https://www.selvaaparicio.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-04-21 https://www.selvaaparicio.com/home daily 1.0 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/ea385405-8db1-490b-8a01-1718c32cf5de/01-14-20_Roots-and-Culture_005.JPG Home Welcome to the official website of Selva Aparicio, interdisciplinary artist based between Chicago and New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/a6f1a7e0-3526-44e6-8626-5ab4cec8268d/Aparicio_Detail_Ode+to+the+Unclaimed+Dead.JPG Home Welcome to the official website of Selva Aparicio, interdisciplinary artist based between Chicago and New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/dee34e9f-346d-47a2-9d36-ca5f6dbdb7a9/Aparicio_atRest_Detail+copy.jpg Home Welcome to the official website of Selva Aparicio, interdisciplinary artist based between Chicago and New York. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/https/wwwselvaapariciocom/about daily 0.75 2025-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/861d0879-cdee-4712-bd5f-d343e5aee7de/Selva+Aparicio%2C+ritratto+%C2%A9+Kelsey+Sucena.jpg https://www.selvaaparicio.com/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2025-04-08 https://www.selvaaparicio.com/press daily 0.75 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/47cf743b-111e-4608-9943-692237596b23/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+9.12.53%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/470bcd7b-9b6a-455d-8221-1173a8347e72/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+12.44.13%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/9cef7a06-dabb-400c-bae8-2be9f5e50489/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+12.46.47%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/74c3d415-4092-46b9-8296-c221e2843532/Screenshot+2025-04-29+at+11.33.21%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/eafd12ce-4923-4b45-bc5a-0af390950446/Screenshot+2025-04-29+at+11.54.32%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/f7c6f6e5-d4f5-4249-b001-372b24318a36/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+9.27.36%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/77f52b4f-363d-41b3-8436-5ccd565a72e7/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+9.49.09%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/2d170b2f-50e5-4dbd-a839-bbe37f508d17/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+9.32.34%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/54767266-abe2-4415-8742-b9919b38311e/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+12.59.31%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/98c0b04a-bd10-4d4f-a114-52b3d438ca8e/Life-Death-Redemption.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/97b58375-cb15-438d-b812-f665ab8fda42/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+12.11.52%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/9f5a2e68-f2bf-4f9c-9dee-4d84d339fd1c/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+12.07.31%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/16e02243-1dcb-486b-b917-79295cb25b58/Screenshot+2025-04-09+at+9.44.45%E2%80%AFAM.png https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/times-refrain monthly 0.5 2025-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/a7cd07b2-bd7c-4b01-8600-ff62b55a08c1/160_web.JPG works - Time’s Refrain Time’s Refrain explores the persistence of memory and cycles of experience across time. Empty wasp nests tucked within the body of a piano serve as metaphors for absence, transformation, and the echoes of the past. Like a musical refrain, patterns endure even in the face of change. The piece evokes a quiet tension between harmony and discord, suggesting how the traces of what once was continue to resonate long after their physical presence has faded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/40876923-8c37-4de2-9d49-36037f8c41f9/171_web.JPG works - Time’s Refrain Time’s Refrain explores the persistence of memory and cycles of experience across time. Empty wasp nests tucked within the body of a piano serve as metaphors for absence, transformation, and the echoes of the past. Like a musical refrain, patterns endure even in the face of change. The piece evokes a quiet tension between harmony and discord, suggesting how the traces of what once was continue to resonate long after their physical presence has faded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/5c453723-88d9-4db5-baf3-ac95809a2894/165_web+%281%29.JPG works - Time’s Refrain Time’s Refrain explores the persistence of memory and cycles of experience across time. Empty wasp nests tucked within the body of a piano serve as metaphors for absence, transformation, and the echoes of the past. Like a musical refrain, patterns endure even in the face of change. The piece evokes a quiet tension between harmony and discord, suggesting how the traces of what once was continue to resonate long after their physical presence has faded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/ed62fa00-61af-4859-9d87-fb3ea630b088/168_web+%281%29.JPG works - Time’s Refrain Time’s Refrain explores the persistence of memory and cycles of experience across time. Empty wasp nests tucked within the body of a piano serve as metaphors for absence, transformation, and the echoes of the past. Like a musical refrain, patterns endure even in the face of change. The piece evokes a quiet tension between harmony and discord, suggesting how the traces of what once was continue to resonate long after their physical presence has faded. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/si-buscas-milagros-mira monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/3bf63a8a-bf03-4536-9ea0-25d4b24c4906/SiBuscasMilagrosMira_Detail.jpg works - Si Buscas Milagros, Mira Rooted in the folkloric traditions of rural Spain, Si buscas milagros, mira ("If you are looking for miracles, look here") reimagines the peto de ánimas as a sacred space honoring the physical and maternal miracle of life. At its center is the artist’s son’s preserved placenta, encased in cement tiles cast from human cadaver skin. The work reflects on motherhood, bodily memory, and the overlooked power of the feminine. It embraces what is often hidden or feared, offering a quiet reclamation of ancestral knowledge and reverence for the corporeal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1745402762216-XU6EX0KIE2IYAGIFCHS5/SiBuscasMilagrosMira.jpg works - Si Buscas Milagros, Mira Rooted in the folkloric traditions of rural Spain, Si buscas milagros, mira ("If you are looking for miracles, look here") reimagines the peto de ánimas as a sacred space honoring the physical and maternal miracle of life. At its center is the artist’s son’s preserved placenta, encased in cement tiles cast from human cadaver skin. The work reflects on motherhood, bodily memory, and the overlooked power of the feminine. It embraces what is often hidden or feared, offering a quiet reclamation of ancestral knowledge and reverence for the corporeal. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/in-memory-of monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/ee72d768-01a6-4484-b480-f291742a5e4f/014_web.JPG works - In Memory Of A memorial bench is often encountered in public parks as a way to memorialize the deceased through a physical object or tangible experience. Aparicio’s bench’s plaque reads “In Memory Of,” leaving the dedication ambiguous and open-ended. Looking into the interior of a domestic setting, this particular bench is offered as a quiet space to sit and reflect for those grieving or remembering a loved one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/621ed25b-2123-49d5-ac90-1e3a8b360ab9/015_web.JPG works - In Memory Of A memorial bench is often encountered in public parks as a way to memorialize the deceased through a physical object or tangible experience. Aparicio’s bench’s plaque reads “In Memory Of,” leaving the dedication ambiguous and open-ended. Looking into the interior of a domestic setting, this particular bench is offered as a quiet space to sit and reflect for those grieving or remembering a loved one. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/saudade monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/986419d6-7fca-40d7-902f-03acf936533f/049_web.JPG works - Saudade Saudade is based on a frottage or rubbing from the window bars on my childhood home. The piece questions the efficacy of home security mechanisms during instances when danger comes from the inside. When it comes to domestic abuse, and the dangers come from inside the home rather than the outside world, the window bars instead become an obstacle for the victim to escape. Instead of the typical steel or metal, these security bars are made out of fragile transparent glass. The shift in materials suggests that these bars have evolved or transformed into something more ethereal, opening up the possibility to break free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/49b39eb4-bd60-4389-ba2a-c4d31b007231/040_web.JPG works - Saudade Saudade is based on a frottage or rubbing from the window bars on my childhood home. The piece questions the efficacy of home security mechanisms during instances when danger comes from the inside. When it comes to domestic abuse, and the dangers come from inside the home rather than the outside world, the window bars instead become an obstacle for the victim to escape. Instead of the typical steel or metal, these security bars are made out of fragile transparent glass. The shift in materials suggests that these bars have evolved or transformed into something more ethereal, opening up the possibility to break free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/507560ad-f8ef-4092-8ef0-83b7333ef1b1/036_web.JPG works - Saudade Saudade is based on a frottage or rubbing from the window bars on my childhood home. The piece questions the efficacy of home security mechanisms during instances when danger comes from the inside. When it comes to domestic abuse, and the dangers come from inside the home rather than the outside world, the window bars instead become an obstacle for the victim to escape. Instead of the typical steel or metal, these security bars are made out of fragile transparent glass. The shift in materials suggests that these bars have evolved or transformed into something more ethereal, opening up the possibility to break free. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/solace monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/99321ff2-b9ee-4fe2-aacb-5ad6183cec36/079_web.JPG works - Solace  In this piece, I draw parallels between nature’s protective strategies with humans’ psychological defense mechanisms. I collected thorns from honey locust trees, native to North America, that are known for producing long spines, and prickles to protect themselves from predators. I combined this material with a soft crocheted cotton, something that warms the body or creates a more comfortable space. Applying honey locust thorns to the blanket signals the inherent existence of hardship and the need for protection, even among traditionally comforting objects or spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/6d700c93-15dd-4a32-a41c-5041dadc5ec3/228_web.JPG works - Solace  In this piece, I draw parallels between nature’s protective strategies with humans’ psychological defense mechanisms. I collected thorns from honey locust trees, native to North America, that are known for producing long spines, and prickles to protect themselves from predators. I combined this material with a soft crocheted cotton, something that warms the body or creates a more comfortable space. Applying honey locust thorns to the blanket signals the inherent existence of hardship and the need for protection, even among traditionally comforting objects or spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/3974c3b7-29ff-432a-b169-9e85ace42c6b/077_web.JPG works - Solace  In this piece, I draw parallels between nature’s protective strategies with humans’ psychological defense mechanisms. I collected thorns from honey locust trees, native to North America, that are known for producing long spines, and prickles to protect themselves from predators. I combined this material with a soft crocheted cotton, something that warms the body or creates a more comfortable space. Applying honey locust thorns to the blanket signals the inherent existence of hardship and the need for protection, even among traditionally comforting objects or spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/93825bd5-5c1f-4ecb-b0be-09ee14a4a33b/078_web.JPG works - Solace  In this piece, I draw parallels between nature’s protective strategies with humans’ psychological defense mechanisms. I collected thorns from honey locust trees, native to North America, that are known for producing long spines, and prickles to protect themselves from predators. I combined this material with a soft crocheted cotton, something that warms the body or creates a more comfortable space. Applying honey locust thorns to the blanket signals the inherent existence of hardship and the need for protection, even among traditionally comforting objects or spaces. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/east-of-eden monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/816b3d34-d577-47e4-9cd9-faafacaf3b60/Selva+-+1+%281%29.jpg works - East of Eden East of Eden is a sculpture created from a discarded teddy bear found at a child’s grave, carefully filled with thousands of dandelion seeds. Part of an ongoing series exploring grief and childhood memory, the piece offers a quiet meditation on mourning, loss, and the fragility of life—juxtaposing the innocence of childhood with the weight of remembrance and the ephemeral nature of care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/062d2572-6e51-46c8-8d00-a0730fad843f/Selva+-+2+%281%29.jpg works - East of Eden East of Eden is a sculpture created from a discarded teddy bear found at a child’s grave, carefully filled with thousands of dandelion seeds. Part of an ongoing series exploring grief and childhood memory, the piece offers a quiet meditation on mourning, loss, and the fragility of life—juxtaposing the innocence of childhood with the weight of remembrance and the ephemeral nature of care. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/our-garden-remains monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/b432e90e-cd73-4853-8e05-1d08507f8250/Aparicio_Our+Garden+Remains.JPG works - Our Garden Remains Faux and real flowers and cemetery decorations collected at garbage, artificial sinew 48-foot-long tapestry of flowers and grave decorations collected from the garbage bins of cemeteries and carefully woven together to stave off the temporality of their usefulness and amplify inextricable messages of mourning and celebration in a way that resonates more deeply than any one item alone. These tributes rise, fade, and blend together to bring closure to a sweeping movement of moments. I miss you. Happy birthday, Mom. Forever in our hearts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/29e98396-92ca-4ead-9a63-b37dfede3b00/Screenshot+2025-04-08+at+9.35.12%E2%80%AFPM.png works - Our Garden Remains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/96a28de5-3b4c-4c1c-81ad-877ec3c44b2e/SelvaAparicio_OurGardenRemains_Detail4.JPG works - Our Garden Remains Faux and real flowers and cemetery decorations collected at garbage, artificial sinew 48-foot-long tapestry of flowers and grave decorations collected from the garbage bins of cemeteries and carefully woven together to stave off the temporality of their usefulness and amplify inextricable messages of mourning and celebration in a way that resonates more deeply than any one item alone. These tributes rise, fade, and blend together to bring closure to a sweeping movement of moments. I miss you. Happy birthday, Mom. Forever in our hearts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/268dede2-f59d-43fb-9ef7-bd53be3f7de4/SelvaAparicio_OurGardenRemains_Detail5.JPG works - Our Garden Remains Faux and real flowers and cemetery decorations collected at garbage, artificial sinew 48-foot-long tapestry of flowers and grave decorations collected from the garbage bins of cemeteries and carefully woven together to stave off the temporality of their usefulness and amplify inextricable messages of mourning and celebration in a way that resonates more deeply than any one item alone. These tributes rise, fade, and blend together to bring closure to a sweeping movement of moments. I miss you. Happy birthday, Mom. Forever in our hearts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/f9cb2924-0c37-45af-9ac4-93dd44156a91/SelvaAparicio_OurGardenRemains_02+%283%29.jpg works - Our Garden Remains Faux and real flowers and cemetery decorations collected at garbage, artificial sinew 48-foot-long tapestry of flowers and grave decorations collected from the garbage bins of cemeteries and carefully woven together to stave off the temporality of their usefulness and amplify inextricable messages of mourning and celebration in a way that resonates more deeply than any one item alone. These tributes rise, fade, and blend together to bring closure to a sweeping movement of moments. I miss you. Happy birthday, Mom. Forever in our hearts. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/ode-to-the-unclaimed-dead monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/a6f1a7e0-3526-44e6-8626-5ab4cec8268d/Aparicio_Detail_Ode+to+the+Unclaimed+Dead.JPG works - Ode to the Unclaimed Dead The pine casket, synonymous with pauper’s graves and potter’s fields and devoid of all traces of ritual and remembrance, is delicately studded with dandelion seeds, the ultimate symbol of hope and potential. No longer the mark of obscurity, the shrouded coffin offers up a gentle requiem for the lost and provides the living with a touchstone to reclaim an infinite number of memories stolen away by the poverty, illness, and isolation so rampant in western society, mitigating the unwavering indifference of systems that fail to protect its most vulnerable populations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/5da9b5df-e465-45f0-beee-bf6ce19fba41/013.JPG works - Ode to the Unclaimed Dead The pine casket, synonymous with pauper’s graves and potter’s fields and devoid of all traces of ritual and remembrance, is delicately studded with dandelion seeds, the ultimate symbol of hope and potential. No longer the mark of obscurity, the shrouded coffin offers up a gentle requiem for the lost and provides the living with a touchstone to reclaim an infinite number of memories stolen away by the poverty, illness, and isolation so rampant in western society, mitigating the unwavering indifference of systems that fail to protect its most vulnerable populations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/c7b9ff7a-a272-4624-8c6b-8afa1f6d45bf/Aparicio_Ode+to+the+Unclaimed+Dead.jpg works - Ode to the Unclaimed Dead The pine casket, synonymous with pauper’s graves and potter’s fields and devoid of all traces of ritual and remembrance, is delicately studded with dandelion seeds, the ultimate symbol of hope and potential. No longer the mark of obscurity, the shrouded coffin offers up a gentle requiem for the lost and provides the living with a touchstone to reclaim an infinite number of memories stolen away by the poverty, illness, and isolation so rampant in western society, mitigating the unwavering indifference of systems that fail to protect its most vulnerable populations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/c87af717-ed2e-48c6-a415-c2e98344cc9c/08_OdeToTheUnclaimedDead.jpg works - Ode to the Unclaimed Dead The pine casket, synonymous with pauper’s graves and potter’s fields and devoid of all traces of ritual and remembrance, is delicately studded with dandelion seeds, the ultimate symbol of hope and potential. No longer the mark of obscurity, the shrouded coffin offers up a gentle requiem for the lost and provides the living with a touchstone to reclaim an infinite number of memories stolen away by the poverty, illness, and isolation so rampant in western society, mitigating the unwavering indifference of systems that fail to protect its most vulnerable populations. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/at-rest monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/dee34e9f-346d-47a2-9d36-ca5f6dbdb7a9/Aparicio_atRest_Detail+copy.jpg works - at Rest Bronze tiles cast from the palms of Nieuwpoort residents form a circular enclosure in this permanent public artwork. The handprints, arranged to embrace visitors as they enter the space, evoke a sense of collective memory, commemoration, and mortality. Titled At Rest, the piece invites quiet reflection on the passage of time and the lasting presence of community through touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/26cbd3a1-8c71-476d-8176-e788cc2d8c81/Selva+Aparicio+-+at+Rest+%288%29.jpg works - at Rest Bronze tiles cast from the palms of Nieuwpoort residents form a circular enclosure in this permanent public artwork. The handprints, arranged to embrace visitors as they enter the space, evoke a sense of collective memory, commemoration, and mortality. Titled At Rest, the piece invites quiet reflection on the passage of time and the lasting presence of community through touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/76edb606-5ff3-4478-921f-f54ff45770a1/Selva+Aparicio+-+at+Rest+%283%29.jpg works - at Rest Bronze tiles cast from the palms of Nieuwpoort residents form a circular enclosure in this permanent public artwork. The handprints, arranged to embrace visitors as they enter the space, evoke a sense of collective memory, commemoration, and mortality. Titled At Rest, the piece invites quiet reflection on the passage of time and the lasting presence of community through touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/d313a68e-3f43-4c37-a669-e5624cb4d9a4/Selva+Aparicio%2C+at+Rest%2C+%28c%29+Filip+Claessens+%281%29.jpg works - at Rest Bronze tiles cast from the palms of Nieuwpoort residents form a circular enclosure in this permanent public artwork. The handprints, arranged to embrace visitors as they enter the space, evoke a sense of collective memory, commemoration, and mortality. Titled At Rest, the piece invites quiet reflection on the passage of time and the lasting presence of community through touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/391ef83b-7ab4-438c-82ae-334ce9e38c7c/IMG_9186+%286%29.JPG works - at Rest Bronze tiles cast from the palms of Nieuwpoort residents form a circular enclosure in this permanent public artwork. The handprints, arranged to embrace visitors as they enter the space, evoke a sense of collective memory, commemoration, and mortality. Titled At Rest, the piece invites quiet reflection on the passage of time and the lasting presence of community through touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/a11df137-e8a8-416e-b9fd-339f26e7a80e/SelvaAparicio_atRest_2024_Detail.jpg works - at Rest Bronze tiles cast from the palms of Nieuwpoort residents form a circular enclosure in this permanent public artwork. The handprints, arranged to embrace visitors as they enter the space, evoke a sense of collective memory, commemoration, and mortality. Titled At Rest, the piece invites quiet reflection on the passage of time and the lasting presence of community through touch. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/hysteria monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1604974969674-EFOWBRCCOMECLKQP32IA/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_010.JPG works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1745265129268-16SL5CCNZE7BZTS8ZDKK/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_001.jpg works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1604974973073-QNGSLPWZ62G1IPH1XILN/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_012.JPG works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1604974972636-VGHC5N7FB2NGQ1JYQYKP/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_005.JPG works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1604974972570-61N9URVN3N3RPE1ICMSF/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_009.JPG works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1604974971975-O5XA6VEH0Y5RP9ERQRY6/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_013.JPG works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1604974978314-C8LLO8LXGLF413M645FS/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_016.JPG works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1604974978286-EXMQWH8NOVDRL4GTTC3J/SelvaAparicio_Hysteria_030.JPG works - Hysteria Hysteria is an installation created in dialogue with the collections at the International Museum of Surgical Science, exploring the intersection of gender, race, and power in medical history. Drawing on personal experience, Aparicio uses liminal objects—like gynecological tables, forceps, and specula—to examine how womanhood has been shaped by pain, transition, and institutional control. Through the juxtaposition of historical instruments and organic materials such as thorn stems and ligature, the work reflects on the professionalization of gynecology and the erasure of women’s agency in medical spaces. Hysteria invites viewers to confront the boundaries imposed by medicine—both physical and symbolic—and consider their lasting impact on bodily autonomy and care. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/latidos monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577845358960-25AKFABCZKKC4QJHX0R2/2008-04-29+17.26.45.jpg works - Latidos This series pairs delicately carved layers of alabaster with the fragile iridescence of insect wings, which emerge from the stone’s edges like quiet growth. Each piece pushes the material to its structural limits, balancing weight and transparency, permanence and ephemerality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577845381960-6I1FNXTFOWP40QNI0D6F/2011-05-05+22.27.09.jpg works - Latidos This series pairs delicately carved layers of alabaster with the fragile iridescence of insect wings, which emerge from the stone’s edges like quiet growth. Each piece pushes the material to its structural limits, balancing weight and transparency, permanence and ephemerality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577845409252-VFQ71QSY8PGFWZNR0BTV/2011-05-05+22.32.18.jpg works - Latidos This series pairs delicately carved layers of alabaster with the fragile iridescence of insect wings, which emerge from the stone’s edges like quiet growth. Each piece pushes the material to its structural limits, balancing weight and transparency, permanence and ephemerality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577845415641-T8NQTPST13OJ4LX2ZMTX/2011-08-31+15.12.10.jpg works - Latidos This series pairs delicately carved layers of alabaster with the fragile iridescence of insect wings, which emerge from the stone’s edges like quiet growth. Each piece pushes the material to its structural limits, balancing weight and transparency, permanence and ephemerality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577845457129-M34N3NYFKPB1VELCAZYE/2011-05-05+22.31.36.jpg works - Latidos This series pairs delicately carved layers of alabaster with the fragile iridescence of insect wings, which emerge from the stone’s edges like quiet growth. Each piece pushes the material to its structural limits, balancing weight and transparency, permanence and ephemerality. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/offering monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577844540025-NTGZS1G71631QI70MDJS/IMG_8735.JPG works - Offering Offering, Olive seeds and gold leaf, 6.49x2.7x0.3ft. Made with 30.000 olive piths, this installation is situated in the XV century Ugonseca tower in Montopoli di Sabina, Italy, a region where olive cultivation is traditional way of life.  Each of the olive piths is cut in one side and filled up with gold leaf. This twelve-month project of patient work was only possible with the help and collaboration with at-risk youth mostly teenager from Las Planas de Vallvidrera, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577844495994-272KXR9ZXV846N6M89ES/Aparicio_S_02.jpg works - Offering Offering, Olive seeds and gold leaf, 6.49x2.7x0.3ft. Made with 30.000 olive piths, this installation is situated in the XV century Ugonseca tower in Montopoli di Sabina, Italy, a region where olive cultivation is traditional way of life.  Each of the olive piths is cut in one side and filled up with gold leaf. This twelve-month project of patient work was only possible with the help and collaboration with at-risk youth mostly teenager from Las Planas de Vallvidrera, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577844549313-7DN89073TZSU20EKTZDP/Offering2.jpg works - Offering Offering, Olive seeds and gold leaf, 6.49x2.7x0.3ft. Made with 30.000 olive piths, this installation is situated in the XV century Ugonseca tower in Montopoli di Sabina, Italy, a region where olive cultivation is traditional way of life.  Each of the olive piths is cut in one side and filled up with gold leaf. This twelve-month project of patient work was only possible with the help and collaboration with at-risk youth mostly teenager from Las Planas de Vallvidrera, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577844507380-GNP9KOZKXK1L4NQX9OJJ/Aparicio_S_03.JPG works - Offering Offering, Olive seeds and gold leaf, 6.49x2.7x0.3ft. Made with 30.000 olive piths, this installation is situated in the XV century Ugonseca tower in Montopoli di Sabina, Italy, a region where olive cultivation is traditional way of life.  Each of the olive piths is cut in one side and filled up with gold leaf. This twelve-month project of patient work was only possible with the help and collaboration with at-risk youth mostly teenager from Las Planas de Vallvidrera, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577844606257-NZ2AJ53W6VPZTMJQGWPK/Offering3.jpg works - Offering Offering, Olive seeds and gold leaf, 6.49x2.7x0.3ft. Made with 30.000 olive piths, this installation is situated in the XV century Ugonseca tower in Montopoli di Sabina, Italy, a region where olive cultivation is traditional way of life.  Each of the olive piths is cut in one side and filled up with gold leaf. This twelve-month project of patient work was only possible with the help and collaboration with at-risk youth mostly teenager from Las Planas de Vallvidrera, Spain https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/transformaciones monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774027688-01PNELZQGUSB3U147FJ1/2010-02-11+20.52.49.jpg works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774007242-B54388YVZX1ST69EH564/2010-02-11+21.15.57+copy.jpg works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774016264-YVTXNQ7QZTZO6XCOWB2O/IMG_0004+copy+2.JPG works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774002324-DOQ097384NKAEC372MM7/IMG_0033.JPG works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774023111-OPXDZ66K65RIIEBVZN5Q/IMG_9851.JPG works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774019365-C2K5QAIGQHQT01PYLJVC/IMG_9902.JPG works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774032439-AE3UPJFX63L5ZM3N32KV/IMG_9938.JPG works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774033370-Y8IS9WGHCFL95I5E7C34/IMG_9988+2.JPG works - Transformaciones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577774138190-5K2QZO6NQNXAA3L03HC3/2010-02-15+15.23.44.jpg works - Transformaciones https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/barcelona-august-17-2017 monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/9dabee39-c0b3-42e8-8ff4-daf145caf935/SelvaAparicio_LasRamblas_03.JPG works - Barcelona August 17 2017 Mourning event organized immediately after the terrorist attack that happened in the afternoon of August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A van was driven in a pedestrian road killing 14 people and injuring another 130. The entire path that the van drove was rubbed into paper with the help of the community to not only mourning in conjunction but also capture the visual history of the horror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/e11f53b0-79d2-47b4-b541-a30d92be6091/TEST1.jpg works - Barcelona August 17 2017 Mourning event organized immediately after the terrorist attack that happened in the afternoon of August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A van was driven in a pedestrian road killing 14 people and injuring another 130. The entire path that the van drove was rubbed into paper with the help of the community to not only mourning in conjunction but also capture the visual history of the horror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/d4894d8c-54b4-47c5-90c0-c438248e505d/DHgmUK8XgAAC0wR.jpg works - Barcelona August 17 2017 Mourning event organized immediately after the terrorist attack that happened in the afternoon of August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A van was driven in a pedestrian road killing 14 people and injuring another 130. The entire path that the van drove was rubbed into paper with the help of the community to not only mourning in conjunction but also capture the visual history of the horror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/b5d67961-b63b-425d-9e0c-3f70010f321a/TEST4_2.jpg works - Barcelona August 17 2017 Mourning event organized immediately after the terrorist attack that happened in the afternoon of August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A van was driven in a pedestrian road killing 14 people and injuring another 130. The entire path that the van drove was rubbed into paper with the help of the community to not only mourning in conjunction but also capture the visual history of the horror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/f38df431-4be7-4360-82c8-4544ee2b7c1d/6.JPG works - Barcelona August 17 2017 Mourning event organized immediately after the terrorist attack that happened in the afternoon of August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A van was driven in a pedestrian road killing 14 people and injuring another 130. The entire path that the van drove was rubbed into paper with the help of the community to not only mourning in conjunction but also capture the visual history of the horror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/2423418b-e2a8-41e1-9fbd-3f603c743792/5.JPG works - Barcelona August 17 2017 Mourning event organized immediately after the terrorist attack that happened in the afternoon of August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A van was driven in a pedestrian road killing 14 people and injuring another 130. The entire path that the van drove was rubbed into paper with the help of the community to not only mourning in conjunction but also capture the visual history of the horror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/da9ec02a-c4b3-46f7-97e4-0bbba208cb6b/10+copy.JPG works - Barcelona August 17 2017 Mourning event organized immediately after the terrorist attack that happened in the afternoon of August 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A van was driven in a pedestrian road killing 14 people and injuring another 130. The entire path that the van drove was rubbed into paper with the help of the community to not only mourning in conjunction but also capture the visual history of the horror https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/integumentum monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577589014892-FZVUIUG7EMTLZQN43OEX/07.jpg works - Integumentum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577589217195-VODS7UOF7NJ0DUKRWJ1N/18.JPG works - Integumentum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577589014833-71YNCXEK33ED4BHP5SH5/15.jpg works - Integumentum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577589021913-H017CQK3NXTYNIY86L2R/Aparicio_Selva_12.JPG works - Integumentum https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/memory-room monthly 0.5 2020-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577587222050-MHA9TF7KMBWEVEMFF5BI/Aparicio_S_09%2Bcopy.jpg works - memory room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577587135076-YMKUOASI0T93V75J08P2/02.jpg works - memory room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577587120914-V60D9PQ3AJTK230PSIEH/SelvaAparicio_detail_entrenosotros.JPG works - memory room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577587140159-6WSNKXU9VOB808RIZLVW/IMG_5693.JPG works - memory room https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/fall2017 monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577592585472-GLEFII16YYRTG7DUEBUU/Aparicio_Selva_15.jpg works - Fall, 2017 Composed of maple leaves gathered from a single tree, this work reflects on cycles of time, memory, and transformation. Pressed and preserved, the leaves become a quiet archive of a singular life form, capturing the passage of a season in a gesture of devotion and care. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/remains monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/0c12cad3-3835-4d4f-9778-fe96a3ff9641/01_Aparicio.JPG works - Remains This sculpture replicates the rose window from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, a structure that has famously collapsed multiple times throughout its history. I see this as a powerful metaphor for the fragility of imposed ideologies. In place of traditional stained glass, I use discarded lettuce sourced from a market in my Chicago neighborhood, emphasizing both the ephemerality of the material and the vulnerability of the symbol itself. By lowering the rose window to eye level, I aim to disarm the hierarchical power it holds when seen overhead in sacred architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/ecf1884b-2922-4e45-b429-30221f46ea44/007_web.JPG works - Remains This sculpture replicates the rose window from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, a structure that has famously collapsed multiple times throughout its history. I see this as a powerful metaphor for the fragility of imposed ideologies. In place of traditional stained glass, I use discarded lettuce sourced from a market in my Chicago neighborhood, emphasizing both the ephemerality of the material and the vulnerability of the symbol itself. By lowering the rose window to eye level, I aim to disarm the hierarchical power it holds when seen overhead in sacred architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/2f639da5-1d91-4a57-856f-6950fef21f63/008_web.JPG works - Remains This sculpture replicates the rose window from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, a structure that has famously collapsed multiple times throughout its history. I see this as a powerful metaphor for the fragility of imposed ideologies. In place of traditional stained glass, I use discarded lettuce sourced from a market in my Chicago neighborhood, emphasizing both the ephemerality of the material and the vulnerability of the symbol itself. By lowering the rose window to eye level, I aim to disarm the hierarchical power it holds when seen overhead in sacred architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/e6144ab5-cc7e-45a0-9280-01a5b3c278db/02_Aparicio.JPG works - Remains This sculpture replicates the rose window from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, a structure that has famously collapsed multiple times throughout its history. I see this as a powerful metaphor for the fragility of imposed ideologies. In place of traditional stained glass, I use discarded lettuce sourced from a market in my Chicago neighborhood, emphasizing both the ephemerality of the material and the vulnerability of the symbol itself. By lowering the rose window to eye level, I aim to disarm the hierarchical power it holds when seen overhead in sacred architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/c8aad4c9-f709-4c4c-83fb-f7ae18982d42/001_06-06-24_pick-up-shot_web.JPG works - Remains This sculpture replicates the rose window from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, a structure that has famously collapsed multiple times throughout its history. I see this as a powerful metaphor for the fragility of imposed ideologies. In place of traditional stained glass, I use discarded lettuce sourced from a market in my Chicago neighborhood, emphasizing both the ephemerality of the material and the vulnerability of the symbol itself. By lowering the rose window to eye level, I aim to disarm the hierarchical power it holds when seen overhead in sacred architecture. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/wharf-g9r8s monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577638353243-V5RKKMGWDNL899VJ721Q/ba-exb-961-0014-bar.jpg works - Tejo (Hopscotch) TEJO, an interactive, floor-piece sculpture cast in concrete from the skin imprints of cadavers. TEJO takes both name and shape from a classic Spanish children’s game paralleling Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy where one must pass through a series of nine worlds before reaching paradise. Traditionally in the game Tejo, players toss a small object on the ground into numbered squares and then hop through various game-squares marked ‘Safe’, ‘Home’, or ‘Rest.’ In English, a variant of this game is known as “Hopscotch.”  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577592079535-CBA6387803H8KGCAPCDO/image3.png works - Tejo (Hopscotch) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577591592751-JB3C7C79P901KQ7TGSNG/Selva+Aparicio+-+Hopscotch.jpg works - Tejo (Hopscotch) https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/gentle-transactions monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583530745-O8AF72SBZJX6KUM5118X/09.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1570829885723-75R5ZQHDJ0XCU4WU75CF/IMG_2925.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583418013-O208M0DHWEZL5E7978TH/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+V_lores.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583417081-LS9KDXF167A2BSVSDZD3/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+VII_lores.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583417486-UYIOP26OSTDDT272U3V0/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+VI_lores.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583417039-0VS7XEVK298PDCV2TDO4/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+IX.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583417547-IP2CNCFSIARK9RHLRG8S/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+IV.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583417352-P8HG73C2VBQABRI4CNH2/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+III_lores.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577583419820-RH5J4DAA91GBJYCV3DXC/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+II_lores.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577584228099-JNO23F8UOKEPB1LLZ7UX/CC_SA_Gentle+Transaction+V_lores.jpg works - Gentle Transactions https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/crystals-bzltr monthly 0.5 2019-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577591377442-84V83PMB4GNEWXL9S37S/11.JPG works - tiempo a solas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577591381588-O79Q6HQNAJFB4XHXBHWL/12.JPG works - tiempo a solas https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/childhood-memories monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/b194b564-1c8e-4f21-819c-90c2f444c88e/Aparicio_Childhood+Memories+.JPG works - Childhood memories Rugs are typically adorned with sacred gardens and oases, and can be moved around the home. This rug is a replica of one that quietly participated in years of familial abuse. This piece is about covering up violence and exposing trauma. I strive to find beauty in peril and bear witness to the progression of ephemerality to permanence to loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/bd876890-410c-4f97-af00-00fb26250806/183_web.JPG works - Childhood memories Rugs are typically adorned with sacred gardens and oases, and can be moved around the home. This rug is a replica of one that quietly participated in years of familial abuse. This piece is about covering up violence and exposing trauma. I strive to find beauty in peril and bear witness to the progression of ephemerality to permanence to loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/6771d6c1-4403-4fc0-b0e8-bc629096bd20/176_web.JPG works - Childhood memories Rugs are typically adorned with sacred gardens and oases, and can be moved around the home. This rug is a replica of one that quietly participated in years of familial abuse. This piece is about covering up violence and exposing trauma. I strive to find beauty in peril and bear witness to the progression of ephemerality to permanence to loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577594780342-HNUWGRR8481VFT0WSCK7/IMG_8965.JPG works - Childhood memories Rugs are typically adorned with sacred gardens and oases, and can be moved around the home. This rug is a replica of one that quietly participated in years of familial abuse. This piece is about covering up violence and exposing trauma. I strive to find beauty in peril and bear witness to the progression of ephemerality to permanence to loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1577594848531-XLZHOGKH895BJHJ7XP6I/Aparicio_Selva_20.JPG works - Childhood memories Rugs are typically adorned with sacred gardens and oases, and can be moved around the home. This rug is a replica of one that quietly participated in years of familial abuse. This piece is about covering up violence and exposing trauma. I strive to find beauty in peril and bear witness to the progression of ephemerality to permanence to loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/476d60dc-57b3-425f-8613-45cadf654b0f/191_web.JPG works - Childhood memories Rugs are typically adorned with sacred gardens and oases, and can be moved around the home. This rug is a replica of one that quietly participated in years of familial abuse. This piece is about covering up violence and exposing trauma. I strive to find beauty in peril and bear witness to the progression of ephemerality to permanence to loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/b7cef098-26ca-45ae-b0e1-d62cecbafd27/210_web.JPG works - Childhood memories https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/entrenosotros monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1588304279961-B1OL43SZVN519LSAD7WV/6.JPG works - Entre Nosotros (Among Us) Room installation consisting of hundreds of six-by-six inch unsealed concrete tiles cast from different human cadavers. Inviting viewers to touch and intimately experience the crevices of skin frozen in metamorphosis from living to dead. These are bodies that were donated to research, thwarting decay and living in a unique type of material and spiritual limbo. This project was developed after years of research at the Yale University Anatomy Lab.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1588304275404-K0TXWFIXSSH1ZLYDUNNO/5.JPG works - Entre Nosotros (Among Us) Room installation consisting of hundreds of six-by-six inch unsealed concrete tiles cast from different human cadavers. Inviting viewers to touch and intimately experience the crevices of skin frozen in metamorphosis from living to dead. These are bodies that were donated to research, thwarting decay and living in a unique type of material and spiritual limbo. This project was developed after years of research at the Yale University Anatomy Lab.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1588304343157-ZY54P7ZM6GTS2KPMBZ8J/01-14-20_Roots-and-Culture_040.JPG works - Entre Nosotros (Among Us) Room installation consisting of hundreds of six-by-six inch unsealed concrete tiles cast from different human cadavers. Inviting viewers to touch and intimately experience the crevices of skin frozen in metamorphosis from living to dead. These are bodies that were donated to research, thwarting decay and living in a unique type of material and spiritual limbo. This project was developed after years of research at the Yale University Anatomy Lab.  https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/velodeluto monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1588303450526-0MU9XQYJEO3X0KZ336QL/SelvaAparicio_VelodeLuto_Detail.JPG works - Velo de Luto (Mourning Veil) Veil made of 1,365 seventeen year cicada wings sewn together by the hair of two generations of women who have struggled in a patriarchal society. As the veils were traditionally used to blindly show faith, while being exposed to toxic dyes before one’s eyes, the creation of this veil via joining of wings serves as a metaphor for decay of life—both literally through the wings of the magicicada but as representative of a traditional mourning veil to be worn by women for life after the death of a spouse, as the fragility of the veil of wings decay so does the patriarchal veil of history that it represents. By empowering and highlighting the beauty of the fragility, the unified wings empower the viewer to have faith in the rebirth & re- ownership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1588303511429-OULNHIADAIPZB77QIOP0/4.JPG works - Velo de Luto (Mourning Veil) Veil made of 1,365 seventeen year cicada wings sewn together by the hair of two generations of women who have struggled in a patriarchal society. As the veils were traditionally used to blindly show faith, while being exposed to toxic dyes before one’s eyes, the creation of this veil via joining of wings serves as a metaphor for decay of life—both literally through the wings of the magicicada but as representative of a traditional mourning veil to be worn by women for life after the death of a spouse, as the fragility of the veil of wings decay so does the patriarchal veil of history that it represents. By empowering and highlighting the beauty of the fragility, the unified wings empower the viewer to have faith in the rebirth & re- ownership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/97ad7ae8-54f8-4b67-8fec-9d3bf9339240/SelvaAparicio_VelodeLuto1.JPG works - Velo de Luto (Mourning Veil) Veil made of 1,365 seventeen year cicada wings sewn together by the hair of two generations of women who have struggled in a patriarchal society. As the veils were traditionally used to blindly show faith, while being exposed to toxic dyes before one’s eyes, the creation of this veil via joining of wings serves as a metaphor for decay of life—both literally through the wings of the magicicada but as representative of a traditional mourning veil to be worn by women for life after the death of a spouse, as the fragility of the veil of wings decay so does the patriarchal veil of history that it represents. By empowering and highlighting the beauty of the fragility, the unified wings empower the viewer to have faith in the rebirth & re- ownership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/be19116f-b509-421a-8245-667180e4819f/SelvaAparicio_VelodeLuto2.JPG works - Velo de Luto (Mourning Veil) Veil made of 1,365 seventeen year cicada wings sewn together by the hair of two generations of women who have struggled in a patriarchal society. As the veils were traditionally used to blindly show faith, while being exposed to toxic dyes before one’s eyes, the creation of this veil via joining of wings serves as a metaphor for decay of life—both literally through the wings of the magicicada but as representative of a traditional mourning veil to be worn by women for life after the death of a spouse, as the fragility of the veil of wings decay so does the patriarchal veil of history that it represents. By empowering and highlighting the beauty of the fragility, the unified wings empower the viewer to have faith in the rebirth & re- ownership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1f0e091a-b116-4599-acdb-c49b7b5912d8/093_web.JPG works - Velo de Luto (Mourning Veil) Veil made of 1,365 seventeen year cicada wings sewn together by the hair of two generations of women who have struggled in a patriarchal society. As the veils were traditionally used to blindly show faith, while being exposed to toxic dyes before one’s eyes, the creation of this veil via joining of wings serves as a metaphor for decay of life—both literally through the wings of the magicicada but as representative of a traditional mourning veil to be worn by women for life after the death of a spouse, as the fragility of the veil of wings decay so does the patriarchal veil of history that it represents. By empowering and highlighting the beauty of the fragility, the unified wings empower the viewer to have faith in the rebirth & re- ownership. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/collidingbirds monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1588304745767-ZDPLQR3HNUZM6UT7ZDBP/IMG_9609.JPG works - Colliding Birds Colliding Birds is an ongoing series of entombed bird specimens cast in iron, memorializing the staggering toll of glass collisions in the United States—an estimated one billion avian deaths each year. By preserving these fragile bodies in a material associated with permanence and weight, the work confronts viewers with the quiet violence of human-made environments and the unseen casualties of urban architecture. Each cast becomes both a grave and a monument, asking us to reckon with our complicity and to mourn what often goes unnoticed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1588304841202-6DJAOQRVTAUUCEB15ZME/IMG_6180.jpg works - Colliding Birds Colliding Birds is an ongoing series of entombed bird specimens cast in iron, memorializing the staggering toll of glass collisions in the United States—an estimated one billion avian deaths each year. By preserving these fragile bodies in a material associated with permanence and weight, the work confronts viewers with the quiet violence of human-made environments and the unseen casualties of urban architecture. Each cast becomes both a grave and a monument, asking us to reckon with our complicity and to mourn what often goes unnoticed. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/the-roots monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/f45a9c51-0cf9-4a64-aeec-125554591cf2/SelvaAparicio_the+Roots+_Detail.jpg works - The Roots The root of the original black sugar maple from the Edith Farnsworth House studded with dandelion seeds. The tree, which inspired Mies van der Rohe’s placement of the home and witnessed over sixty years of family visits, restorations, and changes of ownership before succumbing to flooding and illness in 2013, is imbued with the hope and potential of hundreds of dandelion seeds. Together with its handcrafted frame (made of the same historic wood), the piece represents a new afterlife and legacy for the remains of a prominent piece of the local landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/0f34fd54-5638-4494-bb19-6d7d8646c065/SelvaAparicio_the+Roots+%281%29+%281%29.jpg works - The Roots The root of the original black sugar maple from the Edith Farnsworth House studded with dandelion seeds. The tree, which inspired Mies van der Rohe’s placement of the home and witnessed over sixty years of family visits, restorations, and changes of ownership before succumbing to flooding and illness in 2013, is imbued with the hope and potential of hundreds of dandelion seeds. Together with its handcrafted frame (made of the same historic wood), the piece represents a new afterlife and legacy for the remains of a prominent piece of the local landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/93692ce8-4f4e-47a5-9eb9-d32e43be413a/SelvaAparicio_The+Roots_2+%281%29+%281%29.jpg works - The Roots The root of the original black sugar maple from the Edith Farnsworth House studded with dandelion seeds. The tree, which inspired Mies van der Rohe’s placement of the home and witnessed over sixty years of family visits, restorations, and changes of ownership before succumbing to flooding and illness in 2013, is imbued with the hope and potential of hundreds of dandelion seeds. Together with its handcrafted frame (made of the same historic wood), the piece represents a new afterlife and legacy for the remains of a prominent piece of the local landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/b5d65bab-0992-43dc-aa12-20d87ab8c895/SelvaApariciop_TheRoots_Outsideview.jpg works - The Roots The root of the original black sugar maple from the Edith Farnsworth House studded with dandelion seeds. The tree, which inspired Mies van der Rohe’s placement of the home and witnessed over sixty years of family visits, restorations, and changes of ownership before succumbing to flooding and illness in 2013, is imbued with the hope and potential of hundreds of dandelion seeds. Together with its handcrafted frame (made of the same historic wood), the piece represents a new afterlife and legacy for the remains of a prominent piece of the local landscape. https://www.selvaaparicio.com/work/if-i-write-again monthly 0.5 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/3ad3bd9e-267c-41eb-90dc-05c05c144dbe/vernissage_Selva_Aparicio-Jonas_Verbeke-HR-43+%281%29.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/5a49cee4-d240-4600-9153-2c3048fc8559/IFFDC032_000295.01.jpg works - If I Write Again, IFFDC032 Sample letter used in the collection. Julia, Marguerite and Esther Boudry, children in exile writing home. Julia Boudry writes a beautifully decorated New Years letter to her parents, December 1916 Julia Boudry writes a heartbreaking letter that she wants to run away from the school in France, 1918 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/274d0f6f-50eb-4dcd-a430-f133ff080725/vernissage_Selva_Aparicio-Jonas_Verbeke-LR-40.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/395e837f-d540-4175-bf58-0865b103de26/29062016_113514+%281%29.jpg works - If I Write Again, Last letter of Francis (Frank) Warren to his mother Mary, 4th April 1918 (collection IFFM) Since I last wrote I have been down to the Base but am now rejoining the battalion in the line. By the way, in case I have been reported missing within the last week or so you should know that I have been among a party of stragglers and have been away from the battalion for about a fortnight. They do not usually take very long to report anyone missing but I hope you have not had such a report on account of the worry it would cause to you all at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/46a10c19-b26e-4a0a-aea5-99a84dc4dddb/Selva-If-I-write-again---by-AS-Deldycke-02+%281%29.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/5a2b8098-a0f8-4474-b926-51d994d0cf72/IFFDA029_000049.jpg works - If I Write Again, Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/be77d5c3-671e-442f-af24-2cc9185d27b8/Selva-If-I-write-again---by-AS-Deldycke-24.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/3a13c343-5e3a-40fa-aaeb-557b3a329acd/IFFDC002_000060.03.jpg works - If I Write Again, Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/c540d67f-7fb4-44a0-b890-8bbef52afb64/Selva-If-I-write-again---by-AS-Deldycke-25.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/c9d07887-a32c-49d7-801d-cf01f4a1f060/IFFDC002_000065.05.jpg works - If I Write Again, Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/c5c160b6-7e3d-4fb3-aabf-45d4affc2250/Selva-If-I-write-again---by-AS-Deldycke-27+%281%29.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/153fb1f6-fd39-47c0-9595-69fe0f6185ce/IFFDC002_000212.04.jpg works - If I Write Again, Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/17eb713f-85e4-401e-8962-e3c15334bf96/Selva-If-I-write-again---by-AS-Deldycke-30.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/44e2f7bd-28f3-4a81-83c2-faa64187c7f1/IFFDC034_000445.02+%281%29.jpg works - If I Write Again, IFFDC034 Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation The very extensive war correspondence of the Lodewijk Raes with his family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/29231a5c-772c-4186-b9fa-50306dfd8c11/vernissage_Selva_Aparicio-Jonas_Verbeke-LR-42+%281%29.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/87fa922d-80a5-471e-b918-54c25d0a2cb7/IFFDC158_000049.02.jpg works - If I Write Again, Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/edd9ba06-2708-4fea-bc81-05bf3ad32a3c/vernissage_Selva_Aparicio-Jonas_Verbeke-HR-45.jpg works - If I Write Again, This installation consists of nine tents joined together with buttons, referencing a World War I tent design from the collection of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Each tent measures 1.60 by 1.60 meters. Inside, over 100 wartime letters (each from a different family) are reprinted on canvas and stitched together, forming the larger structure. These letters weave together nine distinct stories from the war, with many of them written by parents searching for their deceased sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/3d78958b-764c-404b-9895-1d67004426b4/IFFDC016_000054.04.jpg works - If I Write Again, Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5da0a52cdb20a47ff4a5c43b/1a4e9f2c-8756-4a59-ada9-da084af46feb/IFFDC030_000149.05.jpg works - If I Write Again, Sample Letter from the In Flanders Fields Museum Used in the Installation