Rodrigo Arteaga

Lives and works in Valparaíso, Chile

Artist statement

His practice moves between installation, sculpture, drawing and sound. His work deals with the complex relationship between nature, culture and representation. His interest in working across different areas of thought has led him to collaborate with specialists in fields such as Microbiology, Bio-Fabrication, Mycology, Natural History, Botany, and Architecture. His work often deals with the complexities between human and non-human relations, unearthing the coded enigmas of our relationship with the environment.

Artwork

• Fallen tree, 2022. Ash tree and pine rods
• Monocultures, 2020. Series of 72 manually burnt papers
• To measure, 2019. numbered Eucalyptus Glaucescens Guthega tree
• Diorama en expansión, 2021. Sculptural, graphic and sound installation
• Botanical scope: books, 2014. Botanical books intervened with live plants
• Grid trees, 2021. Found bark and log and pine rods
• Placed into abyss, 2018. Series of nesting greenhouses made with pine wood
• Convergence, 2013. Culture of yeast, bacteria and fungi on glucosate agar
• Herbarium of botanical studies, 2015. Cut out illustrations