Seba Calfuqueo (Chile/1991) lives and works in Santiago, Chile

A Mapuche artist, her work draws on their cultural heritage as a starting point, proposing a critical reflection on the social, cultural, and political status of the Mapuche subject within contemporary Chilean society. Her work includes installation, ceramics, performance and video, with the aim of exploring the cultural similarities and differences between the coupling of indigenous and Western ways of thinking, as well as their stereotypes. Her goal is also to make the issues regarding feminism and queer theory visible.

She participated in the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, 12th Bienal de Mercosur and the 22nd Bienal Paiz.

She was the winner of the Municipalidad de Santiago Award in 2017 and the Fundación FAVA Award in 2018. In 2021 she was awarded by Eyebeam’s Fractal Fellowships and in 2023 by Fundación Ama Amoedo’a FAARA.

The artworks of Seba Calfuqueo are part of major public collections such as the Denver Art Museum, Denver; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Malba, Buenos Aires; Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; Museu de Arte Contemporánea do Río Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile and Kadist, Paris.They are part of the Mapuche collective Rangiñtulewfü and Yene Revista.