For its third Zona Maco participation, N.A.S.A.L. presents the works of four artists from Latin America whose practices span sculpture, installation, and materially driven research:Pablo Andino (Ecuador, 1990), Miguel Andrade Valdez (Peru, 1979), Alejandro García Contreras (Mexico, 1982), Armando Rosales Rivero (Venezuela, 1987).
Working primarily with sculpture, Pablo Andino explores surfaces, structures, and the animistic qualities of materials. His pieces often function as containers or hybrid forms that address cycles of life, death, consumption, and waste. Andino studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has exhibited widely in Ecuador, the United States, and Europe.
Miguel Andrade Valdez’s work merges construction methods with sculptural language to rethink architecture, the human body as measure, and the relationship between object, structure, and terrain. His reliefs and installations reference urban landscapes, pre-Columbian forms, and the temporal layers embedded in cities. He has exhibited in major institutions across Latin America, the U.S., and Europe.
Alejandro García Contreras creates works that combine sculpture, painting, and esoteric imagery inspired by Mexican folklore, pop culture, myth, and occult traditions. His practice reflects on the unconscious, eroticism, and the symbolic power of objects. García Contreras has shown internationally and has taken part in numerous residencies and art fairs.
Armando Rosales Rivero works across sculpture, installation, and research-based practice to explore the body, memory, and systems of support and resistance. Based in Mexico City since 2015, his work has been exhibited in Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, and Germany, and is included in several notable collections such as the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection.
