Catalina Bagnato Irigoyen works from an aesthetic that blends sweetness, irony, and critical revision. Her colors emerge from childhood and from learned notions of the “feminine”: tones that once felt imposed and that today become a language of her own, charged with humor, memory, and affirmation.
In her works, female figures inhabit undulating, fantastical settings, where light and contrast construct small narratives. Catalina engages in dialogue with Art History, from the Pre-Raphaelites to Guttero, to rewrite it through her own gaze, exploring bonds between women, rituals of femininity, and the fictions that surround them.
Raised in a family of artists and currently studying Art History at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), she alternates between working in her home studio and in Julio Alan Lepez’s atelier. In pieces such as Era el Hombre, she reinterprets myths and classical references with a contemporary twist, resulting in a body of work that is intimate, vibrant, and deeply personal.
