Galería Hifas Gallery in Santiago
Yungay · Contemporary programme
Editorial Profile
Galería Hifas is situated in the Yungay neighborhood, contributing to a segment of Santiago’s contemporary art scene that operates outside the more commercial gallery districts and instead engages with experimental and process-oriented practices. Its positioning aligns with a younger generation of spaces that foreground curatorial research and collective methodologies over strictly market-driven programming. The gallery’s identity is shaped by an interest in interdisciplinary approaches, often bringing together visual art, installation, and performative or time-based work, with an emphasis on emerging artists and collaborative formats that respond to specific spatial and social contexts.
The program tends to privilege projects that unfold through investigation rather than fixed outcomes, reflecting broader tendencies among galleries in Santiago that explore alternative exhibition models and modes of production. Exhibitions frequently engage with material experimentation, ecological perspectives, or speculative narratives, situating artistic practice within expanded fields of inquiry. Within the local ecosystem, the gallery plays a role in sustaining a decentralized network of independent initiatives that contribute to the city’s critical and discursive dimension, often intersecting with artist-run spaces and informal platforms. While its international visibility is more limited compared to larger commercial galleries, its curatorial approach resonates with transnational conversations around experimental exhibition-making and collaborative practices, positioning it within a wider constellation of research-driven spaces.
Selected Artists
José Esteban Valdés
Chilean
Poleo Painemal
Chilean (Mapuche)
Camila Lobos Díaz
Chilean
Sebastián González Ruiz
Chilean
Natascha de Cortillas
Chilean
Natalia Montoya
Chilean (Aymara)
Selected Exhibitions
Invisibles que persisten
José Esteban Valdés
La ancestralidad también se construye en el presente
Poleo Painemal
Un paisaje en una línea rota
Camila Lobos Díaz
Permanencia del horizonte
Sebastián González Ruiz
Como agüita florida
Natalia Montoya
Sobremesa. Experiencias culinarias locales
Natascha de Cortillas
El Gato Gigante
Catalina Gato
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