• María Gabler, Ad Portas (2019)_web-res

    María Gabler, Ad Portas (2019), intervention view at Teatinos 750, Santiago, Chile. Polished and vitrified wooden floor in a building scheduled for demolition. 160 x 120 cm.Photo by: Omar Van de Wyngard.

  • María Gabler, Amphibious (2021)_web-res

    María Gabler, Amphibious (2021), installation view at MAM Chiloé, Castro, Chile. Found and recovered wood, black polyethylene, water, sand and rocks. 10 x 10 meters.Photo by: Marianne Fuentealba.

  • María Gabler, Lookout (2015)_Web-res

    María Gabler, Lookout (2015), installation view at Torres de Tajamar Square for Galería Tajamar, Santiago, Chile.Wood and OSB boards. Full-scale (1:1) architectural replica of Galería Tajamar, structurally attached to the existing exhibition space. 8,6 x 5,6 x 4,5 meters. Photo by: Felipe Cooper.

  • María Gabler, Perimeter (2022)_web-res

    María Gabler, Perimeter (2022), installation view at Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile. Full-scale (1:1) replica of Proxyco Gallery’s exhibition space in New York, constructed with debris netting, pine lumber, and LED lighting. 6,4 x 16,5 x 3 meters.Photo by: Jorge Brantmayer.

  • María Gabler, The Window (2022)_web-res

    María Gabler, The Window (2022), installation view through the window from the street at Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile. Lumber and asphaltic roofing felt tunnel, and an opening cut into the north wall of the gallery revealing a former window view. 5 x 14 x 6 meters. Photo by: Francisca Razeto.

María Gabler (Chile) creates site-responsive works, including temporary installations and sculptures made from construction materials and debris, that critically engage with their surroundings. Her practice begins from the idea that the built environment is not merely a passive container for human activity, but is intrinsically tied to ideologies, power dynamics, and social organisation. She has primarily developed her work through architectural site-specific interventions, where she explores the socio-political dimensions of space by developing constructive solutions that replicate or transform existing spatial elements, altering the way they are perceived and experienced.  

During her residency, María will investigate the complex interplay of historical epochs, architectural styles, construction techniques, and materials in London. Through the documentation and collection of materials from urban spaces in flux—streets, demolition sites, construction zones, building renovations, and ruins—she plans to explore how construction materials reveal underlying systems of power, decision-making, and spatial organisation.  

María’s practice has been shaped by a range of exhibitions and residencies, both in Chile and internationally. Exhibitions include a solo show at Proxyco Gallery in New York, and in Chile at institutions such as Galería Gabriela Mistral, MAM Chiloé, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, among others. She has participated in over twenty group exhibitions and has been an artist-in-residence at ISCP (New York, USA), HANGAR (Lisbon, Portugal), and Cobertizo (Jilotepec, Mexico). 

In 2024, she received First Place in the Artespacio Joven Competition (Chile) and was selected for the BilbaoArte 2024–2025 Fellowship (Spain). Her work has also been recognised by the Cobertizo–Ayarkut Fellowship (2023), the Arte CCU Fellowship (2021), and the Ca.Sa Collection Award (2021), among others.  

María holds a BA in Art from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an MA in Visual Arts from the Universidad de Chile.  

María was born in and is based in Santiago, Chile. 

With support from:

Artus Chile

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