Three abstract, geometric textile pieces by GUido Yannitto with zigzag patterns in blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and black hang on a white gallery wall. The artworks are irregular in shape and cast soft shadows on the clean, polished floor.

Guido Yannitto Open Studio

Guido Yannitto (b. 1981, Argentina) is in residence at Studio Voltaire from September to December 2026. For this Open Studio, Yannitto will present bodies of work, both from ongoing projects and new work in progress, formed during residency.

As part of his Open Studio, Yannitto will present works from his residency project, in which he attempts to translate digital errors into physical thread. He explores these digital glitches as an underlying logic to be tested against the mechanical parameters of the industrial loom. 

Also on view will be a site-specific reiteration of Yannitto’s 2023 interactive sculpture Untitled, made from coloured sawdust. Visitors are invited to engage with the sculptures, interacting with the work through  movements and gestures.

Yannitto’s practice explores the criollo loom, a weaving technique often relegated to the margins of regional craft. The artist examines its principles through changes in materials, colours and structures. Spanning textile, drawing, video, installation and ceramics, his work moves fluidly between the oral lineages of hand-weaving and the industrial nature of the jacquard loom. 

A vivid Andean colour palette is a key feature of Yannitto’s work, influencing both its appearance and his approach to digital processing. For Yannitto, the loom is a tool for encoding and translating ideas, raising ongoing questions about geography, fiction and identity when weaving techniques are used in new forms.

This residency is generously supported by Erica Roberts Art Foundation.

  1. Guido Yannitto (b. 1981, Argentina, lives and works in Salta, Argentina). In 2009, Yannitto completed the Artists' Programme at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and in 2013, he travelled to Antarctica for the artistic residency organised by the Dirección Nacional del Antártico (D.N.A.).

    The artist was selected for several international residencies: Flora Ars+Natura (Bogotá, Colombia), Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, Netherlands), Pivô (São Paulo, Brazil), and RAVI (Liège, Belgium). In 2019, he was awarded first prize in the Textile category at the Salón Nacional, and served as art co-director on the film Husek, directed by Daniela Seggiaro. His work is included in the collections of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Salta, Banco Itaú Argentina, Museo MACRO (Rosario), Museo Caraffa (Córdoba), Museo Sívori (Buenos Aires), Museo MACBA (Buenos Aires), the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), and Maastricht University (Netherlands). He is the co-founder of Remota Galería.

    1. Guido Yannitto, Water Grammar series, 2023. Installation view at the 12th Seoul Mediacity Biennale: THIS TOO, IS A MAP, Seoul Museum of Art. Courtesy of the artist and Seoul Museum of Art. Photo: GLIMWORKERS
    2. Guido Yannitto, Membrane, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
    3. Guido Yannitto, Something That Always Escapes, 2024. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Ivana Salfity.