A Body Forms in Relation to Another

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803 Fannin St.
Houston, TX 77002

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Artist: Ernesto Solana

This project gathers photographs of temporary sculptural assemblages made from found and discarded materials across different landscapes. Shaped by traces of touch, labor, erosion, and decay, these precarious forms move between the human and the more-than-human. Each assemblage suggests an act of care, acknowledging what has been shed, transformed, and made to coexist, and frames the city as a living archive of ecological and material transformation.

About the Artist

Ernesto Solana (b. 1985, Guadalajara) works across photography, sculpture, and installation, exploring the intersection of culture and the natural world. Drawing from botanical forms, animal traces, and human-made materials, his work reflects on transformation, control, and multispecies relationships. Influenced by ecological thought and mythology, he examines themes of extinction and anthropocentrism.

Solana has exhibited internationally, including at Museo de Arte Moderno, Casa Wabi, and C/O Berlin. He is the author of Systema Artificialis, addressing the Anthropocene. He holds a diploma in Forest and Wildlife Conservation, studied at ICP New York, and earned an MFA from the University of Hartford.