Guadalupe Aldrete creates performative landscapes using performance, painting, installation, video and photography Her works are part of an integral and performative production process, which is reflected in the presence of certain actions and materials in the various works Aldrete sees her body as a field of experimentation, a rehearsal and a tool.

The artist’s practice serves as a mirror that reflects the universal threads that connect us all: the relationship to our ancestral heritage, the profound effects of intergenerational trauma and the resilience that comes from overcoming physical, mental and emotional obstacles Through her work, she invites us to consider our own stories within the complex web of human experience Guadalupe Aldrete thus opens up a dialogue about the connections between past, present and future and their impact on our individual and collective identities.

Guadalupe Aldrete was born in Mexico and has lived in Vienna since 2016. Her work has been presented internationally, including at the Infinite Present Festival in Ljubljana (2024), the PCP at the Science Gallery London (2023), the Meno Parkas Gallery in Kaunas (2019 and 2021) and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art MMSU in Rijeka (2018). Her selected solo exhibitions include ‘chamber II. reflecting river’ at Mz Balthasar Lab (Vienna, 2024) and ‘Un Pueblo’ at eindorf Kunst Raum (2023). Aldrete was resident at the Austrian Women’s Museum Hittisau (2021) and at the Lushan Art Museum in China (2018). In 2023 she received the TQW ‘Stipendium Körper- & Performancepraktiken’.