MEND THE ROOTS,

TEND THE FRUITS.

All of our art supports the artists and the
nonprofits that protect the source of our inspiration:
the communitites and their land.

OUR ART

PRINTS SOUNDSCAPES VIDEO GIFTS

OUR ORIGINS

THE COMMUNITITES AND THEIR LAND

WHAT WE REPRESENT

WELCOME

Casa Jaguar is a contemporary multidisciplinary arts studio based in Barcelona. The aim of our artworks is to reflect on the history of the peoples, landscapes and cultural heritage of Latin America.

These projects are based on the plastic works of Ivonne Portillo Sierra. Her pieces honor indigenous people’s historical memory using an original technique that combines oil, acrylic, engraving and collage. We have created a collection of multidisciplinary works that encompass plastic art, photography, poetry, animations, music and film.

 

OUR TEAM

IVONNE PORTILLO

Creative co-director Plastic and visual art
Colombian plastic artist based in Barcelona, where she has trained for more than 9 years in techniques including printmaking, engraving and painting connecting with her memory and latinamerican roots. She has participated in more than fifteen collective exhibitions with different mediums including painting, printmaking and artistʼs books.

GABRIELA SEPÚLVEDA

Creative co-director Project management

Philosopher trained in London and based in Barcelo na, where she is a software programmer. She has been director and coordinator of art projects for latinamerican communities since 2018. Her curiosity has taken her through a path of multidisciplinary projects structured from creativity and based on communication, logic and art. 

ALBA MAURY

Photographer – Social media
Photographer based in Barcelona who specializes in analog and experimental photography. Fine Arts student, she manages the artistic archive and social media of this project.

ANA MARÍA ZABALA GÓMEZ

Wrtier and researcher

Human ecologist born in Colombia. Her writing seeks to situate readers in Latinamerican political history. In Casa Jaguar, she carries out research projects that give the a social, cultural and political context to the works.

JUAN FELIPE ARCE BAYONA

Soundscapist
Colombian-Mexican sound artist, producer, composer and tonmeister who lives and works in Copenhagen with his production company Sound and Vision. Pape developed and composed “El Origen Sagrado de una Persona,” (The Sacred Origin of a Person) the soundscape for Casa Jaguar Studioʼs documentary: “Cʼundua.”

AWARDS

LA LAGUNA DE BACHUÉ
Second Prize

The painting “La Laguna de Bachué” from the series Chants of the Landscape received the second prize in the Passeig de Sant Joan painting contest in Barcelona.  

C'UNDUA
Exceptional Merit

Our documentary “C’undua” was recognized with Exceptional Merit at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival in Delaware, USA.

TEPUY
Honorable Mention

The work “Tepuy” from the Achikanain series received an honorable mention in the “Emanate” exhibition of the Envision Arts Show at the Colab Gallery of the University of North Texas.

BARTOLINA SISA
SISA First Place

The painting “Bartolina Sisa” from the Mujeres Indelebles series won the first place award at the “Magnum Opus” exhibition of the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in California, USA.