Marisa Cornejo

Artist

Marisa Cornejo (Santiago, Chile, 1971) is an artist based in Switzerland. Her practice explores memory, exile and forced migration through drawing, photography, performance, video, sculpture and archival work. Dreams also occupy a central place in her work, serving as a space for exploring memory and identity.

In 2013, she published I am (art&fiction), a collection of drawings inspired by her dreams. In 2023, she published L’empreinte. Une archive d’artiste soustraite au terrorisme d’État and presented La Huella, a video installation exploring memory and the archive. She received the Francine Delacrétaz Foundation Award in 2023 and a Swiss Art Award in 2024. Her work has been exhibited in Switzerland and internationally at institutions including Helmhaus Zürich, Maison Tavel / MAH Geneva, the National Center for Contemporary Art in Santiago, Chile, and Gallatin Galleries in New York.

Involved in.

The Workshop of Fragility, by Marisa Cornejo