Maria Abaddon
°1988, Lima, Peru.
Lives and works in Lima, Peru.
Maria Abaddon’s through visceral sculptures, explores chromatic volumes and employs textile techniques tied to the feminine creative realm. Her work critically engages with gender stigma, addressing motherhood and bodily aspects, and a biting critique of misogyny, merging both irony and sharp social commentary.
Maria Abaddon, Bachelor's degree in Plastic Arts from the National Fine Arts School of Peru, Masters degree in education from La Cantuta University. Has been part of collective shows in Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Mexico, Suecia, Polonia and Spain. Withing the more noticeable expositions we can mention The Contemporary Art Museum (PE). Proyectoamil (PE), Il Posto (CH) and the Palace of culture of warsaw (PL). Also has had solo shows in galleries from Peru, Belgium and Poland.
Curriculum vitae:
Maria Abaddon (b. 1988, Lima, Peru) holds a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts of Lima and a master’s from Universidad La Cantera. Maria Abaddon’s work confronts the viewer with raw explorations of flesh, violence, and the inherent ferocity of life. Her art grapples with humanity’s complex and often mindless appetite to consume, reflecting on our destructive relationships with the world and each other. Abaddon critiques the growing emotional distance between people in a time marked by chaos, an overload of images, and the spread of disinformation. This alienation is both a survival tactic and, perhaps, a failure of what we traditionally deem "humanity." Abaddon challenges the notion that kindness and humility are inherently human traits, suggesting instead that we may be closer to viruses—destructive, self-perpetuating forces. This unsettling possibility becomes a valid hypothesis in her hands, and her work dares to embody the carnage and chaos of existence to provoke reflection on our own mortality. Her approach often involves a fragmentation of the body, and her works delve into spaces of mourning and rituals surrounding death. Through large-scale, three-dimensional installations, Abaddon creates immersive environments that make her conceptual concerns physically passable. The monumentality of her pieces forces viewers to confront the visceral and emotional weight of loss, dismemberment, and the unsettling realities of life and death.Recent solo shows were held in Verduyn Gallery, Belgium (2023); 66p Gallery, Poland (2021); and AbrirGallery, Peru (2021), among group shows such as in the ShimokitazawaArts Gallery, Japan (2014); Contemporary Art Museum of Lima, Peru (2023); and the National Fine Arts Cultural Center of Lima, Peru (2015).
Selected exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions
2023, Soft on the Inside, Verduyn Gallery, Moregem, Belgium
2023, Landscapes of Destruction, Ginsberg Gallery, Lima, Peru
2021, Mieso Milone, 66p Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2021, Rotten, Abrir Gallery, Lima, Peru
2021, Open Wound, Callao Monumental, Lima, Peru
2019, A Pound of Flesh, Ginsberg Gallery, Lima, Peru
Group exhibitions
2024, Shared Fears, Crafted Dreams, Verduyn Gallery, Moregem, Belgium
024, A Chance for a Link, Shimokitazawa Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2024, Brain Washing Machine, Crypt Gallery, London, UK
2024, Finalists of National Painting Competition, Central Reserve Bank of Peru
2024, Brainwash, La Zona Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2024, Annotations from Nature, Bipersonal show with Christian Bendayan, curated by Oscar Manrique, Ginsberg Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2023, Imaginarium, Curated by Silvana Lagos, Public Service, Stockholm, Sweden
2023, Color: The Knowledge of Invisible, Curated by María Santoyo and Miguel A. Delgado, Contemporary Art Museum (MAC), Lima, Peru
2023, My Clothes, Others, Many's, Curated by Antonio Echeverría and Sergio Parra, Il Posto, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2023, NOW WHAT? Drawing Edition, British Cultural Center of Peru, Lima, Peru
2022, PARADISO, Bipersonal show with Wynnie Mynerva, curated by Miguel A. López, Proyecto Amil, Lima, Peru
2022, The Salon of the Flesh, La Carnicería, Proyecto Amil, Lima, Peru
2022, Mother Labor: Unraveling the Male Patriarchy, Spanish Cultural Center, Lima, Peru
2021, Trans, Palace of Culture - Theatr Studio Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2021, Finalist of IPAE Award to Sculpture, British Cultural Center of Peru, Lima, Peru
2021, Carcass, Bipersonal show with Nuria Cano, curated by Carlos García Montero, ICPNA Cultural, Lima, Peru
2021, Prisoners of Love and Other Invisible Economies, Pacific University Cultural Center, Lima, Peru
2021, Fire Room, Encounter of Art, Anthropology, and Current Thought, Ambos Mundos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021, 2020 x 6 Young Peruvian Artists, MATE, Lima, Peru
2019, Sorry Not Sorry, Catholic University (PUCP) Cultural Center, Lima, Peru
2019, Passport for an Artist, Catholic University (PUCP) Cultural Center, Lima, Peru
2019, Finalist of the IPAE Business Award, British Cultural Center of Peru, Lima, Peru
2019, Architecture of Desolation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020, Sincrónicas: Contemporary Art Through Collecting in Peru, CIFO-ARCO, Lima, Peru
2018, From the Individual to the Social Being: Collectivities from Fine Arts, Luis Miró Quesada Garland Hall, Lima, Peru
2017, We're Happy Here at the Happy House, Proyecto AMIL, Lima, Peru
2017, VIDI, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru
2016, Ruidimos, Proyecto AMIL, Lima, Peru
2015, Indumentum, National Fine Arts Cultural Center, Lima, Peru
2015, Saints and Fuckers, Proyecto AMIL, Lima, Peru