CAROLINA LOCKWOOD

Carolina Lockwood was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1955, and has been living in Bariloche, Patagonia since 1974. She has participated in various courses and seminars on Contemporary Art, including sculpture workshops with renowned Argentinean sculptor and video artist Ruth Viegener. She has also taken part in numerous group shows with many of her Patagonian peers and was selected for a seminar on production and analysis, organized by Foundation Antorchas.

Her recent works begin in the remote, sacred spots of Patagonia, Argentina and Canada. Here she has collected uniquely shaped pieces of found driftwood, which have been naturally sculpted and shaped over time. She feels that the spirit of the elements: earth, fire, water, and air, are captured within each piece of wood. Thus, these driftwood works are transformed from their origins, but remain carriers of their own messages from within. These sentinels may be silent, and yet they speak of humanity, nature’s joy, suffering, fears and desires.

From 1996 to 2003 Carolina has worked with people with special needs through specialized art and ceramics programs. She presently gives sculpture and ceramic classes at her own workshop. She also shows and sells her artwork in her own shop "Artisteria", in Colonia Suiza, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina.

“These works begin in remote, sacred spots, in Patagonia, Argentina and Canada. Multitudes of driftwood sculpted in time. They carry within them the spirit of the elements, earth, fire, water, air, ether. Transformed from their origins but carriers of messages. They are silent yet they speak of humanity, nature, joy and suffering, fears and desires, solitude and the masses, of love. They take me to a place of silence, of observation, understanding and learning. They pose polarities, opposite emotions on the same line. It is our choice which end of the line to be on. We can make a difference. Through my work I seek for peace, mystic, magic and above all love.”