockholmsstad.


MISSION

1/10 2019- 14/10 2020- Silk Weaver/ Vävare på vid Almgrens siden väveri

ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES (SELECTED)

2012- 2017

LONGING 13 May- 14 Aug 2022 Paris

woven strands, woven stories, six artists from different parts of the world present personal narratives through their woven works, tackling issues of origin, heritage, belonging, family, spirituality and purpose. The underlying sense of longing that humanity at large has felt in recent times links the artists together i an over-arching theme: longing to connect or re-connect, longing for things past, longing for people lost or destinies unfulfilled.

The American artist Julia Bland, the British-Thai painter Mark Corfield-Moore, the Swedish visual artist Kristina Müntzing, the Swedish weaving artist Emelie Röndahl, the Chilean-Swedish textile artist Mariana Silva Varela and the French weaving artist Côme Touvay all have different backgrounds and approaches in their artistic practices. What binds them together is the use of crossing strands; warp and weft; that bring to life stories that are both personal and universal at the same time.

The exhibitionpresents around thirty woven pieces forming a continuous journey between the interior, the courtyard and the garden of the Hôtel de Marle. 

The project was initiated in 2020 by the Swedish Institute, our headquarters in Stockholm, to examine the impact of the pandemic on artists as well as to promote international exchange in textile art.

Curator: Zimbabwean-Swede Marcia Harvey Isaksson, founder and director of Fiberspace, a Stockholm-based textile gallery.