At eighteen years of age, Mariel Carranza came to the United States from Lima, Perú. Treating her body as material,

Carranza works to detach from physical limitations. Her concerns with the transformation of living matter has led

her to labor continuously on a number of art works as if tending to a living being. Surrendering to the course the

materials take when left unfixed, her sculptural works challenge the notion of time limitations.

 

Mariel Carranza received her MFA from UCLA. Notable performances include “Lemon Piece” at Performance Art

Happening, “Full Nelson” at Del Mar Theater, and “Corners”, in which she was confined within the Crazy Space

Gallery for nine days, fasting and making the performance space fit her frame of mind by eliminating or altering its

corners.