ARTIST STATEMENT

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"In a world that constantly attempts to choose between extremes, my work reflects the idea that contradictions coexist harmoniously as one"

"My work is the result of a conversation between contradictions, different points of view, landscapes of the planet and landscapes of my thoughts. All the different elements become one piece, where the balance of the composition supersedes their individual importance.

Well defined lines, shapes, objects  and poured paint find ways to define space as we know it,  leaving the illusion of a solid reality behind”

Mariela Lechin C. is a Venezuelan-American artist captivated by the science and nature of our Universe. Her work is inspired by principles of quantum physics, which state everything is made of an endless sea of energy in constant motion, only solid in an illusion we create with our thoughts. 

Each piece is the result of a conversation between contradictions and different points of view. Using a multistep process where structure, intuitive paint pouring and found objects interact with each other, until all the different elements reach a balance in which the composition supersedes their individual importance, leaving the illusion of a solid reality behind for the observer to create what she/he choses to perceive. 

In the early 1990s, Mariela began working as a metalsmith apprentice at the studio of Alexis de la Sierra in Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela. Soon after,  her pieces where selected for the “Luces y Cruces” art exhibit (1991). In 1993, she moved to San Francisco, California where she continued her metalsmith work, both creating and selling out of her studio.

Later, Mariela moved to Florida, where she formalized her art career by earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts with concentration in Painting and a minor in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University with mention “Magna cum Laude”, all while working full time and raising her two daughters.

Mariela has exhibited in the US, Europe, and South America, earning awards such as the‘’International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci” in Florence, Italy among others.