Mercedes Llanos

"Human fates are like planets

Like a star that emerges

from the dark —

and meets another star —

shines for a second before disappearing again

into the dark — it is in this way — in this way

a man and a woman meet — glide towards

one another — are illuminated in love’s

flames — to then disappear

in their separate directions —

Only a few meet in a single large blaze — where they both

can be fully united"

—Edvard Munch, manuscript MM T 2901

Mercedes Llanos was born in 1992 in Argentina, and lives and works in New York, USA. She received her Master of Fine Arts from CUNY Hunter College, New York, in 2021. Recent solo exhibitions include Balice Hertling (Paris), Amanita (New York), and Espacio Tacuarí – Vergez Collection (Buenos Aires).