Mariu Palacios

"A Tajo Abierto Paracas VII" performance, embroidery, desert

2024

She studied plastic arts at the Instituto Corriente Alterna in Lima, Peru from 1997 to 1998, then studied at the Art Institute in Miami, Florida from 1998 to 2001 where she graduated with first place in the specialty of painting. From 2003 to 2007 she participated in various courses and workshops in painting, drawing, human figures, and sculpture at the Instituto Corriente Alterna in Lima, Peru. In 2011 she took a sculpture course focused on human figures at the Tel Aviv School of Art. Since her childhood and until early adulthood she has lived in many areas of Peru, from the south, the Amazon, in the highlands, coasts, and the national capital, Lima. In 2015 she participated in the art fairs Art Pulse in Miami, USA, and Art Lima in Lima, Peru; later, in 2017 she participated again in Art Pulse in Miami, USA. 2018 she presented “Fake Concrete” at Ginsberg Gallery in Lima, Peru. Years later in 2022 presented again in the Ginsberg Gallery “7 Lobsters and a Mirror” and “Tuyo” in the Aparador Gallery, in Mexico City, Mexico. In 2023 she presented “Tuyo” at Xavier Fiol Gallery in Madrid, Spain, and the same year, together with CAM Gallery, she presented her work at the Zona Maco art fair in Mexico City, Mexico. In early 2025, she will present “A Tajo Abierto” at CAM Galería and participate in the Zona Maco art fair next to CAM Galería in Mexico City, Mexico. Her work can be found in international collections such as 21c Museum, Hochschild, Brescia-Hoffman, Collection of the Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino, Board Member, New Museum of NY, Susana Fontanals, COO CIFO, Cisneros-Fontanals Art Foundation, EFC Holdings, Deutsche Bank, Prince Albert of Monaco, Lolas Family, Ofer and other private collections such as Bruno Rauffaer, Ramon Sauma Hananias, John Friedman, Rebecca Moores, Rey Nasser, Johanna Berdugo, Elia Tasca, Victor Leyton, Roberto Burstein and Susana de la Puente.