About the Artist

Photo of Gladys Camilo. 
                She is facing the camera with a serene expression on her face. Her hands are resting behind 
                her back as she tilts her head slightly to the left. She is wearing a green and white stripped
                dress.

Image by Helen Korpak

Gladys Camilo is a Chicana/ Mexican-American contemporary painter and textile artist working and living in Helsinki. Her artistic practice revolves heavily around trauma, it's processes, and the burden we carry when we live and see too much. Her works are very intimate; mostly driven by her own experiences, memories, and fantasies. The process in which she works tends to be very meditative in nature; guided by intuition and feeling.