Vanessa Sotieles

My work is an imperfect record of fleeting moments, exploring the relationship between memory, transformation and identity. Through a visual dialogue between reality and imagination, the tangible and the intangible, I work across photography, painting, digital art and mixed media to reconstruct experiences and create layered visual narratives.

My creative process is rooted in experimentation and introspection, exploring how perceptions, memories and environments shift and transform over time. Through textures, colours and forms, I reinterpret fragments of experience, blurring the boundaries between what is real and imagined.

For me, art is a continuous process of exploration and discovery—a way of engaging with the world and rethinking our relationship with it. My work invites viewers to find their own interpretations and connections, leaving space for personal reflection and emotional resonance.

Vanessa Sotillo Eléspuru (b. 1986, Lima, Peru), known as Vanessa Sotieles, is a Peruvian-Australian artist based in Canberra, Australia. Her work spans photography, digital art, painting, and mixed media, exploring themes of memory, transformation and identity to reconstruct experiences and create layered visual narratives.

She holds a Creative Photography Diploma from Página en Blando (Mexico, 2021), a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Lima (2011), and an Advertising Graphics Diploma from Toulouse Lautrec Institute (2007). In addition, she has undertaken various international workshops in Mexico and Spain to expand her creative practice.

Vanessa’s work has been exhibited in Mexico, Sydney, and Melbourne, with projects ranging from experimental photography, abstract paintings to public art interventions. Her artistic journey is one of constant exploration, blending the visible and the invisible to challenge perception and evoke emotion.