Close-up of a textured, multicolored abstract painting with shades of green, brown, and gold.

TERRITORY, MINERALS & CARE

TERRITORIO, MINERALES & CUIDADO

I work from the Atacama Desert—a territory that is more than just a landscape. It is memory, time, and resilience. Over the years, I have learned that the earth is never static. It shifts, opens, erodes… and also holds what is not always visible. The desert is a place where people sustain their lives. These works emerge from that intersection: between what endures and what changes… where everything returns.

Close-up of a person using a brush to apply gold leaf or metallic gold dust onto a textured, painted surface, possibly for an art project or restoration. 
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Andrea Tapia Jara

A woman with long, wavy brown hair wearing glasses, a floral shirt, and a watch, holding a white cup and smiling in an indoor setting.

To me, the desert's greatest treasures are not the minerals drawn from its soil, but the people who have lived there and continue to exist in its memory.

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An abstract textured painting with earthy tones, splashes of green, blue, and reddish-orange, creating a layered and layered appearance.
Close-up of an artist's hands holding a jar filled with paintbrushes, with an easel and a painted canvas in the background, in an art studio.

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