Jorge Cabieses-Valdés

Born in 1978 in Santiago, Chile
Lives and work in Greece, Athens

I work with what I call “domestic horror”. Domestic horror is the implied violence in everyday life and domestic environments. When I manipulate objects from domestic environments, like electric appliances, flower vases or furniture, I am not necessarily interested in the history of interior design but in what these objects symbolize. When I work with a wooden chair or a porcelain figurine, I do it thinking that the material has more to do with centuries of moral conventions rather than with the object itself. Even though I am aware the pretentiousness of such an action is problematic, the pleasure derived from it has always an aesthetic dimension.

Exhibitions
2014 - Anamorfosis - Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile
2014 - Grotesco - Galería XS, Santiago, Chile
2013 - Porcelanatron - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
2013 - Platform Access -4th Preview Exhibition of the Incheon Art Platform Resident Artists, Incheon, South Korea
2013 - Swingers - Galería Temporal, Santiago, Chile
2012 - The Miniature Series - Kaapelin Galleria, HIAP, Helsinki, Finland
2012 - Violencia Pasiva - Galería D21, Santiago, Chile
2012 - The Phantom Limb - Open Show Studio, Athens, Greece
2011 - Música y Masacre - Galería Tajamar, Santiago, Chile
2011 -La Miniatura (la plaga) - Museo de la Solidaridad, Santiago
2011 - Lo Infinitesimal - Galería Centro, Talca, Chile