Virginia Guilisasti Chilean, b. 1979

Overview

Her work addresses themes related to the domestic and intimate spaces of the home. Virginia explores abandoned or ruined places and collects various materials, which she then categorizes to create structures or compositions using different two-dimensional techniques.

The visual artist Virginia Guilisasti was born in Chillán in 1979. She has a degree in Art with a major in Painting from the Finis Terrae University and a Masters in Visual Arts from the University of Chile.

 

She has exhibited in places such as the National Museum of Fine Arts (Santiago, Chile), Salta Museum of Contemporary Art (Salta, Argentina), Matta Cultural Center (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Matucana 100 Cultural Center (Santiago, Chile), Museum of Contemporary Art (Santiago, Chile). ), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Valdivia, Chile), Galería Multinacional (Quito, Ecuador), Festival de Artes Villar de los Barrios (Pontferrada, Spain), Sala de Arte CCU (Santiago, Chile), Centex (Valparaíso, Chile), Galería Espacio O (Santiago, Chile), among others.

 

Within her improvement activities, she participated in the Taller Bloc residency (2009 Santiago, Chile) and in the Línea Imaginaria program (2015 Quito, Ecuador).

 

The artist lives and works in Matanzas, Chile.

Works
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Agudo (Sharp), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Agudo (Sharp), 2024
    Sculpture made of tree barks attached with glue and pieces of found mirrors in a transparent acrylic box (Can be placed on a wall or on a horizontal support)
    60 x 26 x 24 cm
    $USD 500.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Amuleto II (Amulet II), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Amuleto II (Amulet II), 2024
    Sculpture made of tree barks attached with glue and pieces of found mirrors in a transparent acrylic box (Can be placed on a wall or on a horizontal support)
    27 x 25 x 18 cm
    $USD 500.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Ascensión (Ascension), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Ascensión (Ascension), 2024
    Scraped drawing on metal roof found on metal base
    41 x 53 x 4 cm
    Sold
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Cactus, 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Cactus, 2024
    Scraped drawing on metal roof found on metal base
    50 x 54 x 4 cm
    Sold
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Crianza (Breeding), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Crianza (Breeding), 2024
    Drawing scratched on asphalt paper primed with acrylic paint suspended on two iron brackets
    110 x 98 x 20 cm
    $USD 650.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, En el jardín de las aves (In the bird garden), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    En el jardín de las aves (In the bird garden), 2024
    Acrylic paint and asphalt paper on brass in transparent acrylic box
    26 x 26 x 4,5 cm
    $USD 600.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Frontera (Border), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Frontera (Border), 2024
    White pencil drawing and pieces of glass and bark on asphalt paper, in a transparent acrylic box
    87x 67 x 5 cm
    $USD 800.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Haz de luz (Light beam), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Haz de luz (Light beam), 2024
    Cropped asphalt paper
    64,5 x 57 cm
    $USD 600.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Montaña (Mountain), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Montaña (Mountain), 2024
    Sculpture made of tree barks attached with glue and pieces of found mirrors in a transparent acrylic box (Can be placed on a wall or on a horizontal support)
    38 x 50 x 14,5 cm
    $USD 850.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Prepararse (Prepare), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Prepararse (Prepare), 2024
    Cropped asphalt paper in a transparent acrylic box
    59 x 46 x 5,5 cm
    $USD 600.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Respuesta (Answer), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Respuesta (Answer), 2024
    Drawing scratched on asphalt paper primed with acrylic paint suspended on two iron brackets
    110 x 98 x 20 cm
    $USD 650.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Sed (Thirst), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Sed (Thirst), 2024
    Cropped asphalt paper laid on found wood
    20 x 210 x 15 cm
    $USD 600.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Soplo (Breathe), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Soplo (Breathe), 2024
    Sculpture of tree barks and pieces of asphalt paper attached with glue
    23 x 50 x 26 cm
    Sold
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Transitar (Go through), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Transitar (Go through), 2024
    Bark and glass on asphalt paper suspended on two iron brackets
    107 x 98 x 20 cm
    $USD 650.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Unión (Union), 2024
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Unión (Union), 2024
    Sculpture made of found wood and pieces of tree barks
    20 x 37 x 20 cm
    $USD 380.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Fortaleza (Strength), 2023
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Fortaleza (Strength), 2023
    Drawing on found brass
    40 x 50 x 4 cm
    $USD 550.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Construir (Build), 2022
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Construir (Build), 2022
    Photography
    45 x 60 cm
    $USD 500.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Fachada, 2022
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Fachada, 2022
    Estructura con materiales encontrados: Palos, alambre y vidrio.
    106 x 160 cm
    Sold
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Equilibrio dos (Equilibrium II), 2021
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Equilibrio dos (Equilibrium II), 2021
    Drawing on found brass
    102 x 90 cm
    $USD 2,500.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Equilibrio uno (Equilibrium I), 2021
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Equilibrio uno (Equilibrium I), 2021
    Drawing on found brass
    70 x 90 cm
    $USD 2,500.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Autorretrato (Self Portait), 2020
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Autorretrato (Self Portait), 2020
    Dry pine needles stuck together with glue
    20 x 25 cm
    $USD 350.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Juntas somos universo (Together we are universe), 2020
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Juntas somos universo (Together we are universe), 2020
    Drawing with a nail tip on a found wall piece
    55 x 50 cm
    $USD 1,600.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Semilla (Seed), 2020
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Semilla (Seed), 2020
    Openwork texts in gaucho tape on intervened brass
    170 x 65 cm
    $USD 1,600.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Ver (See), 2020
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Ver (See), 2020
    Dry pine needles stuck together with glue
    20 x 25 cm
    $USD 500.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, El trabajo (The work), 2019
    Virginia Guilisasti
    El trabajo (The work), 2019
    Mixed media on a found piece of wall, in a transparent acrylic box
    22 x 37 x 5 cm
    $USD 600.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Jaula (Cage), 2019
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Jaula (Cage), 2019
    Structure with wood remains and wires
    Medidas variables
    $USD 3,000.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Lactar 2, 2019
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Lactar 2, 2019
    Piece of door frame found and intervened with oil paint
    40 x 30 cm
    Sold
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Mater IIII, 2019
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Mater IIII, 2019
    Mixed media on canvas
    100 x 150 cm
    $USD 3,800.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Diario 2 (Diary II), 2018
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Diario 2 (Diary II), 2018
    Mixed media on canvas
    100 x 150 cm
    $USD 3,800.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Imborrable (Imposible to erase), 2018
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Imborrable (Imposible to erase), 2018
    Mixed media on canvas
    150 x 150 cm
    $USD 3,800.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Castillo (Castle), 2015
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Castillo (Castle), 2015
    Found wall paper collage on canvas
    100 x 150 cm
    $USD 3,000.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Edificio Compañía (Compañia Street Building), 2015
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Edificio Compañía (Compañia Street Building), 2015
    Found wall paper collage on canvas
    177 x 135 cm
    $USD 4,800.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Hablar (Talk), 2015
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Hablar (Talk), 2015
    Found wall paper collage on canvas
    60 x 90 cm
    $USD 1,000.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Oir (Hear), 2015
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Oir (Hear), 2015
    Found wall paper collage on canvas
    60 x 90 cm
    $USD 1,000.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Ornamento (Ornament), 2015
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Ornamento (Ornament), 2015
    Found wall paper collage on wood
    128 x 137 cm
    $USD 4,500.00
  • Virginia Guilisasti, Cocina (Kitchen), 2012
    Virginia Guilisasti
    Cocina (Kitchen), 2012
    Mixed media on canvas
    100 x 150 cm
    $USD 4,800.00
Statement

My work addresses themes related to the everyday; I make visible realities and topics that may seem to lack value and are related to our delicate domestic life; the house, the home, migration, rural life, precariousness and loss, parenting, among others.

My working methodology leads me to explore various techniques such as drawing, installation, photography, painting, video, textiles, among others.

I investigate abandoned spaces, specifically houses, and select discarded materials; remnants of insignificant things that tell their existence. I collect, then classify to build structures that manifest their resilient state.

Exhibitions
Art Fairs