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WORK

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PATAGONIA
PATAGONIA
PATAGONIA 2022
Recue blanket 2
Recue blanket 2
Photo. Karin Björkquist
JADE 2022
JADE 2022
JADE 2022
XAPU
XAPU
Photo: Karin Björkquist
XURUPI
XURUPI
Photo: Anna Drnik
PENA 2020
PENA 2020
xue-figur2
xue-figur2
rescue-blanket-1-front
rescue-blanket-1-front
rescue-blanket-1-back
rescue-blanket-1-back
rescue-blanket-2-front
rescue-blanket-2-front
rescue-blanket-2-back
rescue-blanket-2-back
 From Solo exhibition La Partida 2020
From Solo exhibition La Partida 2020
Soul´s 2020
Soul´s 2020
Gold Weav
MONSTRO 2019
MONSTRO 2019
Puma-2019 and XURUNA
Puma-2019 and XURUNA
 Sketch 2020
Sketch 2020
AJ då 2020
AJ då 2020
Penita 2020
Penita 2020
XURUPI 2019 Public art for Rosenborgs  school
XURUPI 2019 Public art for Rosenborgs school
sizes 1,60X 4,80 meter Created by Mariana silva Varela & woven by Kristin Enström produced in collaboration with HV atelje.
XURUPI in process
XURUPI in process
Photo: Anna Drvnik
XURUPI 2019
XURUPI 2019
Photo: Anna Drvnik
Xeruru 2019
Xeruru 2019
Photo: Jakob Krajcik
Xeruru 2019
Xeruru 2019
Photo: Jakob Krajcik
Xeruru 2019
Xeruru 2019
Photo: Casper Hedberg
Lycksele ceremony 9  August 2019
Lycksele ceremony 9 August 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
Lycksele ceremony 9  August 2019
Lycksele ceremony 9 August 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
Lycksele ceremony 9  August 2019
Lycksele ceremony 9 August 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
Lycksele ceremony 9  August 2019
Lycksele ceremony 9 August 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
Pall/ Bårtäcken 2019
Pall/ Bårtäcken 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
Pall/ Bårtäcke 2019
Pall/ Bårtäcke 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
Pall/ Bårtäcke 2019
Pall/ Bårtäcke 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
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Photo: Alejandro Leal
Lycksele ceremony 9  August 2019
Lycksele ceremony 9 August 2019
Photo: Alejandro Leal
In the studio
In the studio
Pall/ Bårtäcken 2019
Pall/ Bårtäcken 2019
Photo: Anna Drvnik
MESSENGER 2018
MESSENGER 2018
Photo: Anna Drvnik
MESSENGER 2018
MESSENGER 2018
Photo: Anna Drvnik
Messenger 2018
Messenger 2018
Photo: Anna Drvnik
Pall/ bårtäcke 2019
Pall/ bårtäcke 2019
Photo: Anna Drvnik
Messenger 2018
Messenger 2018
Photo: Anna Drvnik
Swedish coin necklace
Swedish coin necklace
Mask 2017
Mask 2017
Photo: Mariana Silva Varela
Gränlös foldräkt 2017
Gränlös foldräkt 2017
“Boundless Folk Costume” by Mariana Silva Varela, her own folk costume, hand-woven in silk, wool and cotton, and embroidered.
folkdräkt på docka
folkdräkt på docka
Photo: Mariana Silva Varela
Public art in Kärrtorp 2015
Public art in Kärrtorp 2015
Art project in
cooperation with residents in the area.
Art project  in cooperation with residents in the area.
Art project in cooperation with residents in the area.
Kärrtorp

L a Partida

2020 HV Gallery

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

Articles published in 2020


YSTAD ALLAHANDA 4 July 2020

SYDSVENSKAN KULTUR 9 JULY 2020

HEMSLÖJD NR 3 2020

KONSTNÄREN NR 3, 2020

VI handarbete/ Temanummer 2020

SOLVÖGAT NR 2020

VÄVMAGASINET NR 4 2020

VI Handarbete 2020 (tema nummer)
VI Handarbete 2020 (tema nummer)
IN THE STUDIO
IN THE STUDIO
Photo: Casper Hedeberg
Magazine VI
Work in progress VI
Work in progress VI
Photo: Casper Hedberg
Almgrens Siden väveri
Almgrens Siden väveri
Photo: Casper Hedberg/ Magazine VI
Almgrens Sidenväveri
Almgrens Sidenväveri
Photo: Casper Hedberg/ Magazine VI
HEMSLÖJD NR 3, 2020
HEMSLÖJD NR 3, 2020
Mariana Silva Varela
Mariana Silva Varela
Photo: Ylva Sundgren
INSPIRATION: FOLKDRÄKT
MARIANA SILVA VARELA – VÄVARE
Kan man inspireras av folkdräkter och skapa något helt nytt? Möt en keramiker, en kiltmakare och en väverska som har svar. Här: vävaren Mariana Silva Varela i Stockholm.

Text Anna Liljemalm
Foto Ylva Sundgren
 YSTAD ALLA HANDA 4 july 2020
YSTAD ALLA HANDA 4 july 2020
Sydsvenska kultur 9 july 2020
Sydsvenska kultur 9 july 2020

"En sidenväverska berättelse"


Hon utmanar de klassiska folkdräkten, och följer ursvenska handarbetsrötter ut i världen. Konstnären Mariana Silva Varela bär flera kulturer och låter dem skapa uttryck. Hon har dessutom det exotiska och mycket traditionella yrket sidenväverska. 

- TEXT : KRISTINA LINDH  /  Tidning VI -

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.