"By the 8th century, Greek pottery had developed narratives of daily life, personal stories, and great deeds. When l found this beautiful print, l thought of the many stories contained in a woman’s life, like the space in these amphorae and jars. Clorinda is the name of a woman l knew who once hid inside a vase to enter a forbidden palace…" - Cecilia Paredes.
“These presentations of the self are motivated by a quest for transcendence, a communion with nature and towards a more perfect self... Paredes’s biography and her history of displacement and adaptation to the diverse places she has called home have deeply influenced her artistic outlook.” - Ferrer, Elizabeth, “Cecilia Paredes: The Two Twilights,” Ruiz-Healy Art, 2021.