Delia Cancela and Southern Stars Projects director Gabriela Salgado invite you to visit the artist’s studio in Buenos Aires. In this one-of-a-kind occasion, Delia Cancela will tell us about her creative process while showing some of her renowned pieces in the magical setting of her studio. The conversation will explore her long-held focus on women’s deep bond with nature as well as unpacking her current interests.
Delia Cancela was born in Buenos Aires and currently lives between Buenos Aires and Paris. She was part of the Argentine avantgarde Instituto Di Tella (ITDT) in the 1960s, where she took part in the seminal Experiencias Visuales 67 and Experiencias 68 exhibitions and held the fashion show Ropa con Riesgo.
In 1967 she travelled to Paris, later moved to New York and settled in London in 1970 with her partner Pablo Mesejean, working as the collaborative duo Pablo and Delia. In London their work received immediate recognition and was published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and other publications. In 1975 they moved to Paris where they presented their collections combining fashion and performance.
In 2018 the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires held the retrospective exhibition Reina de Corazones / Queen of Hearts 1962-2018, and in 2020-2021 her work was part of Crear Mundos/ Making Worlds, an exhibition of international women artists at Proa Foundation, Buenos Aires.