Lulu Varona: la flor da la vida (trinitaria)

“Trinitaria, takes its name from the resilient flowering plant that grows wildly across Puerto Rico, one that climbs fences, fills gardens, and grows wildly along the edges of roads—flourishing in cultivated and untamed spaces alike. At the center of the exhibition are two trinitaria embroidered textile pieces—Trinitaria Naranja and Trinitaria Rosada—where the flower takes on vibrant, pixelated forms. Achieving the translucency of the petals on fabric is an intentional decision that highlights her mastery of the medium.

In Lulu Varona’s textiles, pixels become stitches, a translation from the screen to the physical, from the instant to the slow labor of embroidery. In her self-portrait, the act of disassembling and reordering her image mirrors the breakdown and reconstruction of identity in the digital age. Her large-scale quilted sky, composed of countless stitched fragments, operates like a zoomed-in pixel grid—each unit holding meaning, yet unreadable in isolation.”

- Sofía Reeser del Rio, Curator and Writer

la flor de la vida (trinitaria)

Lulu Varona

Lulu Varona

Lulu Varona

Lulu Varona

Lulu Varona

Lulu Varona

Lulu Varona

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