Patricia Gonzalez-Ortiz
Bio
- Born in Poland 2001
- (2017 - 2021) Grown up and studied in Riga, Latvia -National Art School (specialization - painting)
- Studied in Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry (specialization - graphic arts) Left the country when the War started
- (2022) Moved to the Netherlands
- (2023 - )Started studies at the Royal Academy of Arts in Den Haag (Fine Arts department)
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patrisia.gonzalezortiz@gmail.com
Artist statement
I consider myself a mixed-media artist whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses textile art, painting, graphic arts, and sculpture. Coming from a mixed family and being raised as a national minority in Latvia, my work delves deeply into themes of national and cultural identity from feminist point of view. As a woman being raised and taught in a very traditional, patriarchal, post-Soviet country, with my artistic practice I challenge borders imposed by nationalistic ideologies, question the societal divisions and inequalities.
One of the main mediums of my practice is textiles, especially embroidery. I believe that textile holds thoughts. In the process of sewing, each stitch holds memories, absorbs them into the thread, and stays there forever. With this material I reconsider traditional “womanhood” practice, using it as a drawing media, as I did in My body is my temple. In sculpture, exposing the feeling of disgust, I make people see that the depicted body or place is real. A significant influence on my work comes from medieval art, which is also filled with suffering of the body. Dirt and scars enhance the presence of the flesh, its mortality, escalating fragility which the human body represents.
After finishing prestigious National Art School in Latvia (2017 - 2021) in specialization of painting and receiving a grant to study as an international student in Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry (2021 - 2022) in graphic arts specialization, I continue my studies in the Royal Academy of Arts in Den Haag (2023 - now) at Fine Arts department and apply traditional knowledge in breaking the boundaries of “high art” medias.
