For her this solo exhibition at La Nueva Fábrica (LNF), Ascoli presents a new body of work that
includes a large-scale textile installation, a site-responsive kinetic wall sculpture, text-based
weavings, videos displayed in custom-designed furniture, photographs, and sound works. These
are exhibited alongside new weavings that were made as a part of Ascoli’s residency at LNF in 2022.

The exhibition’s title, Cien tierras, which is shared by two bodies of work included therein,
translates as “one hundred earths.” Here, “cien tierras” evokes the artist’s diasporic history and
the multiplicities that underpin her practice of weaving while connecting it to other forms of
recorded knowledge. Reflecting Ascoli’s collaborative process, the exhibition features
contributions by poet and weaver Negma Coy, painter Jorge de León, sound artist and musician
Sofia Jade Tanski, artist Luisa González-Reiche, artist Gabriel Rodríguez, and designer Karl
Williamson.
—Amara Antilla, Senior Curator at Large, Contemporary Arts Center

Hellen Ascoli: Cien tierras is curated by Amara Antilla and organized by the Contemporary Arts
Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. An expanded version of the exhibition is now on view at La Nueva
Fábrica, following its debut in Cincinnati in 2021.