Las Perifericas colectiva
Las Periféricas is a collective of Colombian female artists living in Europe, a space where migration, identity, and culture intersect. These women, having migrated to countries such as Germany, Spain, and Sweden, have spent more than six to ten years in their adopted homes. Throughout their journey, they have continuously questioned their identities as migrant women, navigating the cultural, social, and political landscapes of these distinct European territories.Their work stems from the intersection of their origins and the challenges of adapting to new environments.
Their different backgrounds, experiences, and cultural constructions deeply influence their interactions with the societies in which they now live. As migrants, their bodies and identities become sites of transformation and resistance, constantly engaging with the dual pressures of adaptation and self-preservation in these foreign lands.
Las Periféricas not only reflects on the personal impact of migration but also on the broader questions of identity, belonging, and cultural exchange. Their experiences offer a rich source of artistic exploration, touching on themes of displacement, cultural hybridization, and the resilience of the female migrant experience in Europe.
The collective Las Periféricas is formed by three female artists from Colombia who migrated to Europe and settled here more than 10 years ago. This project is born from the constant questioning of our identity as migrant women in three different territories: Germany, Spain and Sweden.
Liz K. Peñuela (1978, Bogotá Colombia) She holds a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, an MA in Artistic Research and Production (Art, City and Society) from the University of Barcelona, a postgraduate degree in video at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm and recently completed a Post Master in Art and Architecture: Resources 14, "A State of Migration: Sweden", at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm.
She is also a certified art educator at the University of Barcelona who currently lives and works as an art teacher at middle school in Stockholm and in parallel as a project manager at Art Lab for All, a social organization.Her most recent participation has been at the following collective exhibitions: Mi cuerpa mi decisión, Pandemia Doméstica Sistémica (both supported by Amnesty Latinamerika, Detroit Stockholm, Galleri Majkens, PeaceWorks Stockholm and La Dekoloniala in Stockholm, 2020; El Mito del futuro, collage digital (GIF format) virtual exhibition, with the support of UANL and CEIIDA (Centro de investigación innovación y desarrollo de las artes at Mexico, 2021; Collective Altar at Paviljong C, with a performative and participatory intervention of new death rituals during pandemic, Stockholm, 2021 and Voces disidentes, a feminist exhibition at Konsthall C. Showing the feminist interventions in the city and the execution of a participatory public workshop 8M by @creartivista_kollektiva, 2022 Stockholm.web: www.lizkpenuela.se
María del Carmen Espinosa Pineda (Cali, Colombia 1971)Graduated in Fine Arts in Colombia, with a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Arts Education from the University of Barcelona.She has been living and working in Barcelona since 2000 and is currently a member of the Colectivo Las Periféricas, as well as of the promoter group for the Fábrica de Artes in Ripollet (Traça) and Acollim, a non-profit organization that supports migrants and undocumented people in Ripollet.His most recent exhibitions are a group exhibition at the Museo La Tertulia in Cali (July - November) and two solo exhibitions, Los Invisibles del Mediterráneo (October - November 2022), where he shows his view of the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, trying to reach Europe; and Intermitencias (December 2022 - January 2023), where he shows a collection of works that deal with his process of uprooting and which he made between 2003 and 2022, Individual, Mortaja, Cerdanyola Art Museum, July to November 2023web: https://mariaespi25.wixsite.com/carmen-espinosa
Maria Carolina Brijaldo Garzon (1978, Bogotá, Colombia) Visual artist, studied at the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia, Goldsmith, School Santo Domingo of Arts and Crafts Bogotá, Colombia, Certificate in Feminisms, Inequalities and Contemporary Debates at the University del Norte, Uninorte CEC online, Certificate in differential approach for the construction of peace University Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia CEC online, Diploma in Spanish as a foreign language, University Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. National school of film experimentation and production (ENERC) National institute of cinema and audiovisual arts (INCAA) practical scriptwriting workshop, Buenos Aires,Argentina, Governing cultural center Ricardo Rojas UBA digital art Buenos Aires, Argentina, Scenography and setting, Governing cultural center Ricardo Rojas UBA Buenos Aires, Argentina. Last group exhibitions Apr: 2023: Open Wall 2023, Kap.8 Kulturamt Painting Münster, Germany Apr: 2022: Open Wall 2022, Kap.8 Kulturamt Painting and Embroidery, Münster, Germany Jan 2022: In the footsteps of the missing paintings "They are killing us " Painting and Embroidery, Mexico, DF Feminist Collective.March 2022: National Museum of Popular Cultures, Painting and Embroidery, Coyoacán, Mexico City. Political Art Days, Dresden, Germany Exhibition of painting and Embroidery “The Water” September, 2021. Web: https://www.mariacabrijaldo.com