Claudia Gutierrez’s new works explore themes of scarcity, inheritance, and the shifting roles of care and containment. Using only materials at hand—hand-dyed canvas, yarn, salvaged fabrics, studio remnants—Gutierrez invites the constraints of her environment to shape the work. Created in the months following the birth of her daughter, the series draws on her inherited instincts passed down from sewers and thread workers in her lineage. Stitched, stretched, and warped, these abstract forms echo textile traditions while oscillating between the distinctions of craft and contemporary art.

Claudia Gutierrez is an artist, culture worker and arts advocate whose practice has been deeply informed by residencies in Canada and Mexico. She has exhibited her work in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, since 2010 and has completed numerous public art and cultural outreach projects in Ottawa. She was awarded the SAW Prize for New Works in 2020 (Ottawa) the Juror’s Choice Award at DesignTO in 2021 & 2023 (Toronto) and the Gladstone House Award  in 2022 (Toronto); her work is supported by the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa and Canadian Heritage.