STATEMENT
My practice explores trace and transformation, attending to the moment when change becomes perceptible, whether it dissolves or remains inscribed in matter.
Working through processes of burning, layering and material intervention, I engage with surfaces as sites of inscription, where time and climate leave their marks.
Across installations and objects, my work does not represent events, but holds their traces, what remains after transformation has taken place.
BIO
IONA (Rocío Arteaga, b. 1975, Bogotá) is a Colombian artist based between Sweden and Spain.
She holds a PhD in Economics and has trained in visual arts in Sweden. Her interdisciplinary background informs a practice grounded in material processes, long-term observation, and an interest in how change is inscribed in matter.
Her work has been exhibited in Sweden and Spain, and she is a member of the Swedish Artists’ Association (Svenska Konstnärsförbundet).
