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Welcome to Latina Caravana Partnership

Artist Statement


Lily Castaño

Artist Statement September 2025 

Lily is an adoptee from Bogota Colombia 

Lilys adoptive family are of Colombian, Brazilian and English descent and she grew up in London. 

Lily moved to Cumbria in North west England in 2017.

 

The works 

Lily has been wanting to return Home to her motherland for nearly 50 years and this exhibition represents her journey so far …

The works presented here are an attempt to translate to the viewer, - her relationship to her self,Lily but also to the Wolf within her as to her alter egos, her son Che’, her Mama and her first family.

The works are in response to the fragmented  childhood memories of abuse, trauma, absence, and loss  whilst Lily was with her first family, in 1970’s Colombia, South America

“Coming Home- Part One”

 Coming Home to Herself, is Lily , honoring her Ancestral family heritage, and the Latina that she is. 

It is a story of Hope, and reconciliation and reunification to enable Lily to

return home to Colombia and follow her beloved mamas footsteps. 

In doing so it is hoped that for Lily her grief for her First Family can be resolved in time. 

Here in the exhibition space 

Lily invites you meet herself and her alter egos and absent but present  family members..

NINA d is17 and describes herself as a Lone Wolf desperate to be reunited with Lilys  brothers in Colombia 

BAby Bee is 4 years old and represents the Child within, our inner child. 

Lily as herself is like a beacon to highlight the way home 

The Baby represents Che’ Lilys son who she lost through miscarriage 

Mama is represented- Gone but never forgotten-Absent but Present

Abuela - her linage continues through 

Lily was diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociation Identity Disorder in 2016).

Lily Graduated from The University of Cumbria in 2020 with MA in Fine Art. 

You can see more of Lilys work on the website below and can contact her below. 

lilycastano@icloud.com

latinacaravanapartnership.com 

Living with Alter egos

Lead artist

Lily produces works in response to the fragmented pre verbal childhood memories of abuse, trauma, loss and abandonment.


DID Dissociate Identity Disorder

Lily was diagnosed with DID in 2016 

DID is a creative survival mechanism for coping with overwhelming and chronic childhood trama.
DID is the most extreme manifestation of. Dissociative disorder and ‘involves multiple parts of the personality existing within one person.

The Wolf within

NINA d has struggled with her yearning to be reunited with her First Family. She sees herself as a lone Wolf desperate to find her Brothers Ricardo and Rodriguez

interestingly Lily is in the process of booking a wolf and fox experience to help NINA d to reconcile the conflicting feelings she has about the kinship, about what it means to be a wolf.
NINA d is the protective element within Lilys personality and defends Lily when she is perceived to be under Threat.

Run Rabbit Run

Baby Bunny is pre verbal and expresses herself through play. 

she doesn’t appear that often at all but is the most vulnerable of Lilys alters as she is non verbal and is defenceless.

it took a lot of work for Lily to Stop feeling like prey and now she carries a baby wolf - new work to be found soon. 

Lily Castano's artworks


    A Gallery of NINA d's work

      Bbee's pictures 0f her work


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