Jimena Diaz Jirash is a multidisciplinary Mexican artist whose work delves into the concept of “nothingness” by exploring non-cognitive forms of knowledge, such as involuntary memory and anamnesis. Her artistic practice is rooted in an embodied process, where the interaction with materiality becomes central to her creative expression. By prioritizing the “working-through” of chosen materials, she seeks to create formless pieces that encapsulate the emotional journey traversed through their making. Jirash currently lives and works on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
