STATEMENT
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​My work is rooted in a belief that nature and humanity are not separate systems, but reflections of one another. Through a process I describe as biophilic observation, I explore how light, matter, and memory register the traces of human impact —and how, within those traces, a language of reconnection still exists.
Using techniques such as cyanotype, pyrography, and natural pigments, I translate the silent patterns of the environment into visual forms. Clouds, tree rings, leaves, and shadows become living archives of climate change —records of drought, heat, and fragility, but also of resilience and transformation.
Each installation is an attempt to listen to nature from within: to see the sky we have forgotten, to enter the trunk of a tree, to observe the invisible wounds in a still life. My work invites a slow gaze —one that moves beyond data and representation, toward a more intimate understanding of our place within the biosphere.
Ultimately, I seek to rebuild the emotional bond between humans and nature, reminding us that we are not observers of the environment, but part of its own breathing rhythm.
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BIO
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IONA (Rocío Arteaga, b. 1975, Bogotá) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Skåne, Sweden.
With a PhD in Economics and formal training in Arts, she bridges scientific observation and poetic perception to explore the interdependence between nature and human systems.
Her practice focuses on the traces that climate change leaves inside natural materials —the rings of trees, the cells of stems, the surface of skies. Using cyanotype, natural pigments, and fire, she transforms these signals into installations that invite viewers to look closely, listen, and reconnect with the living world.
Her work reminds us that nature is not outside of us —it is the very rhythm that sustains our own existence.
She is a member of the Svenska Konstnärsförbundet (Swedish Artists’ Association).
