Mariela Garibay
Mariela Garibay (Lima, Peru 1976) is a graduate in sculpture from the University of Peru (PUCP) and holds a master's degree in urban drawing from the University of Barcelona in 2008.
She received the Winternitz Prize twice, in 1997 and 1999, and won the first prize in the national drawing competition in 2005. Her first solo exhibition dates back to 2004, with stone as her primary material.
She carries out several public commissions in Peru, teaches at the Beaux-Arts in Ayacucho and at the PUCP. She exhibits her work permanently in galleries and develops her technique with bronze.
Mariela tells us that sculpture is not just form, but the language that the artist has chosen to communicate and the result of prior interiorization work on the message it conveys. Sculpture is a discipline that requires patience, many hours of work and love.
A love for the idea, the work, the message and the unknown that will discover it one day. This is essential to the success of the work. It can take months between the elaboration of a drawing and the realization of the work. Sculpture is a slow but sure process. All these hours of reflection, maturation, work and love given, make me aware of the value of things, she confides.
Her work is figurative but not realistic, Mariela Garibay observes the world around her and retranscribes it with great tenderness through characters with childish rounded shapes. The sculpture of Mariela Garibay is positive and generous, it immortalizes a moment of happiness seized by the artist, a moment of peace, a good memory, a smile, a surprise, simple and sincere joy.
The artist's works
