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Mountopia
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Solo Exhibition shown at Gallery Rivoli
Geneva, Switzerland 2018 and Gallery Mommsenstr Berlin, Germany 2019. 







The mountain rises before our eyes.
Gigantic, immovable, eternal. A monument of the time.
We look at the endless masses of rock, clear lines and edgy shapes, shades of gray and gradients. The size of the mountains makes us humble and at the same time outgrow us we see overwhelming beauty and feel universal grandeur. But what do we actually see? And what do we not see?


MOUNTOPIA is the latest work by the Chilean artist Rommy Gonzalez and deals with these same questions.
In the center are the mountains and their composition,
which is removed layer by layer. Your singular elements that are extracted and be rearranged afterwards. Rock, minerals and plants merge it is own organic worlds beyond the obvious.

Mountain (English: mountain) meets Topia (Latin: landscape). Abstract, from the time fallen mountain landscapes, which can be understood as "tectonic art": For the not to grasp the human eye and yet always among us, always on the move.
It is no coincidence that Utopia sounds as well, because in Gonzalez 's imagination the elements of nature always a harmonious whole, an unconditional interaction
all life forms.

The inspiration for MOUNTOPIA was found by the artist through two magical places from her own life: The Andes in their homeland Chile are also among the larges Mountain ranges of the Earth like the Swiss Alps near their adopted hometown Geneva.

Body of Work
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“Salève”
42x29,7cm. Crayons, Watercolor and Gouache
on 300g paper. 2018.

“Chuquicamata”
42x29,7cm. Crayons, Watercolor and Gouache
on 300g paper. 2018.


“Licancabur”
42x29,7cm. Crayons, Watercolor and Gouache
on 300g paper. 2018.








Mountopia Exhibition
From June to September 2018
at Espace Rivoli in Geneva, Switzerland.  

Mountopia by Gabriel Balagué
Video presentation for exhibition directed by
the Swiss film maker Gabriel Balagué
filmed in Berlin and Geneva.
June 2018.



Mountopia by It’s Not Another Shot
Video teaser for exhibition in Berlin directed by
the Chilean film maker It’s Not Another Shot 
filmed in Chile.
January 2019.

Photo by It’s Not Another Shot, Cajón del Maipo, Chile 2019.

Mountopia´s Opening
June 06th of 2018
at Espace Rivoli in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mountopia Exhibition
at Gallery Mommsenstr Berlin, Germany 2019. 
Photos by It’s Not Another Shot.

Plants and Minerals by Christiania Krüger
Video installation for Exhibition Mountopia in collaboration
with the experimental film maker Christiania Krüger
and the music producer Vincent Marlice
at Espace Rivoli in Geneva, Switzerland 2018.
Mountopia Exhibition
at Gallery Mommsenstr Berlin, Germany 2019.
Photos by It’s Not Another Shot.

Nature
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Group Exhibition shown at Art by Friends, along Perrine Honoré and Mioshe, supported by Opinel.
Annecy, France 2023.

Different Kinds of Magic
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Installation for the exhibition Holy Children by Museo del Hongo at Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin 2022. 



Christiane Volhard
60x80. Crayons, Watercolor and Gouache
on 300g paper. 2018

Women in Science
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Is a project founded by the chilean ilustrators Gertrudis Shaw and Rommy González which consist in a compilation of 21 women, whom contributed to our society through different media having SCIENCE as a common life motor.


We want to make a tribute to all those inspiring women that after the daily life difficulties and family they manage to follow their curiosity about nature and bring their studies and discoveries to the world.



Maria Sybilla Merian
60x80. Crayons, Watercolor and Gouache
on 300g paper. 2018.

 






Björk
60x80. Crayons, Watercolor and Gouache
on 300g paper. 2018.

Mitosis
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Solo Exhibition at Urban Spree Gallery
Berlin, Germany 2016. 



Mitosis Exhibition
July 2016
at Urban Spree Gallery
Berlin, Germany.




Micro Drawings — Compilation







Mitosis Exhibition
July 2016
at Urban Spree Gallery
Berlin, Germany.

Das Mikro-Makro Leben
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Duo Exhibition with Dominga Vergara
at Chilean Embassy in Berlin, Germany
April 2016.




Microvitae
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Solo Exhibition at Galería Lira
Santiago de Chile
February 2016.


We have long since moved away from nature and barely perceive their wealth of detail and functional beauty. As individuals isolated from each other, although we divide the living spaces through which we move, the universal similarities of all organisms at most still see as hazy foggy images.


The exhibition Microvitae is a wake-up call that raises our view of the fascinating symbioses of life again. This look passes through surfaces and literally penetrates into the interior: to the core of microscopically small cells, in whose living forms the great is reflected.

Inspired by animal and plant cell structures, Rommy Gonzalez creates fantastic micro-landscapes in which earthly dimensions are redefined. The parallels between the different cell types are surprising - and make it clear that there are only a few subtle differences responsible for the endless diversity of nature.

Microvitae is a biological-artistic exploration of the human form of life as part of the universal whole.


    “Microlandscapes I, II, III”
50 x 70 cm.
Screenprint 3 colors, 2016.



      

“Vegetal Cell”
42x29,7cm.
Risoprint 3 colors, 2016.



“Animal Cell”
42x29,7cm.
Risoprint 3 colors, 2016.

Microvitae Exhibition
at Galería Lira,
Santiago de Chile
February, 2016.


Microvitae Exhibition
at Galería Lira,
Santiago de Chile
February, 2016.




Microvitae´s Soundtrack by MiFobia
Music created specially for exhibition
in collaboration with the music producer Mifobia
February, 2016.

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