Celeste (María Fernanda Camarena, b. 1988, Guadalajara and Gabriel Rosas Alemán, b. 1983, Mexico City) live and work in Mexico City. Their collaborative practice centers an exploration of archetypal images and abstracted figurative imagery, such as extended hands and empty vessels that speak to ideas of the collective unconscious. The artists’ large-scale, dyed and painted fabric installations have a distinctive warm color palette achieved with natural dyes and pigments.
Camarena received her BFA from the Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico and Alemán received his BFA from ENPEG La Esmeralda in Mexico and a Fine Art Diploma from the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK Braunschweig) in Germany. They have had solo exhibitions at the Royal Society of Sculptors, London (2024); Canopy Collections, London (2024; 2023); The Contemporary Austin (2023); Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City (2022); Project Pangée, Montreal (2021); amongst others. Their work has been included in group exhibitions at Maat Gallery, Paris (2023); Laguna, Mexico City (2022); JO-HS, Mexico City (2021); Espacio FAMA, Monterrey (2021); amongst others.
