SCRIPTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION ART & POETRY.
AIGANTIGHE GALLERY, TIMARU, NZ.

About me

Mexican living in New Zealand for more than a decade. Artist, writer and lover. I create with a few main ideas in my mind, keep it simple. Painting for me is a game, a fun, but serious puzzle. My style is bold and colourful. I enjoy reading and learning.

Solo Exhibitions:

"Altar, Beautifying Understanding", Ashburton Art Gallery, NZ, April - June 2024.
"Then&Now", Dead2B Design and Art Boutique - Timaru, NZ, April 2023.
"Divas", Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū- Nelson, NZ Nov 2021.
"Messed up Situations", Mexican Embassy - Wellington NZ, Nov 2018.

Collective Exhibitions:

SCRIPTED, Collective Art & Poetry Exhibition, Aigantighe Gallery, August 2025.
South Canterbury Art Awards - Aigantighe Gallery, Timaru, NZ September 2024.
South Canterbury Art Awards - Aigantighe Gallery, Winner Highly Commended Mixed Media, Timaru, NZ October 2023.
ZONTA Female Art Awards - Ashburton Art Gallery, Finalist, March 2023.
South Canterbury Art Awards - Aigantighe Gallery, Winner Highly Commended Mixed Media, Timaru, NZ October 2022.
"Perception 6" Collective Exhibition - Suter Art Society - McKee Gallery, Nelson, 2019.
Ynes & Doylee Doyle Art Show - Comala Pueblo Mágico, Mexico, March 2018.
“Al Interior” self portrait -CEARTE City Gallery, Mexico, August 2017.
South Canterbury Art Society Annual Exhibition- Aigantighe Gallery, Timaru, NZ. 2016.
South Canterbury Art Society Annual Exhibition, - Aigantighe
Gallery, Timaru. NZ. 2015.
The Christchurch Art Show, NZ. 2014 & 2016.
The ArtBox Gallery, Christchurch, NZ.
Memorial Framing and Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ. 2014.

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Title:
Hey Chimamanda, aiming to turn differences into strengths aye? Who gets to speak and why? Do you think I should do this painting? Explode it, turn it around, seize it; just like your writing.

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, metallic transfer sheets, Ynes Guevara, 2025.
Size: 75 W x 100 H x 3 D cm
For Sale

This series was created for a Collective Exhibition of paintings and poetry. This exhibition opened the 9th of August at Aigantighe Public Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand.

💜 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, poems, and children's books; she is also a book reviewer and literary critic. Her most famous works include Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013) and recently published Dream Count. She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature. (Wikipedia)

The whole series include portraits of poets and writers, Anne Sexton, American, Simone de Beauvoir, France, Virginia Woolf, England, Rosa Beltran, Mexico, Irene Vallejo, Spain, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria.

POEM

That it feels good, yes.
That I don’t care, yes.
That it will bring pain, no.
That I can change, no.
That I love my skin, yes and no.
That I love myself, yes and no.
That I am happy today, yes and no.
That I have self respect, no.

That I want you around, yes and no.
That I want a new cat, yes and no.
That you are in my heart, yes.
That I liked it last night, yes and no.
That I know who I am, no.
That I know what I want, yes.
That I am afraid, always.

Artists in pics Deridre T. Lavery, Joe Smith @smashtheclock1

#chimamandangoziadichie #chimamanda #chimamanda_adichie #nigeriaart #nigeriawriters #femalewriters #nzartist #mexicanart #arteméxicano #southcanterburyart

Some books from my chosen writers for my new series!

Virginia Woolf #virginiawoolf
Simone de Beauvoir #simonedebeauvoir
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 💜#chimamandangoziadichie
Irene Vallejo #irenevallejo 🌟
Rosa Beltran #rosabeltrán
Anne Sexton #Annesexton

Some others of my favorites, but not on the paintings.
Rosa Montero, Spain #rosamonteroescritora
Piedad Bonnett, Colombia #piedadbonnett❤️
Jeanette Winterson, England #jeanettewinterson
Lauren Elkin, France #laurenelkinauthor
Diana Souhami, Engalnd #dianasouhami
Cat Bohannon, USA #catbohannon

Article from Timaru Herald on the opening 🤩

New Art Works 🎉

Title:
Hi Anne, Is it a physical process your writing? These horrific stories that need to be re-told to fire our bodies in sentences made of corporeal thinking.

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, metallic transfer sheets, Ynes Guevara, 2025.
Size: 75 W x 100 H x 3 D cm
For Sale

This series was created for a Collective Exhibition of paintings and poetry. This exhibition opened the 9th of August at Aigantighe Public Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand.

💗 Anne Sexton; (1928 – 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with bipolar disorder, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life. (Wikipedia)

The whole series include portraits of poets and writers, Anne Sexton, American, Simone de Beauvoir, France, Virginia Woolf, England, Rosa Beltran, Mexico, Irene Vallejo, Spain, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria.

POEM

That it feels good, yes.
That I don’t care, yes.
That it will bring pain, no.
That I can change, no.
That I love my skin, yes and no.
That I love myself, yes and no.
That I am happy today, yes and no.
That I have self respect, no.

That I want you around, yes and no.
That I want a new cat, yes and no.
That you are in my heart, yes.
That I liked it last night, yes and no.
That I know who I am, no.
That I know what I want, yes.
That I am afraid, always.

#annesexton #americanpoets #femalewriters #nzartist #mexicanart #arteméxicano #southcanterburyart

SCRIPTED Opening Celebration and ChapBook Launch!

Thanks everyone that came along! 👏🎉💯❤️

Artists: Deirdre T. Lavery • Ynes Guevara • Joe Smith
Guest Artists: JP Bell • Dwayne Evan Carter

Celebratory Opening, Book Launch and Poetry Reading, this Saturday 23rd August at 2:00pm! 🎉🎉

#timaruart #southcanterburyart #aigantigheartgallery

The Timaru Herald ... Dwayne Evan Carter, back left, Joe Smith, JP Bell, and front, from left, Deirdre T Lavery and Ynes Guevara are looking forward to [S]cripted, their collective exhibition at the Aigantighe Art Gallery which opens 9th August to 14th September. The poets group will also launch a chapbook as part of the exhibition.

[S]cripted: South Canterbury poets' art exhibition and chapbook release coming up!

[S]cripted opens at Timaru’s Aigantighe Art Gallery this week and will feature the work of artists Deirdre T. Lavery, Ynes Guevara, and Joe Smith, and guest artists JP Bell and Dwayne Evan Carter.

The artists are all members of the South Canterbury Live Poets group, with Lavery, Guevara and Smith its founding members.

To coincide with the exhibition, a chapbook in the same name will be released featuring their poems, as well as those of the wider group.

@smashtheclock1
💯👏🖊

I have a new favourite issue of @artnewzealand magazine!

Thank you for the Exhibition review Ruth Jeffs and the kind words!

Art New Zealand, Number 191, Spring 2024.

"Altar, Beautifying Understanding" Ashburton Art Gallery.

🎉💯👏🥰

Swapp'd Art with top Joe @smashtheclock1 💯👏😊

Sold to a collector in Wisconsin, USA 🎉 Tribute to Diva Nahui Olin 🥰 (Mexican painter, poet, and artist's model). Acrylic on canvas, 2021.

#nahuiolin #sutergallerynelson #ynesguevara #artcollector #nzartist #mexicanartist #nzart

@saatchiart

10 exhibitions to look out for in May!
Surprisingly cool to find out "Altar" is amongst the list of recommended exhibitions for the region! 😊

Warren Feeney’s list of recommended exhibitions include a tangible encounter with the warm light and land of Aotearoa, and traditions of still-life painting that assume an unanticipated visibility and presence. Text taken from #linktolookbelow
www.thepress.co.nz
@artbeatchch @thepress @ashburtonartgallery

#nzwomenartists #magenta #contemporaryartnz #soloexhibition

🎉🎉💯

Celebration of the opening of "Altar, Beautifying Understanding" and two other great exhibitions "Legacy Issues" contemporary photography and "Tuitui Tangata" form @fibregallery @ashburtonartgallery last Friday! Great entertaining night with beautiful company!
🎉👏🎉

All on display until early June.

#aag #ashburtongallery #ynesguevara #soloexhibition #midcanterbury #nzartist #textileart #contemporaryartnz

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