Special mention for a participant in Foreigners Everywhere
Motivation: “La Chola Poblete engages in critical play with histories of colonial representation from a trans Indigenous perspective. Her multivalent art – including watercolor, fabric, and photography – resists the exoticization of Indigenous women while she insists on the power of sexuality. She approaches Western religious iconography and indigenous spiritual practices with a trans and queer flair, inverting power relations with pieces that refer to ancestral knowledge from South America.”
Named Artist of the Year 2023 by Deutsche Bank, La Chola Poblete critically confronts the repressive structures and suffering caused by the colonial and white supremacist era in her country. In her bold works on paper, paintings and watercolors but also in sculptures and performances, the artist reflects on her roots and her queer identity, strenuously opposing the stereotyping and exoticization of indigenous populations.
