Inspirada en los artículos de consumo, el desperdicio industrial y las narrativas y objetos autobiográficos, Cris Tufiño aborda su práctica como la de una arqueóloga acumuladora que escarba dentro de un amplio sistema cultural lleno de referencias, haciendo énfasis en la forma en la que se presentan los artefactos y la estética museográfica tradicional. Su trabajo surge de diversos procesos de ensamblaje al igual que del ejercicio de asociar y traducir ideas e imágenes inspiradas en lenguajes aparentemente disímiles. Las composiciones fotográficas de Tufiño, al igual que sus impresiones, esculturas, instalaciones y videos, re significan lo que entendemos por prácticas post-estudio, así como el uso del residuo social de nuestros tiempos.
Cris Tufiño (b. 1982, San Juan, PR) vive y trabaja en Caguas, Puerto Rico. Algunas de sus exhibiciones y proyectos más recientes incluyen: Salted Swamp for a Sweet Slit, Nicole Chaput + Cris Tufiño, (Galería Agustina Ferreyra x Commonwealth and Council, 2022), El Momento del Yagrumo (Curado por Marina Reyes Franco, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, 2021) Dancing At The End of The World (Galería Agustina Ferreyra, 2019) The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art (Curado por Maria Elena Ortiz, Perez Art Museum (PAMM), 2019) Millenium Mambo (Greenwich House Pottery, 2018) Gran Turismo (Selena Gallery, 2018); Clay Today (The Hole, 2018)
Inspired by consumer goods, industrial debris, and autobiographical narratives and objects, Cris Tufiño addresses her practice as an archaeologist hoarder rummaging through a broad cultural system of references, with a particular nod to artifacts and museological aesthetics. Her multi-media works arise from assembling, associating, and translating images and ideas inspired by seemingly oppositional languages and spaces. Tufiño’s photographic compositions, prints, videos, installations, paintings, and sculptures give a new meaning to post-studio practices and social debris in our time.
Cris Tufiño (b. 1982, San Juan, PR) lives and works in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Select recent exhibitions and projects include Salted Swamp for a Sweet Slit, Nicole Chaput + Cris Tufiño, (Galería Agustina Ferreyra x Commonwealth and Council, 2022), El Momento del Yagrumo (curated by Marina Reyes Franco, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, 2021); Dancing At The End of The World (Galería Agustina Ferreyra, 2019); The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art (curated by Maria Elena Ortiz, Perez Art Museum (PAMM), 2019) Millenium Mambo (Greenwich House Pottery, 2018) Gran Turismo (Selena Gallery, Brooklyn, 2018); Clay Today (The Hole, 2018
Salted Swamp For A Sweet Slit, 2022
Exhibition view
Commonwealth and Council X Galería Agustina Ferreyra, CDMX
Agog, 2022
Ink and watercolor on paper
50 × 37 cm (19 ⅝ × 14 ⅝ inches) (framed)
Dancing At The End Of The World, 2019
Exhibition view
Galería Agustina Ferreyra, CDMX, MX
Meow 2, 2019
Ink on paper
79 × 58 cm (31 ⅛ × 22 ⅞ inches)
Framed
Unique
Saint Lisieux, 2019
Glazed ceramic
26 × 7 × 4 cm (10 ¼ × 2 ¾ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Unique
The Other Side of Now, 2019
Exhibition view
Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, US
GOMY, 2018
Low fire ceramic, cold finished
45.72 × 45.72 × 20.32 cm (18 × 18 × 8 inches)
Unique
Happy Mind – Natural High, 2018
Exhibition view
Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, JP
Morir Soñando, 2018
Exhibition view
Knockdown Center, Queens, US
Millenium Mambo, 2018
Exhibition view
Greenwhich Pottery House, New York, US
Millenium Mambo, 2018
Installation view
Greenwhich Pottery House, New York, US
San Isidro’s Still, 2018
Installation view
Anonymous Gallery, CDMX
