(Guatemala, 1982) Angélica Serech is a textile artist originally from San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala. She learned the techniques of embroidering from her aunt and started doing textile work in the traditional güipiles of Comalapa. Her curiosity and her intuition led her to leave the artisan production of the güipiles to delve into her own production dedicated to textile art, giving the threads a life of their own. The experimental search pushes her to break with traditions and aesthetic canons, seeking to innovate with new colors and new techniques in her weaving tradition. She starts the relationship with the piece from the beginning using natural dye to prepare the colors, designing her own tools and starting the embroidering and weaving from her own imagination and wishes. Her works were exhibited at the JUANNIO auction (2020-21-22), at the 22Bienal de Arte Paiz (2021) in Guatemala and at group shows in Galería Extra (2021) and La Galería Rebelde (2022). Her work is part of private collections in Europe and Latin America. In 2023 she will be part of a collective show curated by Ilaria Conti at Thanks for Nothing in Paris. She is currently working on her first solo show in November 2023 at La Galería Rebelde in Guatemala City.

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