Alejandra Venegas

Proyectos Monclova presents Albor Tzompol by Alejandra Venegas.

Proyectos Monclova is pleased to announce Albor Tzompol, a solo exhibition by Mexican artist  Alejandra Venegas, featuring her most recent production in sculpture, relief, and painting. The project stems from the daily observation of the garden at the heart of her home-studio:  a living orchard composed of aromatic herbs, flowers, and an expansive chayote vine that  shelters butterflies, grasshoppers, and other species that temporarily inhabit this micro ecosystem.

Venegas’ practice is deeply rooted in the body and materiality. Wood carving demands strength, rhythm, and a distinctive cadence —such as the striking of the gouge against the  wood— that turns the process into a physical dialogue with the material. Through this labor,  the artist’s body merges with the technique, becoming a vessel of movement and energy. In  her works, natural elements —fields, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, clouds, celestial bodies,  animals, and plants— emerge in a constant shift between figuration and abstraction. Her  polychrome reliefs, crafted from woods such as ahuehuete, cedar, or huanacaxtle, reveal a  meticulous artisanal process and hover at the threshold between drawing, painting, and  sculpture.

The exhibition’s title refers to the Tzompol hill in Xochimilco, as well as to the moment of  dawn, when the first light of day colors the horizon. For Venegas, this instant embodies a beginning: an opportunity to reconsider her works in correspondence with natural cycles, temporality, and the ongoing exploration of materials and color.

–Proyectos Monclova