Visionaries

XIMENA NATANYA BRICEÑO
Since childhood I have harboured a long fascination with Peruvian filigree jewellery
and its origins. I am interested in the history, social history and technical aspects of
filigree making in objects and jewellery. While completing my PhD, I applied laser
welding -a new technology- to a traditional metalsmith technique creating a new
vocabulary of filaments and metals. This process allows me to consider innovative
applications of new metals and materials. My current studio practice is diverse, it
investigates landscape and geography as an expression of location, migration and
identity. I predominantly work with reactive metals, ephemera, and silver casted
native botanical specimens.
Ximena’s core career interests lie in the history of art and its nexus with trade,
including the fine arts, crafts, jewellery and precious metal work developed by
different cultures. She grew up in Lima, Peru, where she had contact with native
artisans and their different techniques. In the U.S she studied at the University
of Florida while also working part time in the arts and crafts sector preparing for
a career in art history and decorative arts. Established in Australia in 2004, she
was awarded a PhD in Visual Arts in the Gold and Silversmithing workshop at the
Australian National University’s School of Art in Canberra in 2011. From 2013-2018,
Ximena worked part time as a cataloguer in a social history community museum in
the region. In 2016, she established her studio Ximena Joyas in Canberra, Australia,
and she continues to make, research and to collaborate with other artisans and
filigree makers of Peru producing small batch series of objects and filigree works
creating a transpacific collaboration.
Ximena Natanya Briceño, Native Flora II, 2019,
laser welded titanium, filigree silver cast leaves,
7 x 70 x 60mm. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
$1,600
Represented by Bilk Gallery