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Nov 25, 2016 · When artist Leonor Caraballo was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, she naturally turned to art to expose and make sense of the illness working within her. Using a 3D printer and MRI images, Caraballo and Abou Farman, her husband and collaborator, created sculptures and jewelry in the knotted shape of her tumor.
Sep 16, 2015 · BCA-Qc would like to honour and celebrate the life of Leonor Caraballo, whose work not only left an important legacy in the art world—she has also inspired activists, medical researchers, and women living with breast cancer.
Dec 6, 2017 · Abou Farman, who co-wrote Icaros: A Vision with Leonor Caraballo, talks about the film, which is based on Caraballo’s exploration of shamanism after she was diagnosed with cancer, and coming to terms with her death
Apr 19, 2017 · In November 2012 Leonor Caraballo travelled to a healing center in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, with her friend and fellow artist Matteo Norzi. At the center Caraballo and Norzi drank ayahuasca together in ceremonies led by a shaman from the local Shipibo-Conibo people.
Feb 24, 2021 · Leonor Caraballo worked as a photographer and video artist between Buenos Aires and New York. She is the co-director of the feature film Icaros: a vision. She has won a number of fellowships and grants, including the Latin American Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, and an Eyebeam Art and Technology Center residency.
May 19, 2017 · Icaros: A Vision: Directed by Leonor Caraballo, Matteo Norzi. With Ana Cecilia Stieglitz, Filippo Timi, Arturo Izquierdo, Guillermo Arévalo. A film shaped like a shamanic journey, steeped in a psychoactive brew, exploring fear and destiny in the jungle of the mind.
In 2012, Studio 360 aired a story about a pair of artists — a husband and wife team named Leonor Caraballo and Abou Farman. In 2008, Caraballo had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She felt a strong need to use her artistic skills as a way of conquering her fears.
