PAMELA CEVALLOS SALAZAR (Quito, 1984)

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Pamela Cevallos is a visual artist, anthropologist and curator. She is currently a PhD candidate in Society and Culture at the University of Barcelona. Her interdisciplinary practice includes objects, installations, painting, and drawing, focusing on the social life of things, collecting practices, and archival methods.

Since 2015, she has collaborated with the community of La Pila, exploring the appropriations of the pre-Hispanic past and the potential of replication to question notions of originality and authenticity. In 2018, she promoted the creation of the Museo Histórico y Artesanal La Pila, aimed at revaluing local artisanal crafts and preserving community memory.

She has participated in exhibitions such as the 22nd Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial (2023), the XV and XIV Cuenca Biennials (2021, 2019), the Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore (2019), and the Contemporary Art Center, Quito (2018). She has received the Paris Prize (2023) and the Mariano Aguilera Award (2017). Her works are part of the collection of the National Museum of Ecuador. She has also been an artist-in-residence at the Delfina Foundation (London), Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), and MeetFactory (Prague).

She has researched the history of modern and contemporary Ecuadorian art and authored La intransigencia de los objetos. La Galería Siglo XX y la Fundación Hallo en el campo del arte moderno ecuatoriano 1964–1979 (2013). She also co-edited two volumes on Ecuadorian art from the 1990s (2021). Her curatorial projects include the anthological exhibition of Pablo Barriga (2016) and co-curating Amarillo, azul y roto. Años 90: arte y crisis en Ecuador (2019).

Cevallos is an Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.

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CONTACT

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pamecevallos@hotmail.com

@pamecevalloss