Born in Santiago, Chile, Catalina Swinburn lives and works between Buenos Aires & London. The artist’s sculptural paper compositions — crafted from intricately woven vintage documents — explore themes of heritage, identity, and resilience.

Swinburn’s new body of work straddles both archaeological and contemporary languages; it marks a visual recognition of a geography where architectural notes and landmarks are intertwined in her work, interlocking her materials as if they were a mosaic, retracing connections in the Maghreb through Zawiyas. Through extensive research in Gabes, the Medina of Tunis, and various archeological and religious sites in Tunisia, the artist affiliates these sites as conduits of a profound significance of healing and devotion.

The exhibition equally marks the encounter and intersection of two independent practices—Catalina Swinburn and Tunisian artist Mohamed Amine Hamouda—where their materials and ends collaboratively overlap. As part of her research, Swinburn made several trips to Gabès, witnessing Hamouda’s decade-long construction of paper from vegetal scraps in his studio—a space where they jointly created the paper for their shared project. In the mezzanine space, Swinburn weaves together this paper, made from fibres directly from palm trees from the Oasis of Gabès, utilising palm leaves and natural pigments.