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“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced,””
Ursula Mur (b. 1990, Lima, Peru) is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, ceramics, installation, printmaking, and performance. She moved to New York, where she trained at The Art Students League of New York. She later returned to Peru and founded Espacio 22, an independent space for experimental and emerging artists.
Maintaining a strong connection with New York, she eventually returned to study traditional painting—seeking the technical tools needed to break rules with intention and transform, question, or even destroy artistic conventions with purpose.
Mur has participated in various artist residencies and continues to create wherever she finds spaces that allow experimentation and dialogue. Her journey has taken her to Amsterdam, Berlin, Mexico City, and currently Lisbon, where she is in residence.
Pierre Clémenti once said: “Either you sell yourself and thus empty out, or you stay on the fringes and fight for your ideas.” For Mur, art is life—not a business. Her goal is to make work that speaks to the present moment, invites reflection, and offers a quiet sense of connection with the world around us.
Ursula Mur (n. 1990, Lima, Perú) es una artista multidisciplinaria que trabaja en pintura, cerámica, instalación, grabado y performance. Se traslado a Nueva York, donde se formó en The Art Students League of New York. Posteriormente regresó a Perú y fundó Espacio 22, un espacio independiente dedicado a artistas experimentales y emergentes.
Manteniendo un fuerte vínculo con Nueva York, eventualmente regresó para estudiar pintura tradicional—buscando las herramientas técnicas necesarias para romper reglas con intención y transformar, cuestionar o incluso destruir las convenciones artísticas con propósito.
Mur ha participado en diversas residencias artísticas y continúa creando allí donde encuentra espacios que permiten la experimentación y el diálogo. Su trayectoria la ha llevado a Ámsterdam, Berlín, Ciudad de México y actualmente Lisboa, donde se encuentra en residencia.
Pierre Clémenti dijo una vez: “O te vendes y te vacías, o te quedas en los márgenes y luchas por tus ideas.” Para Mur, el arte es vida—no un negocio. Su objetivo es crear obras que hablen del presente, inviten a la reflexión y ofrezcan un sutil sentido de conexión con el mundo que nos rodea.
Contact: ursula.mur@student.nyaa.edu
https://foundwork.art/artists/ursulamur
Instagram: @ursula_mur