Lucila Mayol
b. Paraná, 1986
Lives and works between Bergen (NO) and Helsinki (FI)
My work delves into the preservation and transmission of memory, the creation of fictions, and the construction of history and truth.
I have a nomadic practice that moves according to the projects, most of them are research based and include a multiplicity of sources: literature, oral history, letters, archives, art, academy, and even every day life events. In all of them, storytelling acts as a frame from which one has to experiment the available world, where everything turns out to be structured around one question: Which are those stories in which reality proves to be even more unbelievable than fiction?
I am part of Turbida Lux an art duo working with text, found footage, video and media art with an interest in the poetics that appear when unveiling other interpretations of archival material. And I am also a founder member of TEXST, a platform for testing text as an art form and an independent publishing initiative based in Bergen and Helsinki.
In 2018 I graduated from the Master in Fine Arts at Faculty for Kunst Musikk Design, University of Bergen, in 2011 from Bachelors in Fine Arts at Universidad Nacional de Artes (AR) and in 2014 from Direction of Photography studies at Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (AR).
I have a nomadic practice that moves according to the projects, most of them are research based and include a multiplicity of sources: literature, oral history, letters, archives, art, academy, and even every day life events. In all of them, storytelling acts as a frame from which one has to experiment the available world, where everything turns out to be structured around one question: Which are those stories in which reality proves to be even more unbelievable than fiction?
I am part of Turbida Lux an art duo working with text, found footage, video and media art with an interest in the poetics that appear when unveiling other interpretations of archival material. And I am also a founder member of TEXST, a platform for testing text as an art form and an independent publishing initiative based in Bergen and Helsinki.
In 2018 I graduated from the Master in Fine Arts at Faculty for Kunst Musikk Design, University of Bergen, in 2011 from Bachelors in Fine Arts at Universidad Nacional de Artes (AR) and in 2014 from Direction of Photography studies at Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (AR).
Over the last few years, I’ve taken part in residencies such as: Lichtenberg Studios, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, and Künstlerhaus Vorwerk-Stift in Germany; HIAP, Serlachius, Filmverkstaden, and Drake Art Center in Finland; Fin de semana largo Museo Castagnino+MACRO and Labordeboy OnceLibre in Argentina.
Mi trabajo se sumerge en la preservación y transmisión de la memoria; la creación de ficciones; la construcción de la historia y la verdad; y la conexión entre recuerdos, espacios, ruinas y monumentos. Cada proyecto se basa en procesos de investigación que incluyen una multiplicidad de fuentes: literatura, traducciones, historia oral, cartas, archivos, arte, academia y eventos de la vida cotidiana. En consecuencia, los resultados también son variados: dibujos, escritura, grabados, Ficción Interactiva, recorridos a pie; muchos de ellos en colaboraciones con artistas y trabajadores culturales.
En 2018 completé el Master en Artes en la Universidad de Bergen, Facultad de Arte, Música y Diseño. Previamente concurrí a la Universidad Nacional de Arte (UNA) donde terminé la Licenciatura en Artes Visuales con orientación Pintura y a la Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización de Artes Audiovisuales (ENERC), donde me recibí de Directora de Fotografía.
Durante los últimos años, he participado de residencias de artistas como Lichtenberg Studios, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen y Künstlerhaus Vorwerk-Stift en Alemania; HIAP, Serlachius, Filmverkstaden y Drake Art Center en Finlandia; Fin de semana largo del museo Castagnino+MACRO y Labordeboy de OnceLibre en Argentina.
En 2018 completé el Master en Artes en la Universidad de Bergen, Facultad de Arte, Música y Diseño. Previamente concurrí a la Universidad Nacional de Arte (UNA) donde terminé la Licenciatura en Artes Visuales con orientación Pintura y a la Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización de Artes Audiovisuales (ENERC), donde me recibí de Directora de Fotografía.
Durante los últimos años, he participado de residencias de artistas como Lichtenberg Studios, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen y Künstlerhaus Vorwerk-Stift en Alemania; HIAP, Serlachius, Filmverkstaden y Drake Art Center en Finlandia; Fin de semana largo del museo Castagnino+MACRO y Labordeboy de OnceLibre en Argentina.
Selected Exhibitions / Muestras seleccionadas
2023
- i am hoping to get a good answer, HilbertRaum, Berlin, DE
- Precoces, ERarte Galería, Paraná, AR
- i am hoping to get a good answer, HilbertRaum, Berlin, DE
- Precoces, ERarte Galería, Paraná, AR
2022
- Subterranean, Amos Rex, Curated by Anastasia Isakova & Pountus Kyander, Helsinki, FI
- Prøverommet at Gather, Prøverommet, Online + Bergen, NO
- The Harvest, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen, DE
- BOOKED, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Helsinki, FI
2021
- Archaeological Fiction: Sagfjordbotn, Hordaland Kunststenter + Online, Bergen, NO
- Not a Major Crush, Carrot Tapes Berlin, DE
2020
- Nordnes Strolls, curated by Daniela Ramos Arias, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, NO
- Acronym for Daydreaming, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, NO
- Bibliomancy Oracle, WAAW Gallery + Online, Bergen, NO
- RUMMUR_radio, assembled by Eva Rowson, Maia Urstad and Peter Meanwell, Foreningen Bergen Kringkasters, NO
2019
- Introspection Cabin, IN THE LIBRARY, Bergen, NO
- Cabina de Introspección, Galleri 21, Hamburg, DE
- Rewired, Røm 61, Bergen, NO
- You live here long enough everything becomes a story, TEXST at Skrivestue, TagTeam Studios, Bergen, NO
2018
- TEXST Zine #2 Launch, KMD Library, Bergen, NO
- Acronym for Daydreaming, Museum for the History of Photography, Saint Petersburg, RU
- Nine Minutes Before the Agape, Filmverkstaden+Platform, Vaasa, FI
- Nine Minutes Before the Agape, Old Bio-Säde, Mänttä, FI
- Esse corpo que (não) me representa, Galeria Alcindo Moreira Filho, Saõ Paulo, BR
- The Body is the Message, Electronic Langage International Festival, Saõ Paulo, BR
- Friday 13th, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, NO
2017
- How to Write What is Already Written, IN THE LIBRARY, KMD Library, University of Bergen, NO
- Finding Collaboration, Rom8 gallery, Bergen, NO
- TEST Zine #1 Launch, Bokboden galleri, Bergen, NO
- Acquaintances, Fisk galleri, Bergen, NO
2016
- The More You Try to Escape, the More It Follows You, Open Studio, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, NO
- Papel obra, with Marina Etchegoyhen and Julieta Rosell, La Casona de los Oliveras and Parque Thays, Buenos Aires, AR
- Active Ingredient of a Trajectory, Open Studio, Kokkola, FI
2014
- Emoniciones, La casa de al lado, Art space, Buenos Aires, AR
- ORO, Independent space, Buenos Aires, AR
- 103º Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, AR
- Residencias, Museum of Contemporary Art Rosario, Rosario, AR
2013
- + Contemporáneo, Pasto Gallery, Buenos Aires, AR
- XLX Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas, Museo provincial de bellas artes, Paraná, AR
- Oncelibre, Estudio Abierto, Labordeboy, AR
- En tu ausencia hablamos de amor, with Marina Etchegoyhen and Julieta Rosell, PICA, Buenos Aires, AR
- Chøja, Chøja art collective, LaTomada, Buenos Aires, AR
- Metele que son pasteles, with Natalia Tourn and Julieta Rosell, La Dulce, Buenos Aires, AR
2012
- Romántica Esperanza, LaTomada Gallery, Buenos Aires, AR
- Volutas, El Angel Azul Art space, Paraná, AR
- XLIX Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas, Museo provincial de bellas artes, Paraná, AR
2011
- Premio Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires, AR
2009
- Ópticas Iberoamericanas 2009, Junta de Extremadura, ES