Carla Caletti, Displaced, 2025. Acrylic, Wax and Paper on Canvas 24 x 18 in. Courtesy photo
HSFF News:
The Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) announces an exhibition featuring new paintings by Carla Caletti. This exhibition will showcase a selection of her latest works, created in her Santa Fe studio. It will take place at El Zaguán, located at 545 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM, from Jan. 31, 2025, to March 1, 2025.
Join us for the opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Additionally, we invite you to an artist talk and demonstration with Carla Caletti at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.
Contact Anne Kelly at anne@historicsantafe.org for more information or to arrange an interview.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
In this series, Carla Caletti explores her inner world by drawing on memories and connections to nature and her ancestors. She weaves fragments from the past and the spaces in between, bringing them into the present as abstract figurative narratives.
The resurrection of these diverse elements leads to new forms and associations, each existing within a similar yet unique setting and language. It is in this space that Caletti’s abstract figurative works come together to create a personal mythology rooted in safety, protection, care, hope, love, and prayers for the world at large.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Carla Caletti is a self-taught artist originally from Sonoma County, California. She works with acrylic paint, wax, paper, fabric and occasionally found materials to create her art. While living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she resided for over 30 years, she began making trips to New Mexico starting in 1985, traveling in her 1968 Volvo named Lilian. Just before the COVID pandemic, she relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she now calls home.
Caletti has showcased her work in both commercial and non-profit galleries. She has created pop-up exhibits, produced street art, and curated group exhibitions, including “One World, Many Faiths: Altars by Bay Area Women Artists.” For seventeen years, she served as a Día de los Muertos installation artist at the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. Since relocating to Santa Fe in 2019, she has been very active in her artistic pursuits, which include two solo exhibitions of her work: one at Strata Gallery in April 2024 and another at El Zaguan in February 2025.
Carla Caletti, Wonderment in the Wilderness. Acrylic, Wax, and Paper on Canvas 72 x 48 in. Courtesy photo