Tag: Saelia Aparicio

Multidisciplinary artist Saelia Aparicio implements various mediums to highlight her interest in the human body, folklore, popular culture, and Femme’s empowerment and agency. Their use of materials explores the intersection between design, craft, and fine art, which Sae seamlessly utilizes to create artwork that ranges between portraiture and design objects, all of which are interconnected.

Aparicio’s exploration through a diversity of mediums has created many opportunities for collaborations. They have created lamps with glass artists, textiles with fashion designers, stools with engineers—these objects allow participants to appreciate and contemplate her art outside of a traditional art space.

Aparicio is highly fascinated with the ticking, leaking, morphing, and moving parts of the human body. The characters depicted are stylized, vibrant, and familiar due to her interest in graffiti, anime, films, and found objects. Visually, her artwork is colorful and energetic and possesses many playful qualities. However, Aparicio uses humor and playfulness to accentuate dark and pressing issues within society and the world at large. Aparicio believes that a lighthearted approach to a serious situation allows certain subjects to be less intimidating, providing food for thought in an accessible way.

Originally from Spain, Aparicio lives and works in London. She previously studied at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and earned her MFA in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art. She has exhibited internationally at Friedman Benda, New York; carlier | gebauer, Berlin; Vitrine Gallery, London; Gallery Fumi, London; The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, UK; Sarabande Foundation, London; Public Gallery, London; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Madrid; Saatchi Gallery, London; MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; and Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea.