Valeria Maggi

            The question of representing national identity drives a visual language in the work of Valeria Maggi, whose strength lies in certain colors, gestures, and forms. In this search, the reinvention of the landscape genre and its tradition becomes a key to dismantling the techniques and procedures inherited from modern painting. Within this process, an atmosphere of warm tones becomes a source of joy; the softness of the forms offers comfort and bears witness to a sustained, delicate gesture that, in many cases, builds monumentality.

            In her paintings, Brazilian nature and the northern Argentine yungas converge through elements such as palm trees, waterfalls, rivers, and mountains in tropical colors that expand the established imaginary surrounding the national territory, constructed and reproduced under canonical and Western premises. Through this interplay, the codes that shape what we often perceive as natural or given become evident.

            Maggi studied Fine Arts at the National University of Tucumán. In 2014, she participated in the Artists Program at Torcuato Di Tella University. She was awarded the First Prize for Young Artist by the Fortabat Foundation. In 2022, she received the First National Prize for Visual Arts of Chaco. In 2025, she received the Braque Prize at MUNTREF. Her work has been included in solo and group exhibitions at institutions and galleries. She currently lives and works in Buenos Aires.