Layla Pizarro

"A while ago, I moved from NY to Buenos Aires. We work, and we love the decentralized technology, but when we look at the market, the artists we highlight, the styles we all like: it tends to be very North-Western and very centralized to large art hubs. Nothing has changed in that sense. I think we should be open to other things. The problem that has been happening in the complete net art movement before. Going to Buenos Aires, it's quite refreshing. So I will tell you the about artists who are based in Buenos Aires, so that I open a variety to the South.

The first is Layla Pizarro. She uses experimental photography, she fabricates her cameras and uses creative coding on top of photographs to reappropriate the city."

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ABOUT

Layla Pizarro is a Chilean visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice bridges the boundaries between figurative and abstract art, exploring themes of memory, identity, and belonging. Currently based in Mexico City, her work spans analog and digital painting, experimental photography, and generative art. Guided by a commitment to experimentation, Layla adapts her techniques to align with the conceptual essence of each series.

Her artistic foundation was laid in Union City, New Jersey, where she attended an art-focused high school and participated in summer programs at Montclair State University and Rutgers University. She pursued further studies in Art and Anthropology at Rutgers, enriching her understanding of the connections between visual culture and human experience. After returning to Chile, she honed her skills through workshops in drawing and painting with Magdalena Vial and Ines Schmidt, as well as experimental photography with Catalina de la Cruz.

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