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Josefina Herz | Artist at Mondoir

Nationality: Argentine

Discipline: painting

Born: 1983

Based in: Navidad, CL

Biography

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1983, Josefina has developed a multidisciplinary career in the arts. She studied Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Palermo, specializing in Costume Design and contributing to the creation of pieces for advertising campaigns and music videos featuring renowned artists such as Snow Patrol, Britney Spears, and The Blue Man Group. For over a decade, she worked in the advertising and film industries, eventually becoming an Executive Producer at several Argentine audiovisual production companies and earning recognition for several consecutive years at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. In 2016, her move to Chile marked a turning point in her career. It was then that drawing, until that point a personal interest, became the center of her artistic practice. She found in pencil and pastel her artistic language, and in animals a subject that has remained central to her work ever since. Since then, she has developed a sustained body of work centered on hyperrealistic drawing with a distinctive artistic approach, participating in exhibitions, open calls, and artistic projects across Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, while expanding her practice toward new spaces and opportunities for international recognition. Alongside her studio practice, drawing on her training in art education at MoMA, she leads drawing workshops for individuals and corporate teams, exploring art as a tool for observation, creativity, and connection.

Artist Statement

Animals are at the center of my practice, not only because of the emotions they evoke in me, but because they offer a powerful way to explore perception, presence, and the boundaries of representation. I am drawn to the intensity of a gaze, a gesture, or a posture, but also to the physical qualities that make each animal unique: fur, skin, feathers, scales, and the way light interacts with them. Working primarily with graphite, I use hyperrealism as a starting point rather than an end in itself. I am interested in pushing the limits of detail and precision while simultaneously disrupting them. I experiment with dramatic contrasts of light and shadow, areas of extreme realism alongside unfinished marks, and passages where the animal gradually dissolves into its own texture. At times, the subject becomes almost secondary as fur, scales, or skin expand beyond the figure and begin to function as an abstract visual language. This tension between recognition and abstraction is central to my work. I want the viewer to recognize the animal immediately, and then to question what they are actually seeing. By magnifying details, isolating textures, or allowing parts of the image to disappear, I explore how perception can shift between the familiar and the unknown. For me, drawing is also a form of contemplation. I observe intensely and work slowly, allowing the accumulation of thousands of marks to reveal something that cannot be captured through description alone. Through this process, I seek to create images that go beyond the representation of an animal and become an invitation to look more closely—to discover beauty, emotion, and meaning in what might otherwise remain unseen.

Exhibitions

“El Sum”, Tigre, Buenos Aires (2019) “Hotel Mar Blanco”, Matanzas, Chile (2023) “Hotel Taka”, Matanzas, Chile (2024) “ART Stgo”, Santiago, Chile (2024) “ARTIO Gallery” (Online), New York (2024) “Arte Laguna Prize” (Online), Venice (2024) “Maggs Gallery”, Punta del Este, Uruguay (2025) “Eduardo Lira Gallery”, Santiago, Chile (2025) “Hussek Gallery”, Buenos Aires (2025) “Club Hípico Santiago”, Santiago, Chile (2025) “CorpArtes Foundation”, Santiago, Chile (2025) “Manifiesto Gallery”, Santiago, Chile (2026) “Raggio Museum”, Buenos Aires (2026)

Awards

Finalist in the “tARTget Prize” (Madrid, Spain) Semi-Finalist in the “Visual Art Open 2025” (United Kingdom) Published in “The Social Art Award” digital book (Germany) Published in “Studio Visit Book” print edition, Arts To Hearts Project (USA) Selected to showcase artwork in an exhibition at the “Rómulo Raggio Museum” (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Education

Wardrobe Designer at Universidad de Palermo - Bs As - Argentina 2001 to 2005 Praxis Art Center - One Year Course - 2025 to 2026 Art Education Course at MoMA, NYC (Online): “Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art” - 2024

Small Luxury II (Original Work)

Medium: Dry pastel and graphite on textured paper

Price: $350.00 USD