Gabriel Vallecillo Márquez
My artwork has shifted into a critical exploration to make what is not visible about the socio-political situation of my country, Honduras, visible; rendering a voice, a place and an identity to those who have been systematically “invisibilized” through fear, violence and neglect.
Through a combination of techniques and strategies that include, video art, installation, participatory tactics and performance, my artwork intends to disrupt common narratives that reach Europe about Latin America and reconstruct the victims and their situation in order to offer a new way of seeing, a landscape of possibilities and ways forward.
Gabriel has published four poetry books and has been included in Latin American anthologies. His video art installations have been featured at Biennials in Ecuador, Panamá, Nicaragua and Honduras. His artworks have also been exhibited in Cuba, Italy, USA and Germany. His 3D projection mapping works have been presented across various European cities, receiving in 2017 the public prize award at Festival Luz y Vanguardias in Salamanca, Spain and most recently participated in the 2019 Festival of Lights of Berlin. His documentary “Liberating a Prison” was selected and produced by Viewfinder Latin America through Al Jazeera America network.
He has worked as a literature and philosophy teacher, cultural promoter, magazine and poetry book editor. Gabriel has a Masters in Humanistic Studies with specialization in Philosophy from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, where he graduated with honours. Gabriel is currently based in Berlin and is part of the Insurgencias collective and “Ecologies of Protest” research programme.
