Valerie’s Factory

Buenos Aires | Argentina
Director | Jimena Nahuel Lusi, Xul Jan, Sandro Guevara

Valerie’s Factory is a contemporary art gallery based in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires. Founded in 2021 and directed by Jimena Lusi, Xul Jan, and Sandro Guevara, it operates as a creative “factory” where visual arts, design, and performance intersect. The gallery supports emerging and interdisciplinary artists who challenge conventional narratives through experimental and cross-media practices.

www.valeriesfactory.com

ESTE FOCUS

Booth walkthrough with the artist
Trinidad Metz Brea

In Spanish, without translation.
Open to the public.

Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Venue: Pavilion VIK
Ruta 10, Km 182.5, José Ignacio

CURATORIAL

For ESTE ARTE 2026, 12th edition, Valerie’s Factory presents Trinidad Metz Brea’s project “Technorganic Bodies”, conceived especially for the public of ESTE ARTE and Uruguay. The series explores sculpture as a living system, merging affect, corporeality, and the artificial into speculative forms. Works crafted from native woods, marble, and biodegradable PLA polymer function as vibratile organs—open to mutation and desire, rather than fixed form. These hybrid entities condense ancestral traditions with futuristic technologies, creating bodies without organs that resonate with ecological and mythological imaginaries. “Technorganic Bodies” activates sculpture as a zone of contact between the intimate and the alien, inviting viewers into a circuit of continual transformation.

BIO

Trinidad Metz Brea (Argentine, b. 1992) is a visual artist with a degree from the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA). She has participated in programs at PAC, CIA, and currently UTDT. Recognitions include Fundación Klemm (2021–22), Bienal de Arte Joven (2021), ARTESA Award (2021), and prizes from UADE (2024) and Fundación OSDE (2023). Her work spans sculpture, painting, printmaking, and interdisciplinary collaborations with scientists, engineers, and performers. She lives and works in Buenos Aires, and her recent solo exhibitions include Ferales (Valerie’s Factory, 2023, curated by Sofía Dourron).