Claudia Torres/ Women Art
- Tamar Khelashvili
- May 17
- 1 min read
Claudia’s artistic practice is rooted in the exploration of perception through the lens of her Colombian heritage and her work as a body therapist. She views the human body as an embodied archive—an energetic container that stores all that has been lived. For Claudia, the body functions not only biologically but also as a vessel of memory, shaped by personal biographies, collective histories, political forces, and ancestral lineages.
Through this perspective, she sees the individual body as inseparable from its environment and relationships—one thread in an ever-evolving tapestry of life. Her creative work reflects this understanding. She knits, crochets, and sews using ancestral techniques passed down through generations, woven into both cultural and genetic memory. In creating garments and textiles, Claudia connects with her lineage and with countless hands across time and geography—those who spun wheels, made hats, stitched ruanas, and left traces of their lives in the fibres.

By honouring these traditions, she also pays tribute to her own family: grandmothers and great-grandmothers who embroidered, a grandfather who crafted leather saddles, and ancestors who practiced herbal and traditional healing. Her work becomes both a personal ritual and a tribute—an act of remembrance and reconnection that transcends art, reaching into the realms of healing, ancestry, and collective identity.
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