Kenia Almaraz Murillo
Presentation
Kenia Almaraz Murillo was born in 1994 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. She graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2020 with the Congratulations of the Jury. She lives and works in Paris. In weaving, painting and fresco, Kenia tries to transcribe her fascination for the geometric forms and symbols of the Andean textile. In rhythmic compositions, she tries to pay homage to the vibrations of colors that she observes in nature. The use of light allows her to give a symbolic and innovative dimension to traditional weaving. Since 2016, in collaboration with Elliott Causse, she realizes a series of frescoes between Paris and Santa Cruz until investing notably a 123-meter corridor in the heart of a UGC cinema in Paris. In March 2023, she will present her first solo exhibition at the Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou.
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Education
2020 - National Superior Diploma of Plastic Arts (DNSAP) Beaux-Arts de Paris with the Congratulations of the jury.
2015 - 2020 - Weaving apprenticeship at Simone Prouvé's workshop
Exhibitions (selection)
2023
Sur le fil : de Dakar à Paris, group show, Galerie du 19M, Paris, France
Les esprits de la plaine, solo exhibition, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France
Solo exhibition ARCO Madrid, Galerie Anne Sarah Benichou, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
2022
Les MetamorFoses, group show, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
La conférence des oiseaux, duo show with Chourouk Hriech, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France
Sur le fil :Broderie et tissage, group show, 19M, episode 4, Paris, France
FELICITA, Milieu des choses, group show, Poush, Aubervilliers, France
Material Journey, group show, Custot Gallery, Dubai - United Arab Emirates
The time of the eclipse, solo show, Boulakia Gallery, London, United Kingdom
The hidden dimension, group show, Paris, France
100% L'expo, group show, La Grande Halle De La Villette, Paris, France
Living room, cycle 2, group show, Agence Spring, Hôtel de Gallifet, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021
Art Fair Dijon, group show, Galerie Sobering, Dijon, France
Volta Art Fair, group show, Galerie Sobering, Basel, Switzerland
Artschild, group show, Paris, France
On s'envole, group show, Galerie Sylvia Rielle, Paris, France
Au fil du temps, group show x Parcours Saint-Germain Phillips Auction, Paris, France
Hémisphère, solo show, Poush Manifesto, Clichy, France
Kenia Almaraz Murillo x José Cori, Sobering Gallery, Paris, France
2020
Signaux, a 24-storey mural created with Elliott Causse, Alatarea Groupe, Paris, France
Momentum, group show, Galerie Épisodique, Paris, France
2019
Tisser la lumière du temps, Solo show, Galerie Boulakia, Paris, France
Adidas Paris x Togaether, in collaboration with Elliott Causse, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
Plan 3000, fresco realized with Elliott Causse, La Rotonda, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
La trahison des images, group show, Galerie Épisodique, Paris, France
Nebula, Solo show, Atelier Meraki, Paris, France
2018
Géométrie en mouvement, in collaboration with Elliott Causse, Lehalle Gallery, Paris, France
Fluctuations, fresco realized with Elliott Causse, UGC ciné cité des Halles, Paris, France
2017
Flux 7, Elliott Causse & invited artists, Galerie du Crous, Paris, France
Senales, in collaboration with Elliott Causse, Galeria Arte, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Prismes, in collaboration with Elliott Causse and Studio Elementaires, Chapelle des Petits Augustins, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
2016
Harmonies constructivistes, Collective show, Galerie Sisso/ h gallery, Paris, France
Price
Winner of the Emerige CPGA award at ARCO Madrid, 2023
Conversations
Textile et lumière : au-delà du tissage, with Domitille d'Orgeval as part of the events L'oeil pense organised by IESA Arts&Culture, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, France, June 2023