Bio
ADRIANA TREVIÑO (Monterrey, 1982)
Adriana has B.A in Spanish and Latin-American Literature from ITESM, Campus Monterrey and a Masters in Humanities specializing in historic, literary, and artistic discourse analysis. She completed a second masters in photography by PhotoEspaña.
Her photographic oeuvre centers on meditations on the feminine social construct, taking on the myths and origin stories that have permeated in the collective consciousness. By using flowers as her protagonists, the still life serves as a metaphor that recall her own experiences.
She is part of Juan Cano 68 a platform for emerging artists curated by Patricia Conde Gallery and with whom she has participated in show titled Como es arriba es abajo (2022) during Mexico City’s art week. Her work has been selected by FAMA’s (Monterrey MX) panel of experts for their 2021 and 2022 editions, by Conarte Nuevo Leon in their show representative of photographic artists from northern Mexico (2022), for PhotoEspaña 2023 for an individual exhibit in Valladolid, Spain. She was featured by Patricia Conde Galería in Salon ACME 10 2023 in Mexico City.
As a Mexican woman, growing up in a conservative catholic society I realize my identity enmeshes with the collective which is based on social constructs that have historically governed the lives of women. I started creating small gardens in my studio, constructing installations with flowers recreating the light of the Dutch masters. Like much of art throughout the ages gardens have provided a canvas to create an atmosphere for the stories in our lives. In the gardens I build the flowers create oneiric scenes are metaphors of my internal exploration. The project is inspired by Ovid's Fausti, when he asks Flora, Goddess of flowers, to tell him her story she replies, that she was a nymph, Chloris, in the happy field, when Zephyrus violently takes her. However he makes up for it by making her his wife. "I have no complaint of my marriage bed, Spring I enjoy always."
In Boticelli's Primavera, Zephyr's is is taking a very frightened Chloris, and from her mouth, dark foliage comes out. I take this as a metaphor to speak through flowers. Death and darkness occupy a central rol symbolizing personal and collective awakenings. What happens when the eternal spring loses its charm?
Representation
Currently represented by Patrica Conde Gallería in Mexico City