Ivannia Lasso

Visual artist based in San José, Costa Rica Ivannia Lasso (Costa Rica, 1984) explores the deterioration of the city of San José, Costa Rica, where she studies urban textures, as evidence of the passage of time and imprint of memory. Her work includes various formats such as painting, assembly and installation. Graduated in Arts and Visual Communication with the specialty of Painting from the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, and later as a Bachelor of Education from the Universidad San Marcos of Costa Rica. She has been invited to exhibit by feminist collectives such as Casa Ma (CR) and in Portugal by the curator Rolando Castellón, as well as exhibitions in New York, El Salvador and Costa Rica. She has worked as a professor of Plastic Arts in various government institutions in addition to her artistic practice. In 2021 she was awarded an internship with the Panama Fem Art Coalition. In 2022 her work was selected to be showcased at the 2022 Visual Arts Salon at the Museo de Arte Costarricense and was awarded a Costa Rican government grant for art production.