María-Elena Pombo
Working under the moniker Fragmentario, María-Elena Pombo is an interdisciplinary artist with a research-based practice centered around participatory actions. She transforms and recontextualizes ubiquitous materials through conceptual installations, sculptures, videos, and performances that seek to dismantle hegemonic narratives and create alternative ones.
Her work has been exhibited at Somerset House (London, England), Mana Contemporary (Jersey City, USA), SXSW (Austin, USA), A/D/O (Brooklyn, USA), Yamamoto-Seika (Osaka, Japan), GBG Arts (Caracas, Venezuela), and more across the USA, Japan, Europe, and Latin-America.
Pombo won the 2021 London Design Biennale’s Theme Medal and has received grants from New York Foundation for the Arts, New York Restoration Project, and more.
Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue Latinoamérica, Forbes, The Financial Times, The Slow Down, i-D Italia, Metal Magazine, and Dezeen.
Pombo has worked as faculty at Parsons School of Design, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and other traditional and unorthodox spaces internationally.