Augusto Ballardo (b.1986) lives and works in Peru. He takes on a more archaeological approach in deconstructing the Pre-Colombian Andean’s geometric language. In his recent investigation at the Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum, Augusto worked simultaneously with the Pre-Columbian feather collection from Yoshitaro Amano and the recycled Peruvian aircraft relics. By polishing the relics surface and applying the most symbolic visual language of PreColumbian cultures on its surface, Augusto perpetuates the aesthetic quality of geometric abstraction, while highlights the tension between the past and presence, between the industrialised pragmatism and merit of pre-modern craftmanship.

Ballardo has participated in various group exhibition inside and outside of Peru, and integrated art residences around Latin America, such as Pivô Research (São Paulo, 2019), Espacio Showroom (Guanajuato, 2016), Curatoría Forense (Santiago de Chile, 2015), Casa da Xiclet (São Paulo, 2014), Memorial de América Latina (São Paula, 2014), and Zona30 (Lima, 2011), He was also invited to participate in recognized institutions as in ArtNexus Foundation at Más allá de la abstracción (Bogota and Miami, 2015), and Hagasé la luz (Bogota and Miami, 2017), Fundación-Colección EPPCI AC. (San Miguel de Allende, 2016), MAC Museum (Lima, 2016), ARCO Madrid Art Fair (Madrid, 2019), ARTBO Art Fair (Bogota, 2019), MUNA Museum (Lima, 2021), and the Cuenca Biennial (Cuenca, 2021)