Constanza Carballo
Fragility vs. Strength, 2018
Constanza Carballo
Fragility vs. Strength, 2018
Who is strong, who is fragile? Who is in greatest danger? In crisis, how do we retain our humanity if we have power or if we do not?
Acrylic on canvas
Survival vs. Extinction, 2020
Constanza Carballo
Survival vs. Extinction, 2020
How do we fight for survival? How do we protect our young? Can we hope to make it as a species if we do not take care of each other?
Acrylic on recycled Amanda yerba mate bag
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About the Artist
Maria Constanza Carballo is best known for turning acrylic paintings as well as murals into voice pieces that highlight the marginalized. Inspired by her own bicultural and bilingual upbringing as an immigrant in the south Minneapolis Philips community, Maria Constanza began painting murals at the age of 13 and has since been recognized as a statement maker.
Her art, a form of community activism, has travelled through Latin America, Europe, and throughout the U.S. Here in Minnesota, she has brought fellow women artists together internationally and locally through large scale community events to celebrate International Women’s Day and specifically bringing attention to the inequalities women face in all sectors of society including economic, political, workforce, healthcare, and education.
Her most recent physical art series; the Monarchildren, gives specific importance to the ongoing crisis at the border, where migrant families are separated, and children are in cages. The series depicts real images of children facing these tragedies as monarchs, while telling the story of actual monarchs who travel every year during their famous migration. The idea is simple yet forgotten; in(migración) es natural; im(migration) is natural.
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Sobre esta artista
Maria Constanza Carballo es reconocida por convertir pinturas al acrílico y murales en obras con voz propia que arrojan luz sobre los marginados. Inspirada por su propios orígenes biculturales y bilingües como inmigrante en Philips, Minéapolis Sur, Maria Constanza comenzó a pintar murales a los 13 años y, desde entonces, no ha dudado en dar voz a sus ideas.
Su arte, una forma de activismo comunitario, ha viajado a través de América Latina, Europa y los Estados Unidos. Aquí, en Minnesota, ha reunido a mujeres artistas a escala local e internacional a través de grandes eventos comunitarios para celebrar el Día Internacional de las Mujeres y, más concretamente, para llamar la atención sobre las desigualdades a las que las mujeres se enfrentan en todos los sectores de la sociedad: económicos, políticos, laborales, educativos y de salud.
Su creación más reciente es la serie Monarchildren (Niños Monarca), que otorga especial importancia a la crisis fronteriza con México, donde las familias de los migrantes son separadas, y los niños encerrados en jaulas. Esta serie muestra imágenes reales de niños enfrentándose a estas tragedias en forma de monarcas, mientras se relata la historia de estas mariposas que viajan enormes distancias cada año durante su gran migración. La idea es sencilla, aunque olvidada: la in(migración) es natural; im(migration) is natural.
Instagram: @shesbilingueart