Laura Mema

Samay Anajti (Respira arriba), 2023

Ceremonial clay incense burner, iron, copper leaf and smoky quartz cluster

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Hummingbird, 2023

Carob-dyed linen, copper leaf and tulle

36 5/8 × 51 1/8 in. (93 × 130 cm)

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Sexy Vapor Stomata, 2023

Carob-dyed linen, copper leaf and tulle

36 5/8 × 51 1/8 in. (93 × 130 cm)

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Shelter, 2023

Carob-dyed linen, copper leaf and tulle

36 5/8 × 51 1/8 in. (93 × 130 cm)

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Soul Star Chalice · A, 2023

Carob-dyed linen, copper leaf and tulle

36 5/8 × 51 1/8 in. (93 × 130 cm)

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Soul Star Chalice · B, 2023

Carob-dyed linen, copper leaf and tulle

36 5/8 × 51 1/8 in. (93 × 130 cm)

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Embracing the Eco Erotic, 2023

Linen, carob dye, copper leaf, tulle and thread

51 1/8 × 76 3/4 in. (130 × 195 cm)

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A New Way of Being, 2020

Acrylic, tulle and thread on linen or canvas

74 3/4 × 35 3/8 in. (190 × 90 cm)

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La revolución es respirar, 2020

Acrylic, tulle and thread on linen or canvas

74 3/4 × 35 3/8 in. (190 × 90 cm)

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Hive

Acrylic, tulle, copper leaf and thread on linen

74 3/4 × 63 in. (190 × 160 cm)

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Water Seeds

Acrylic, tulle and Japanese gold thread on canvas

63 × 63 in. (160 × 160 cm)

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Estudios vibracionales · EV-01

Watercolor pencils, acrylic, tulle and invisible thread on 300 gsm Arches paper

20 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (51 × 36 cm)

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Estudios vibracionales · EV-02

Watercolor pencils, acrylic, tulle and invisible thread on 300 gsm Arches paper

20 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (51 × 36 cm)

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Estudios vibracionales · EV-03

Watercolor pencils, acrylic, tulle and invisible thread on 300 gsm Arches paper

20 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (51 × 36 cm)

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Biography

Source: Collegium

Laura Mema (Santiago del Estero, Argentina, 1978) is a visual artist and researcher based in Madrid. Her practice explores relationships between nature, perception and matter, with a particular interest in sound and the connections between living beings. Listening and the investigation of the invisible run throughout her work.

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She works with drawing, color, textiles and processes informed by cymatics, translating sound patterns into visual forms. For Tinkunakuy, she collaborated with women weavers from the Santiago del Estero woodland region to transform the coyuyo cicada's song into woven and embroidered works. Materials including tulle, thread and wool connect her research with memory and textile knowledge.

Her career includes the solo exhibition Mi cama es un jardín at Galería Nora Fisch (2025), the group exhibition Hebras y urdimbres at Condes de Gabia (2024–2025), activities at Museo Reina Sofía (2024), and a residency at Collegium in Arévalo (2025). Her publication Sonic Geometry featured in a documentary exhibition at MACBA in 2021–2022.

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Documented career

Highlights

Residency at Collegium

August 4–29, 2025 · Artist residency in Arévalo. Taking the yamur atop Santo Domingo church as its starting point, the project explored heritage, local memory and landscape through textiles, minerals, copper and natural pigments.

Solo exhibition at Galería Nora Fisch

May 30–August 14, 2025 · Mi cama es un jardín, Buenos Aires. Accompanied by a text by Mariano Mayer, the exhibition brought together her research into sound, perception and textile materiality.

Hebras y urdimbres

October 3, 2024–January 26, 2025 · Participated in this group exhibition at Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada. Curated by Blanca de la Torre, it explored connections between textile art, nature and community.

Museo Reina Sofía public program

May 30 and June 6, 2024 · With Claudia Rodríguez-Ponga, led Vínculo de vínculos. Códigos sagrados, a tour of the James Lee Byars exhibition at Palacio de Velázquez, as part of the Materia viva public program.

Sonic Geometry at MACBA

November 25, 2021–May 22, 2022 · Her publication Sonic Geometry (2020), together with a reproduction, featured in Manuales de reparaciones y sonidos cósmicos, an exhibition of self-published material at MACBA's Study Centre and Archive.

Conde Duque · Argentina Plataforma ARCO

2017 · Participated in En el ejercicio de las cosas. La Bella Sintaxis, curated by Sonia Becce and Mariano Mayer at Conde Duque, Madrid, within the Argentina Plataforma ARCO cultural program.