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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
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- © Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson
Suspended World
These images were created intuitively and spontaneously in my home during the statewide lockdown as my days were blending with one another while I was feeling a growing sense of sadness and depression. Using my body to interact with the rooms and objects in my home and a minimalist approach, I took photographs to mirror my own state of mind.
This body of work connects with others that I have created in the past in response to my dreams. From a Jungian perspective, dreams of houses usually represent the soul and the self, while each room is reflective of a different aspect of our psyche.
Suspended World is divided into three chapters, each one shot in a different room in my home. This is my own personal meditation on being human and being mortal in response to the Great Pause of 2020.
Tanto va el cántaro al agua o Ese querer arrancarse de raíz
Un mundo suspendido
en la madrugada del tiempo.
Una rutina de días.
Me escondo detrás de una palabra
me sacuden los vientos de marzo
Artist Bio
Claudia Ruiz Gustafson is a Peruvian-born, Massachusetts-based visual artist, educator and curator. Her work is mainly autobiographical and self-reflective; often portraying themes of femininity, memory, family, dreams and personal mythology. She regards image making as a powerful medium for exploring her own inner world.
Claudia has exhibited in museums and galleries across the US and abroad at venues including the Danforth Art Museum, Agora Gallery, Millepiani Gallery, Galleria Valid Foto, Fountain Street Gallery, Griffin Museum of Photography, Cambridge Art Association, Concord Center for the Arts and the RI Center for Photographic Arts. She had her first solo show in 2020 at the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, MA titled Historias de Tierra y Mar (Stories of Land and Sea).
She has received grants and awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cambridge Art Association, L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards, PX3 de la Photographie Paris, The Gala Awards, among others. Her work has been published in Fraction Media, Black & White Magazine, Shades Collective, F-Stop Magazine and has been reviewed by Artscope Magazine, Metrowest Daily News and What Will You Remember.
Claudia has self published several books that incorporate her photography and poetry. She is the owner of a portrait photography business and also teaches creative photo workshops in the Boston area. Currently she is curator and participating artist of the traveling exhibition Crossing Cultures: Family, Memory and Displacement, a multi-media project made up of artwork created by multi-cultural artists reflecting on identity and diaspora.
She holds a BA in Communications from Universidad de Lima, and a Professional Photography Certificate from Kodak Interamericana de Perú.
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