Lola Cervant (México, 1989) is a designer and artist working with craft-based art and design to reflect on the relationship between human, nature and territory. Her main interest lies in the intersection of textile craft, drawing and contemporary design through collaborative processes and art-based methods, focused on sustainability, local materials and traditional knowledge. She has exhibited her works individually in Mexico, Hungary, Slovakia and Finland. Currently works as a designer at the EU-funded projects: VillaInno - WoolInnovation 2023-2026 and at TB-GOBRA 2024-2025 at the University of Lapland, where she is also a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Art and Design and a member of the board of the Artists' Association of Lapland - Lapin Taiteilijaseura.
- I am intrigued by the invisible layers through which we interpret the space that surrounds us. My work focuses on stories within the landscapes and geographies. I use the intangible lines of the maps as a visual resource to generate a reflection of the territory through graphic and figurative pieces, using a set of mixed media materials that includes, charcoal, wool yarn, wood, naturally dyed fibers and other textile materials. I create pieces using drawing and textile as media, to reflect on the relationship between nature, geography, flora, fauna and fungae. Landforms and living entities are the main visual elements, while geographies and maps serve as the canvas to develop my pieces. This is my way of mapping places.
- Lola Cervant
- I am intrigued by the invisible layers through which we interpret the space that surrounds us. My work focuses on stories within the landscapes and geographies. I use the intangible lines of the maps as a visual resource to generate a reflection of the territory through graphic and figurative pieces, using a set of mixed media materials that includes, charcoal, wool yarn, wood, naturally dyed fibers and other textile materials. I create pieces using drawing and textile as media, to reflect on the relationship between nature, geography, flora, fauna and fungae. Landforms and living entities are the main visual elements, while geographies and maps serve as the canvas to develop my pieces. This is my way of mapping places.
- Lola Cervant
Education
Individual exhibitions:
Selected Group exhibitions:
Publications, Artist in Residence, Symposiums and other Academic merits:
- 2021 - started at the doctoral program - PhD in Art and Design, Faculty of Art and Design - University of Lapland, Finland - Lapin Yliopisto- *EDUFI Fellowship - 13500 eur. *Taike Arts Promotion Center Finland - 6000 eur
- 2017 - 2018 Master in Drawing Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Granada, Spain [Universidad de Granada]
- 2014 - 2015 Graphic Arts Hungarian University Of Fine Arts Budapest, Hungary, [Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem] *Hungarian Government Balassi Institute Grant
- 2007 – 2014 Bachelor Degree in Design, Faculty of Habitat, Autonomous University of San Luis, Mexico [UASLP]
Individual exhibitions:
- Topophilia & Topophilia Vol II., Studio Musta Napa - October 2023, & Artist of the Month - Korundi Kulttuuritalo - February 2023, Rovaniemi, Finland
- Terra Borealis, Lapponica Sali, Rovaniemi City Library, Finland, 2021
- Cartographies of the Danube, BridgeGuard Artist in Residency, Slovakia, 2019
- Topografías Coetáneas, College of Architects, S.L.P, Mexico, 2017
- Map of People, TAT Galéria, Budapest, Hungary, 2015
Selected Group exhibitions:
- Shifting Ground - 2024, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
- Embroidered Stances, 2024, Finnish Craft Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
- Embroidered Stances, Villalla Kerrottu, pop-up exhibition, Neulefestarit 2023, Aine Art Museum
- Kumma Puutarha, City of Rovaniemi, selected artist, sculpture group exhibition 2023
- Kevät Kuvataideviikko, Napa Galleria, Rovaniemi, 2023, co-curator
- Kuvataideviikko, Napa Galleria, Rovaniemi, 2022, co-curator
- Ars Nartae, Galleria Kellokas, Akaslömpölö, 2022
- Napa Galleria Kuvataideviikot, Rovaniemi Finland, 2021
- First Festival of Manuports, Kohta Galleria, Helsinki, 2021
- Adventtiajan Kuvataideviikot, Rovaniemi, Finland, 2021
- Mujer y Territorio, Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer, [curator] 2019, Granada, Spain
- Los Procesos del Dibujo, Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo, máster de Dibujo de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Granada, 2019
- Akkumulator, Budapest Galéria, [Top 10 best East European Exhibitions 2016]
- The Public House of Art, Amsterdam, exhibition, 2015
- Klauzal 13 gallery, Group exhibition MKE students, Budapest, 2015
- Contemporary Sculpture Museum Federico Silva, Group exhibition of the Graphic Arts Edition, RGB magazine, 2013
- Group exhibition of the 61° and 62° edition of the «20th November» prize of Art, Government Prize, German Gedovius Gallery, Mexico, 2012.
Publications, Artist in Residence, Symposiums and other Academic merits:
- 2024 – European Wool Association Study Tour 2024 - Sweden
- 2024 - TB- Gobra Project - University of Lapland + EUTH Wonders + Igor Vitale Projects
- 2023 Relate North: Beyond Borders, workshop + presentation with PhD Maria Huhmarniemi
- Hernandez Cervantes, F. (2023). Arctic Wool: Perspectives on Sustainable Craft Practices Research in Arts and Education, 2023(2), 85–98. Aalto University. https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.131750
- Cervantes, F. & Huhmarniemi, M. (2023). Stitching for Material Sensitivity: From Traditional to Activist Embroidery. Ruukku Journal. https://doi.org/10.22501/ruu.1927154
- 2023 – Artist in Residence – Haihatus Art Center – Joutsa, Finland
- 2023 – Arctic Art Week – International Sculpture Symposium, Sääriselkä, Finland
- 2023 - VillaInno 2023-2026 - EU-funded project/University of Lapland - Designer
- Relate North 10 2023- Symposium, presentation -with Tanya Kravtsov - Embroidered Stances
- 2021 – present, Position of Trust: Member of the board of Lapin Taiteilijaseura – co-curator of the Kuvataideviikko, 2021 - assisting at the Taidelainamo, Art lending service of the Lapin Taiteilijaseura, assistance at openings, etc.
- 2020 Quadratin, interview, local newspaper in San Luis Potosi, México
- 2020 RGB magazine, women in art edition, SLP, Mexico
- about drawing work in: WordPower, Language as a medium, LibraryX, 2019, UK
- 2019 – Artist in Residence – BridgeGuard Art Residency . Sturovo/Parkany, Slovakia
- Temporada de Granadas,[Pomegranate season] poesía-ilustración infantil, autora, Editorial Nazarí, España, 2019
- 2018 Co-Organization of the 1st Meeting of Artisans, Artists and Designers of Granada (Faculty of Fine Arts UGR + Albayzin Center) Lecture: Mexican Art + Crafts + Design, European Artistic Craft Days 2018, Albayzín Center (National Center of Reference for Crafts in Spain)
- interviewed in: Peripheral Arts, 25 pages article, UK 2017
- 2017 The lighting mind, online art journal, Spain
- 2014, Balassi Grant, Hungarian University of Fine Arts
C O N T A C T
Lola Cervant currently lives and works in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland www.lapintaiteilijaseura.fi/artists/lola-cervant/ nacerteam.weebly.com/fabiola-hernandez-cervantes.html research.ulapland.fi/en/persons/lola-cervantes www.instagram.com/lolacervant |
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