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Artist’s Books: A Journey to CODEX IX
The artist’s book transcends its traditional role as a vehicle for text, evolving into a multisensory sequence of spaces and moments where materiality and concept converge. This curated selection presents nine distinctive projects by artists invited by Machineri, and, together with the work and management of Magdalena Cordero of CodaPress Chile, they come together to represent a diverse perspective at the prestigious CODEX Foundation Book Art Fair.
This exhibition, which will be held from Saturday, February 7 to Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at the Oakland Marriott City Center, highlights the book as an autonomous artistic medium that challenges the boundaries between the visual arts and publishing practice.
We are proud to present works that explore intermediality, poetic interventions, and the physical transformation of the page, offering a critical perspective on contemporary artist’s book production in the diaspora and beyond.
Among the invited artists, all Chilean, contributing to this exhibition are Jessica Castillo, Jacki Praxedes, Andrea Hauer, Tamara Jacquin, Gonzalo Opazo, Paola Podestá, Marcelo Vergara, Oscar Barra, and Paulina Yañez. Alongside them, Magdalena Cordero presents its own artist’s books, reinforcing the collaborative spirit of the project.
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“Evolución” (Evolution)
Jessica Castillo
This artist’s book was created using graphic material provided by chilean artist Jessica Castillo [Chile, @aypproyectos].
Book size: 12 x 17.5 cm, 14 pages, hardcover, straight spine, exposed french stitching, reinforced with vinyl hinges, black cardboard, woodcuts, graphic material provided by the artist.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen printing and credits: @bioserigrafia
Chile, 2025.
«Lo humano» (The human)
Jacki Praxedes
This artist’s book was created using graphic material provided by Chilean artist Jacki Praxedes [Chile, @jackipraxedes].
Hardcover, square spine, coptic binding, 21 x 27.8 cm, 30 pages. Covers and interior pages created by the artist: mixed media on paper, poetry, embroidery, and assemblage.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen and credits: @jackipraxedes
Chile, 2025.
“Todo lo demás” (Everything else)
Andrea Hauer
This artist’s book has been created with
graphic material provided by the Chilean artist Andrea Hauer [Spain, @andreahauer_].
A5 size, 18 pages, french seam, straight spine, hardcover, various materials, graphic material provided by the artist.
Book size: 12 x 17.5 cm, 14 pages, hardcover, straight spine, exposed french stitching, reinforced with vinyl hinges, black cardboard, woodcuts, graphic material provided by the artist.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen printing and credits: @bioserigrafia
Chile, 2025.
“Reminiscencias de un espacio habitado” (Reminiscences of an inhabited space)
Tamara Jacquin
This artist’s book was created using graphic material provided by the Chilean artist Tamara Jacquin [Spain, @tamarajacquin].
Book size 19 x 24 cm, 30 pages, french stitching, hardcover, exposed spine, printed copies of decorative pattern drawings provided by the artist.
Hardcover, square spine, coptic binding, 21 x 27.8 cm, 30 pages. Covers and interior pages created by the artist: mixed media on paper, poetry, embroidery, and assemblage.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen and credits: @bioserigrafia
Chile, 2025.
“Mankasen”
Gonzalo Opazo
This artist’s book was created using graphic material provided by the chilean screen-printing artist Gonzalo Opazo [Chile, @bioserigrafia].
Scenic book, interior Paper Cut, hardcover, 31.5 x 24.5 cm, straight spine, black cardboard, screen prints by the artist based on a photograph of the Selk’nam people taken by the austrian missionary Martin Gusinde.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen printing and credits: @bioserigrafia
Chile, 2025.
“Mezcla” (Mix)
Paola Podestá
This artist’s book was created using graphic material provided by the chilean artist Paola Podestá [Chile, @podestart].
Book size: 18 x 49 cm, hardcover, straight spine, 3 booklets inside, graphic material provided by the artist.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen and credits: @bioserigrafia
Chile, 2025.
“Silencio” (Silence)
Marcelo Vergara
This artist’s book was created using graphic material provided by the Chilean artist Marcelo Vergara [Chile, @mvm_oil].
Book made with oil-painted canvases by the artist, size 24 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 30 pages including covers, Japanese stitching, oil-painted fabric hinges.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen printing and credits: @bioserigrafia
Chile, 2025.
«Los pasajeros» (The passengers)
Oscar Barra
This artist’s book was created using graphic material provided by Chilean artist Oscar Barra [Chile, @oscarbarra.arte].
Origami book, made with a print provided by the artist, 13 x 12.3 x 3.5 cm, etching printed on paper, collage, cardboard, white glue, permanent marker, and acrylic paint.
Unique copy.
Editing and binding: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Cover screen and credits: @oscarbarra.arte
Chile, 2025.
«Vertebral»
Paulina Yañez
This artist’s book was created with the work of Chilean artist Paulina Yañez [Chile, @paulina_yanezn].
Boxed book in black cotton fabric, 81 pages, cover dimensions 22.3 x 28.3 cm (exterior). Interior pages 22 x 28 cm.
Cover dimensions: 11.5 x 28.3 cm. Cover includes magnetic closures and a light gray title heat-printed on fabric. French stitching, square spine. 61 hand-drawn illustrations on transparencies in white, gray, and black. Collage technique used. Includes endpapers, credits, and the artist’s signature.
Unique copy.
Editing: Machineri: Edición de arte. @editormachineri
Binding: Pauline Contreras @1881pauline + Paulina Yáñez
Cover screen printing and credits: @paulina_yanezn
Chile, 2026.