Statement

Alicia explores themes related to self-representation, gender, and migration processes in Latin America, unearthing feelings of grief and alienation. Through the use of archives and collage, she creates new meanings around rupture and identity. As a migrant herself, she experiences a constant sense of shifting between cultures, which is reflected in her artistic practice. Her work seeks to craft poetic ways of preserving memory, safeguarding recollections, and building bridges between the past and the present.

Bio

Alicia Caldera was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where she studied Political Science and discovered her interest in the representation of reality through images.

In 2007, she embarked on her first migration to Colombia, where she lived for over a decade. There, she delved deeper into photography, earning a Specialization in Photography from the National University of Colombia. This training led her to develop personal projects and commissions to conceived fantastical children’s portraits based in photo-montages.

For the past 8 years, she has lived and worked in Spain, where she completed a Master’s in Art Research and Creation from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2024.

Her work has been featured in both group and solo exhibitions in countries like Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, United States, France, and Spain. One of her most notable projects, 2219, was published as a photobook after winning the Publication Award from the Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo in Uruguay.