Angela is a Colombian/ Swiss artist currently living in Lutry, Switzerland. She obtained a degree in Advertising and Visual Communication. Her artistic background encompasses a compilation of studies in sculpture, painting and art therapy.
After her early career in Colombia, she lived in Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and Spain where she continued developing her artistic work and participating in numerous individual and collective art exhibitions.
In 2004, she won the first prize in the Land Art’s International competition in the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, with her project
"TRA TERRA E CIELO".
Symbols and Techniques:
Female figures are the main characters of Angela’s work. Sometimes they are presented with fragile and vulnerable dripped lines surrounded by thick textures, mixed media, or scratched texts (sgraffito) suggesting written paths, heaviness, and noise. Other works include structured and divine women, self-confident, wise, healers and keepers of secrets as nature itself.
Her most recent series: “Winter Collection 2023”, questions the ambiguity of modern society, the ephemeral nature of its representations and the concept of evolution and progress.
The duality characterized through the fashion industry, the repetition of aesthetic patterns, the perception of beauty, symbology and femininity, are recurrent elements of this work.
Angela Saavedra’s work strives to expose the irony and confusion of a globalized society amid exponential, technological development, a society in which we still witness acts of fundamental human rights abuse, disconnection with the natural world, identity crisis and lack of trust in the institutions.
The main themes explored in this work, include:
Elitist traditions VS. Popular
Beauty, devotion and modesty VS. Offense and oppression
Identity, crafts, and heritage VS. Globalization
Disconnection with the natural world
Regulatory entities. Modern Slavery
Disinformation VS. Empathy and humanity
