PRIMAL IMPACTO
Deb Leal and Josefina Rodriguez
PRIMAL IMPACTO is a collaboration between by ceramic artist Josefina Rodriguez (Calgary) and multidisciplinary artist Deb Leal (Oakland), presented by the Consulate General for Canada in San Francisco. Deb and Josefina talk about their work below:
“I don’t know how you feel about it, but this has been so much easier to do with someone else. It’s removed a lot of anxiety and self-doubt that I would have placed on myself. And it gives me courage.”
“Everyone is into some kind of kink, in my opinion.”
DEB LEAL
Deb Leal is a Multidisciplinary Artist whose investigations aim to jar moments that feel in limbo, solitary and ritualistic— A recollection of lessons learned (a pathway molded by unique expectations, familial or otherwise) glow & dim in a volley of human belief, desire, and control thereof. Understanding shame to be a tactic of such, Leal taps into private moments that feel carnally playful or discordant.
JOSEFINA RODRIGUEZ
Josefina Rodriguez Varela is an Argentinian-Canadian artist who holds a BFA degree from the Alberta University of the Arts, with a major in Ceramics. She has lived in Canada since 2010.
Josefina’s artwork is primarily figurative and explores topics of eroticism and sexuality from a feminine and personal perspective. She works primarily in ceramics, but enjoys working in other media as well.
Community work and volunteering have always been important to Josefina and she is actively involved in her community, helping develop an inclusive and collaborative environment between artists.
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a dual mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice.
http://mujeresunidas.net/about/mission/
SpanicArts is a Calgary Based non profit organization that gives support, creates connections, facilitates resources and provides a platform to Hispanic artists or artists that are inspired by the Hispanic culture, to express their creativity with passion and contribute to the artistic growth of the city and their own communities.