Aria
XYX

Awardee

Country

El Salvador

ARIA XYX promotes queer expression through visual art.
Themes
Gender equality
Sexual Expression / Queer Expression
Disciplines
Performance
Visual Art
Awards
SEED Award 2022

Profile

ARIA XYX is a ceramist and visual artist from El Salvador. Their work addresses the construction of masculinity, gender roles, forced displacement, hate crimes, and affective sex relationships as well as affective lacks in non-binary identities in their country through the medium of ceramics, embroidery, and engraving. Aria’s series of “The Weight of Your Words” investigates the normalized words of hate and discrimination in Salvadorian society. Their work “Don’t Leave Me Please (Voodoo Dolls)” focuses on the queer/transvestite body as a territory of passage, an object of fetishist consumption, and the lack of commitment to non-binary identities.