Ana Raquel
"Guaricha"
Artist
Ana Raquel is a Salvadorean, Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist, art educator, and mother. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), with a major in Photography.
Her artistic approach and work revolves mostly around the multiple forms of life and how they manifest themselves through her womanhood and Latin American heritage. The choice of media for Ana Raquel, responds to the subject matter she wants to depict, therefore, her explorations throughout her artistic career has allowed her to experiment with collage,transfers, photography, public interventions, textiles, drawing and painting.
Through a feminine lens, her illustrations portray her own personal and spiritual journeys, as well as her interpretation of the myths and cosmovisions of the peoples of Meso-America and the Andes. The figure, line and color play a poetic role in the interpretations of these topics, which in many cases are also a response to societys absurdities and the influence of her own upbringing, her search for a rooted identity, her own motherhood and cultural baggage.
Oct
2023
Colborne Art Gallery, Colborne, Canada
“Art and Heritage”, Group Exhibition
Sept
2023
Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
“Butterfly Effect/Efecto Mariposa”, Juried Exhibition"
Sept
2023
Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, Canada
“Queen West Art Crawl”, Art Fair."
Sept
2023
Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
“Butterfly Effect/Efecto Mariposa”, Juried Exhibition
Sept
2023
Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Artisan Market, Art Fair
Mar
2022
Casa Maíz Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada
“A tomar las Artes”, Group Exhibition"
July
2021
Art Ignite, Toronto, Canada
“All Around Us”, Group Exhibition"
Apr
2021
Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Altered Images At Hand”, Group Exhibition"
Mar
2021
Casa Maíz Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada
“A tomar las Artes”, Group Exhibition"
Oct
2020
Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“La Cosecha / Harvesting Bones”, Group Exhibition
Mar
2020
Casa Maíz Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada
“A tomar las Artes”, Group Exhibition
Mar
2019
Casa Maíz Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canadá
“A tomar las Artes”, Group Exhibition
Oct
2007
JAC Acevedo Quesada, Bogotá, Colombia
“BAC Arte Conexión”, Solo Exhibition
July
2004
Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Canada
“Toronto Outdoor Exhibition”, Juried Exhibition
Jan
2004
Kabat-Wrobel Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Relatos/Tales”, Solo Exhibition
Nov
2003
Galeria/Taller de Arte Luis Cogliolo, Aregua, Paraguay
“…pasos”, Solo Exhibition
May
2003
A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Within”, Group Exhibition (Part of Contact 2003)
Dec
2002
A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Light Expectancy”, Group Exhibition
Nov
2002
Wagner Rosenbound Galery, Toronto, Canada
“Fragile”, Juried Exhibition
Aug
2002
Kabat-Wrobel Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Latin American Art, Group Exhibition
June
2002
Open City, Toronto, Canada
“Extravaganza”, Juried Exhibition
Dec
2001
Galery 44, Toronto, Canada
“Photorama”, Group Exhibition
Feb
1999
OCAD Atrium Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Latin American Artist Collective Annual Exhibition
May
1998
Nora Vaughn Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Still Unknown”, Group Exhibition (Part of Contact 98)
Feb
1998
OCAD Atrium Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Latin American Artists Collective Annual Exhibition
Nov
1997
OCAD Atrium Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Re-membering”, Juried Exhibition
Mar
1997
OCAD Atrium Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Trazos”, Latin American Artist Collective Annual Exhibition
Nov
1996
Gallery 401, Toronto, Canada
“Mirada”, Juried Exhibition
Mar
1996
OCAD Atrium Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Tapiz”, Latin American Artist Collective Annual Exhibition