Rita Vargas: Notes from the Margins

La Matière du Silence"/"Da Matéria do Silêncio à Cor da Saudade

Rita Vargas is a visual artist and art historian who works in sculpture, installation, graphic art and 
photography. Her work explores migration and diasporic identity through material metaphors and lay
ered images. Drawing on classical iconography, she combines woodcuts, photographic fragments,
 ceramics and cork to construct symbolic spaces where personal and collective histories meet. 
Originally from Portugal, shaped by Japanese influences and inspired by years spent in Finland, 
Vargas creates works that embrace theatricality and fragmentation as forms of resilience and 
transformation.

Image installation information:
Notes from the Margins, 2025.  
Installation in situ with wooden box, silkscreen printed wood plate and wooden shelf with diverse
 objects. Plywood, dried plants, wax, textile, metal pins, metal screws, metal clasp, wooden shelf, 
marble containers, sand, shells, dried crab, water, stones, antique magnifying glass.  
2025

Photographer: Aukusti Heinonen

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