Art in Conversation: Catalysta Brings Latin American Voices to Casa Diccia.

Our ongoing collaboration with Casa Diccia in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic transforms Casa Diccia’s interiors into a living gallery space, showcasing works by Karla Read, Maria Otero, Maria Paula Suárez, and Alexa Torre—a carefully curated selection that reflects the richness of regional narratives and individual artistic visions.

By situating the works within Casa Diccia’s refined environment, Catalysta underscores the idea that art should be part of our everyday lives—lived with, surrounded by, and made visible beyond the white walls of the gallery.

A Celebration of Women Artists and Women-Owned Spaces This partnership is also a celebration of women in art and business. All four exhibiting artists identify as women, and both Catalysta and Casa Diccia are women-founded and women-led platforms. This shared commitment to uplifting female voices is at the core of the collaboration—an affirmation of the role women continue to play in shaping culture, aesthetics, and critical discourse across Latin America and beyond. Together, Catalysta and Casa Diccia offer not just a visual experience, but a cultural statement: one that centers women’s perspectives, artistic labor, and leadership in both the fine arts and the business.

Karla Read, (B. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1988) is a photographer and director based in Mexico City. Her work explores human nature through the body in natural settings.

Maria Otero is a Colombian fine artist based in Bogota, with a certificate in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in New York City. In her practice she uses captivating phrases and hidden language to connect the viewer to the power of her work.

Maria Paula Suarez is a Colombian-born, NYC-based artist whose work explores themes of love and psychology, primarily through embroidery on paper and colored pencils.Drawing on years of psychological research into human emotions and the psyche, Suarez's art delves into the transformative power of love, uncovering the uncanny ways it shapes us.

Alexa Torre, a Mexican photographer, presents visually striking portraits that navigate tradition and identity. Her images are rooted in archival sensibilities yet feel remarkably contemporary—each one an act of cultural preservation and reinvention.

A Shared Language of Form Together, these artists create a chorus of perspectives—unified by their ability to elevate everyday materials into carriers of memory, emotion, and cultural significance. Whether through paper, lens, words or fiber, they speak to personal and collective identity across Latin America, women’s voices in contemporary art, and the poetry of the handmade.

For Catalysta, this partnership reflects an ongoing mission to create thoughtful, accessible spaces where contemporary Latin American art can be seen, felt, and acquired. At Casa Diccia, art becomes part of the everyday dialogue—not only enhancing each other but inviting viewers to reimagine their own environments and relationships to visual culture.

This initiative also celebrates the spirit of collaboration that defines both platforms: a belief in creative ecosystems that are generous, experimental, and deeply rooted in place—led by women, shaped by vision, and open to the world.

📍 On view now at Casa Diccia, Santo Domingo.