Artist Josefina Rodriguez Varela
Title Slow and Sure, We Burn
Media glazed ceramic
Dated
2020
Size 11.25 x 9.75 x 7.75 in. / 28.6 x 24.8 x 19.7 cm.
Estimate $1,450 - $2,900
Notes
signed and dated on bottom
Provenance
generously donated by the artist; proceeds will be donated to the Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre and Sculpture Park in Springbank, Alberta. KOAC is a contemporary art centre founded by artists Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe where visitors can visit an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of environment. For more information or to donate directly, visit koartscentre.org
Biographical Information
Josefina Rodriguez Varela ~ [21st century] Canadian-Argentinian
see artist's website josefinarv.com; represented by Christine Klassen Galley, Calgary
Josefina Rodriguez is a Canadian-Argentinian artist based in Calgary, Alberta [Treaty 7 Territory]. She holds a BFA in Ceramics from the Alberta University of the Arts.
Rooted in her experiences growing up in Latin America - a region marked by patriarchal structures - Rodriguez’s practice explores the social and cultural forces that shape gender roles. Her work challenges the narrow, often one-dimensional narratives imposed on the female experience, and seeks to reclaim space for complexity, sensuality, and autonomy.
Through hand-built figurative ceramics and expressive drawings, Rodriguez invites viewers to engage with the themes of sensation, pleasure, and resistance as vital, humanizing forces. Her work celebrates the strength and beauty found in the unconventional, the unapologetic, and the rebellious aspects of womanhood.