Guadalupe Maravilla creates sculptures, drawings, sound baths and installations rooted in migration, illness, healing and Indigenous Mesoamerican traditions. His Disease Throwers combine found objects, gongs and elaborate structures into instruments and ritual sculptures.
Sculpture; installation; sound; performance
Artist Films
Guadalupe Maravilla & the Sound of Healing | Art21 "New York Close Up"
Guadalupe Maravilla | Requiem For My Border Crossing
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2019 onwardDisease Thrower series
- 2010sTripas Chuca drawings
- 2010s onwardSound Bath performances
- 2021Seven Ancestral Stomachs
- 2021Planeta Abuelx
- 2010sRetablo Works
- 2023Mariposa Relámpago
- 2019Disease Thrower #0
- 2010s–20sHealing Sound Sculptures
- 2010sBorder Crossing Drawings
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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