Dulce Chacón

Is a Mexican visual artist whose practice focuses on drawing as a tool for narrative research and its pedagogies. She has been part of exhibitions such as the 14th. Havana Biennale, Cuba (2021); Manila Biennale, Open City, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines (2018) or MATRIX 175, Fallen Angels, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (2016). She is part of the SOMA Artist Council and has been a member of the National System of Art Creators (2017-2020).

 

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Esquizos (2021-2023)

by: Dulce ChacónNicolás Pradilla

The use of medicinal and nutritional plants has persisted as a mechanism of cultural resistance and food sovereignty at the margins of agribusiness and transnational pharmaceuticals in Mexico. Through drawing, Dulce Chacón explores inherited family knowledge, botanical records, and field observation to insist on how important it is to recognize and value the plant biocultural diversity in the country. While learning and sharing knowledge about these plants, the artist reflects on what of this knowledge can be revealed and what is better kept silent.