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About me
By day, Eve Guzmán still runs the family bakery in Cafayate. By night, she turns stone and sand into art.
She's been transforming stone and sand by hand for more than 15 years, piece by piece: she's already made more than 400 pieces, and no two are alike.
She's a trained dentist, and that training shows in how she works the stone: she doesn't cut it in one stroke, she chips it away tooth by tooth, with the same careful precision as someone working enamel, until only the shape she was after remains.
A gift received
Eve Guzmán sees this technique as a gift received, not a merit of her own, in the same spirit as Exodus 35:30-35, where the skill of those who work with their hands is described as a gift placed in them.
Among her pieces is one with the Lord's Prayer carved in Andean codes: for Eve Guzmán, faith was never separate from her craft — it's part of the same language she carves into stone.
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Prensa
Latest collection: “Viendo lo invisible”
El Estanciero
Artwork in Stone and Sand
“Her works are of great originality, inspired by the landscapes, the colonial architecture of northwestern Argentina, and the icons of its diverse indigenous cultures.”
La guía de la semana
Exhibition by Cafayate artist Eve Guzmán
“There are over 50 mixed-technique pieces with ancestral Andean design, drawn from ancient textiles, ceramics, and petroglyphs.”
“It's one of the most striking works of our time. It's a unique method and technique.”
In 2024, her work was part of «Inti Raymi, la gran fiesta del sol», curated by Katia Gibaja (June 21 – July 21). Part of her work was donated to the Fundación Ecos de la Patria Grande, dedicated to promoting Quechua cultural heritage.