Consuelo Palma is a visual artist whose work stretches from the heights of the Andes to the depths of the human heart. Born and raised in Santiago de Chile, her art is inspired by various themes from the most everyday experience, as well as indigenous and modern traditions of Latin America. She is always in search of a universal artistic language that goes beyond borders.
Palma studied graphic design, goldsmithing and metal engraving, in a quest to express “the dreams and desires of the soul through matter.” She currently concentrates on painting and ceramics. Among her latest works is her heart series, which she hopes will cause viewers to cast aside the clichéd connotations of the organ and its symbolic form and invite them to imagine the endless other ideas that she can evoke. In this way, the viewer will once again see the heart as a “more playful,