Guadalupe Carrizo Presents Hortalizas at Laundromat Art Space with Ceibo Gallery
Opening Reception: October 10, 6–9 PM
Laundromat Art Space Gallery
185 NE 59th Street, Miami, FL 33137
Argentine visual artist Guadalupe Carrizo presents Hortalizas, a project that brings together art, ecology, research, and environmental consciousness through a sustained investigation of herbicide-resistant plants and their relationship to contemporary systems of agriculture, territory, and control.
Presented with Ceibo Gallery at Laundromat Art Space, Hortalizas focuses on plants commonly classified as weeds, wild growth, or undesirable species within agro-industrial systems. Rather than treating these plants as invasive or disposable, Carrizo repositions them as resilient organisms that embody adaptation, resistance, and the capacity of nature to respond to human intervention.
The project centers on ten herbicide-resistant plant species identified in Argentina, particularly those resistant to glyphosate, according to the National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA). Carrizo transforms these plants into both subject and material, creating a series of illustrations with pigments extracted from the resistant species themselves.
Through this process, botanical matter becomes more than a medium. It becomes a carrier of memory, territory, and environmental history. The plants that agro-industrial systems attempt to eliminate reappear in the artwork as agents of survival and persistence.
Hortalizas invites viewers to reconsider the language through which vegetation is categorized and controlled. Terms such as “weed” or “undesirable species” are placed under scrutiny as the exhibition examines the social, economic, and environmental values embedded within contemporary food and agricultural systems.
The exhibition also proposes a broader reflection on food sovereignty and ecological balance. By emphasizing the multidimensional role of these plants, Carrizo connects agriculture with questions of health, environmental sustainability, social structures, and the right of communities to maintain meaningful relationships with their territories.
At the center of the project is a reversal of perspective: what is typically regarded as a threat becomes a source of knowledge. What is targeted for eradication emerges instead as evidence of adaptation and resilience.
Carrizo’s practice demonstrates that nature is not passive. It responds, changes, persists, and resists.
Through the intersection of artistic practice, environmental activism, and research, Hortalizas asks audiences to reconsider the systems that determine what may be cultivated, protected, controlled, eliminated, or allowed to survive.
Guadalupe Carrizo is a visual artist from Tucumán, Argentina, whose practice explores the relationships between nature, territory, environmental transformation, and resistance.
Exhibition Information
Guadalupe Carrizo: Hortalizas
Presented with Ceibo Gallery
Opening: October 10
Time: 6–9 PM
Venue: Laundromat Art Space Gallery
Address: 185 NE 59th Street, Miami, FL 33137
Ceibo
Ceibo is a space oriented to building enduring artistic careers, with the aim of elevating the presence and positioning Latin American art within the U.S. and international markets.
Founded and directed by Brenda Groy and Gabriela Karpiuk, Ceibo emphasizes the work of Latin American artists as creators of contemporary narratives grounded in their specific contexts yet relevant to global debates, which position the region as a hub of aesthetic and conceptual innovation.
Our gallery serves as a facilitated space to mediate between cultural contexts, in order to translate, contextualize, and generate new interpretations of Latin American art within a global context. We understand the international market not merely in commercial terms, but as a gathering ground open for cultural exchange.
Guadalupe Carrizo
Guadalupe Carrizo nació en 1987 en Tucumán, Argentina. Es artista visual, fotógrafa y activista medioambiental. Posee un título técnico en Fotografía y una licenciatura en Bellas Artes por la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT). Actualmente cursa un máster en Arte Latinoamericano en la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO) y es alumna del Diploma Avanzado en Humanidades Medioambientales en la intersección entre el Arte y la Tecnología en la UNTREF.
Es investigadora del programa SIIP de la UNCUYO y miembro del Círculo de Estudios «Arte, Territorio y Medio Ambiente» del Centro de Investigación en Arte y Patrimonio (CIAP – UNSAM / CONICET). Además, trabaja como profesora en el Instituto Superior de Arte y Comunicación de Catamarca, Argentina.
Además de su labor artística y académica, es miembro activo del Grupo Ecologista Pro-Eco y participa en varias asambleas ciudadanas de la región del NOA, entre ellas «Abrazo al Aconquija», la Red de Acción por el Buen Vivir y «Paren de Fumigarnos Tucumán».
Guadalupe Carrizo nació en 1987 en Tucumán, Argentina. Es artista visual, fotógrafa y activista ecologista. Es Técnica Universitaria en Fotografía y Licenciada en Artes Plásticas por la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT). Actualmente cursa el Máster en Arte Latinoamericano en la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO) y es estudiante de la Diplomatura Superior en Humanidades Ambientales en la intersección entre arte y tecnología de la UNTREF.
She is a research fellow in the SIIP-UNCUYO program and a member of the Circle for the Study of Art, Territory, and Environment at the Center for Research in Art and Heritage (CIAP – UNSAM / CONICET). She also teaches at the Higher Institute of Art and Communication in Catamarca.
In addition to her artistic and academic work, she is a member of Pro-Eco, an environmental group, and participates in various citizens’ assemblies in the NOA region, including Abrazo al Aconquija, the Action Network for Good Living, and Stop Spraying Us, Tucumán.
