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Ximena Garrido-Lecca: Seedings

Wex Commissioned Project

A 3D rendering of gallery with burlap sacks and ceramics on the floor. In the center of the space is a large metal silo.

Be among the first to interact with a new Wex-commissioned installation by Ximena Garrido-Lecca in her first exhibition in Ohio. 

Peruvian artist Ximena Garrido-Lecca works with seeds, plants, vegetables, metals, and fibers from the Andean region to create objects and installations. She explores the symbolic meaning these materials hold while amplifying the worldview and pre-Hispanic knowledge systems of Andean and Mesoamerican cultures.
 
Seeds, which are central to the Garrido-Lecca’s presentation at the Wex, represent life, fertility, growth, and sustenance. In the pre-Hispanic world, they were often linked to deities believed to oversee the crops. Seedings draws on these ideas and on different forms of seed preservation and exchange from around the world, from ancient Andean practices to modern seed banks such as the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 
 
Garrido-Lecca’s exhibition contrasts traditional and industrial agricultural practices. The gallery features a large metal silo as well as burlap grain sacks and ceramic vessels containing corn, bean, and squash seeds. The three plants are part of The Three Sisters cultivation system (known as milpa in Mexico) used for centuries by pre-Hispanic cultures to grow the plants in a mutually beneficial and efficient manner. As both a participatory installation and a sound sculpture, Seedings invites viewers to take seeds from the sacks and vessels, deposit them into the silo, and listen as they move through its interior. 
 
The installation sparks debates about modern seed distribution (including the control of GMO seed use) and crop cultivation, storage, and processing techniques. It highlights challenges related to seed conservation, climate change, and environmental policies, while evoking historical approaches to healing and regeneration that offer potential ways forward today.

"It is this work’s underlying hope for survival that allows us to breathe."
Marcela Quiroz, Artforum

In the press

  • “Critics’ Pick Puerto Escondido, Mexico: Ximena Garrido-Lecca,” by Paul Laster, Artforum
  • “Survival, Subversion and Extinction: A Review of
Ximena Garrido-Lecca at Galeria Vermelho,” Beto Shwafaty, Newcity Brasil
  • “Critics’ Pick Mexico City, Ximena Garrido-Lecca,” by Marcela Quiroz, Artforum

Learn more

A 3D rendering of gallery with burlap sacks and ceramics on the floor. In the center of the space is a large metal silo.

Ximena Garrido-Lecca: Seedings. A 3D rendering of a proposed commission at the Wexner Center, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

A 3D rendering of gallery with burlap sacks and ceramics on the floor. In the center of the space is a large metal silo.

Ximena Garrido-Lecca: Seedings. A 3D rendering of a proposed commission at the Wexner Center, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

About the artist

Ximena Garrido-Lecca

Ximena Garrido-Lecca (b. 1980, Lima, Peru) lives and works between Mexico City and Lima. Recent solo exhibitions include Reverse Engineering at CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2023), and Inflorescence at Portikus, Frankfurt (2022). Her works have also been featured in major international exhibitions such as the 2025 Sharjah Biennial; the 5th Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India; and the 34th Bienal de São Paulo. Public collections holding her work include Tate Modern, London; Boros Collection, Berlin, Germany; Kadist Foundation, Paris/San Francisco; the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany; the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Museo de Arte de Lima; among others.

Program Support

Ximena Garrido-Lecca: Seedings is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Head of Visual Arts Julieta González.

2025–26 EXHIBITIONS SEASON MADE POSSIBLE BY

Bill and Sheila Lambert

Mike and Paige Crane

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American Electric Power Foundation

Adam Flatto

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WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY

Greater Columbus Arts Council

The Wexner Family

Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

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The Columbus Foundation

Every Page Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Axium Packaging

Nationwide Foundation

Michael and Anita Goldberg

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Joyce Shenk

Rebecca Perry and Ben Towle

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