Cecilia Paredes was the recipient of the First Prize on Engraving from the Peru-US Cultural Institute and the Lima City Award for Engraving in 1983. In her most recent printmaking series, Celestial Bodies, the artist questions herself and addresses themes revolving around astronomy, identity, discovery, nature and self-awareness.

“Astronomy seduces me, and along come all these questions: What if l change the position of the signs in the celestial map? What celestial chart was guiding the explorers to the new world? What is poetry under the stars?

And now, in these difficult times we are experiencing on this planet, another question arises: is that celestial vastness and silence what we had to address more carefully?” -Cecilia Paredes