Mariana Castillo Deball (b. 1975, Mexico-stad, MX) lives
and works between Berlin and Mexico City. In her art practice, she weaves
diverse disciplines and influences into installations and sculptures that
explore and interrogate the role of the object. With found elements and natural
materials such as wood and clay, she creates fresh layers of meaning. She is
guided by ethnographic research, archive material and the exchange of knowledge
with makers who often remain invisible to the public at large. By
gathering together a wide range of sources, she brings lost or suppressed
knowledge to the surface, unveils new connections, and imagines alternative
scenarios.
Mariana Castillo Deball’s work was recently on display at the Venice Biennale (2022), the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo (2016), and she has staged solo exhibitions at Pivo, São Paulo (2023) MUAC, Mexico City (2022), Kunstinstituut Melly (2019, Rotterdam) and the New Museum in New York (2019), among other venues.
