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Fabiola Menchelli. Balancing Light, de la serie Constructions
Boston, Massachusetts, 2012–2013
Archival Pigment Print
Fabiola Menchelli. Archway, de la serie Constructions
Boston, Massachusetts, 2012–2013
Archival Pigment Print
Fabiola Menchelli. Construction Nº 4, de la serie Constructions
Boston, Massachusetts, 2012–2013
Archival Pigment Print
Fabiola Menchelli. Three 90º Angles, de la serie Constructions
Boston, Massachusetts, 2012–2013
Archival Pigment Print
We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well
Oliver Sacks
Fabiola Menchelli is interested in using the language of abstraction in her photography work to explore ideas about perception and space, creating images that seem to present a visibly tangible space that is nonetheless illusory, except in the lens of the camera.
Using different photographic and sculptural techniques, she attempts to transform physical space with light and shadow. She thus challenges our perception, directing light that envelops the surfaces and animates space by trying to transform shadows into solid objects. The interaction between light and shadow transforms her ephemeral installations, generating complex visual spaces that evoke a world that is concrete and yet imaginary, physically tangible and yet as elusive as light itself.
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Mexico City, 1983. Has an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been featured in various group and solo shows in Mexico, Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. She has been a recipient of the Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship (2011-13), the Beca para Estudios en el Extranjero Fonca-Conacyt (2011-13) and the MassArt Dean's Award (2012). She currently teaches at Centro ADM and AAVI. She is represented by Galería Yautepec.