As a visual artist, Paloma Torres works in a variety of media. Along with working in clay, she is a photographer, and also experiments and works with graphics, metal, textiles, and wood.  Coming from a family of architects, as a sculptor Torres understands and honors the unique significance of Mexico’s spatiality and the diversity of its land.

When viewing a series of aerial images of the metropolitan area of Mexico City, specifically Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, in her eyes Torres saw a concrete tapestry over the mountains and the absolute absence of nature. She was inspired to reproduce those images on a series of textiles.

Torres has been working with clay for approximately 35 years. She states, “Mud, earth, clay, is the ancestral material that man has used not only to contain his food but also to represent his deities, becoming the material common to all cultures of humanity; from the Paleolithic, through the Persians, the Greeks, the Mayans, the Aztecs and up to the present day. Ceramics from the island of Jaina, as well as the ceramics from the Gulf, the different representations of Cihuateteo, and, as far as the Aztec culture is concerned, the Eagle Knight are some of the pieces that have inspired me the most to work with ceramics.”She concludes by saying, “Ceramics is a technique that in my case allows me to build the work directly and to be able to lift pieces up to 3 meters high.”

*Photographs courtesy of Lorena Alcaraz and Saúl Ruíz

Paloma Torres' Contact Information:

Website: www.palomatorres.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcMwutlsCMKc3-fZMjTh_Q/videos