Virginia Errázuriz


Maria Virginia Errázuriz Guilisasti, also known as Virginia Errázuriz, is a Chilean painter, professor, printmaker and draftsperson.

Biography

Errázuriz studied at University of Chile and University of York. By 1964 Errázuriz began to get involved in art. She discovered new materials. By the end of the 1960s she began to work professionally and to have exhibitions. Her exhibitions were organized by her husband Francisco Brugnoli. He took her experimental works to the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano. In the late 1960s Errázuriz began to educate students at universities across Santiago. Her art was exhibited in Chile and across the world, including Barcelona, Buenos Aires and Venezuela. In 1979 she finished her studies at the University of York in Toronto, Canada.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Errázuriz creates her artwork using materials that are either unwanted or found, which typically relate to the economy. Her collection was put away and unclassified for a long period. When her collection was eventually put out it gained recognition. Her artwork can be viewed in the Chilean National Collections, which is located in the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo and Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende in Santiago.
Her art is meant to represent social and political issues in Chile. She creates puzzles that the audience must piece together via "knick-knacks, postcards, and other mundane objects, to which the spectator must ascribe meaning and use as a basis for interpretation."

''I'll Be Right Back, 1965''

This piece was inspired by multiple found items near her, to help describe the daily life of an individual.

''Tapestry (The Debutant), 1966''

This piece is an installation exhibited in the Space to Dream.

''Diary of a Day, 1979'' {{Cite web|url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/radical-women/art/art/28-noviembre-1979-diario-de-un-dia-serie-archivos-28-november-1979-diary-of-a-day-archive-series/|title=28 / Noviembre / 197... Virginia Errázuriz Radical Women digital archive|website=Hammer Museum|language=en|access-date=2019-05-28}}

This self-portrait was created using known objects that she used daily to create her art. She used a small spiral notebook to represent her diary that contains drawings and objects that help demonstrates her daily life.

Personal life

She married Francisco Brugnoli.