Cecilia Collantes is a Peruvian visual artist based between Paris and New York working in Art and Photography.
An artist in touch with the mysticism of creation, her abstract works, micro and macrocosmic landscapes, relate to the concepts of time, transformation, and the volatility of physical form, her work through multiple media, connects to the primordial and universal through the energy of ritual expression.
The universality of Cecilia’s work is also a reflection of her global insights. Born and raised in Lima-Perú, she has lived in, produced, and shown work in Berlin, Jakarta, Bangkok, Lima, New York, and Paris, and has been awarded grants such as Thaillywood Artist Residency, the Darmasiswa Scholarship in Indonesia and, the Eileen Kaminsky Residency Program at Mana Contemporary in New York.
Her photographic commissions focus on portrait, fashion and documentary. Her images have been published in Magazines like Marie Claire Italia and she is currently working on her first personal publication, a storytelling image compilation.
Cecilia Collantes, received her education in Fine Arts at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Contemporary Dance at Danza Viva Contemporary Dance school in Lima, Darmasiswa Scholarship at the Traditional Arts Institute in Surakarta, Indonesia as well as workshops at the University of the Arts of Berlin with choreographer Constanza Macras and stage designer Muriel Gerstner, as well as with Magnum Agency with Moises Saman (Magnum Agency) and Paul Moakley (Time Magazine) in NY.
Her painting and performance works have been shown in Lima, New York, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Berlin. Solo shows include “Liberty, Femina, Keluarga” at Biasa Art Space (Jakarta) , ‘New Works’ at Chista studio in New York, “Foresta” at Undercurrent Projects (NYC) and “Apparel” at Cecilia Gonzalez Gallery (Lima).