ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice explores botany from an experimental perspective, challenging conceptual and material boundaries between art, environment, and scientific inquiry. I work by connecting research, field gathering, and material experimentation with dye plants exposed to extreme climates, species with native or medicinal qualities embedded in the collective memory of their territories.
Through eco-printing on paper, I develop environmental prints: artworks produced in direct dialogue with their surroundings. I use water from natural sources and mineral elements from the soils where the botanicals grow. These materials are active agents, inscribing their histories, tensions, and transformations onto the paper. Water functions as a medium of transmission, carrying vibrational traces that register the interaction between plant, mineral, and place.
The works presented here are part of MARGINALIA, a project created in situ across the Peruvian Andes, from the Sacred Valley to the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Botanicals such as native cacao, quinoa, and coffee operate as both biological matter and cultural archives, embodying resilience while revealing vulnerability under climate change and environmental contamination.
In the creative process, Urubamba River water functions as a necessary ecological agent, yet within Andean cosmovision it represents a living presence carrying memory, energy, and continuity. Similarly, Maras salt, a remnant of an ancient ocean and a symbol of national identity, sustains a community’s livelihood. The paper here holds memory, traces, and the weight of these forces, emphasizing fragility, significance, and the urgent need to protect the ecologies that sustain cultural and environmental memory.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Andrea Seguraz is a Peruvian artist based in Bordeaux, France. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture (2013, Lima, Peru) and has pursued specialized studies in narrative drawing, portraiture, and natural dyes at institutions and workshops in London, New York, Madrid, Paris, and Essaouira. She is currently studying biomaterials in Berlin.
Her practice explores materials and natural pigments through botanical dyeing, engaging with the vibrational and material properties of plants, minerals, and water. Each work becomes a record of interaction between the environment and cultural memory, revealing resilience, fragility, and ecological narratives.
Seguraz has exhibited internationally, including group shows in Prague and London in 2023, demonstrating her ability to engage diverse audiences. In 2024 and 2025, her work was presented in the 125th and 126th Annual Exhibitions of the Pastel Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London; Made by Women at the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Centre, Santiago, Chile; Lust for Rust at Atlantic Gallery, Manhattan, New York; and Nature 2025 at CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea. She was also selected as a finalist in the “Two Generations” Drawing Contest at the Peruvian–British Cultural Centre, Lima (2022), and the 8th Contemporary Art Competition 2025 at ICPNA, Lima, reflecting recognition at both national and international levels.
Currently in Bordeaux, Seguraz is developing a project exploring native botanicals from the Garonne River vineyards and minerals in viticultural soils. This project allows her to experiment with local materials while expanding her practice at the intersection of art, environment, and scientific inquiry.
© Andrea Seguraz