Ximena Ferrer Pizarro in Braunschweig: Exhibition “Stubborn Hairs, Stubborn Roots”

An exhibition about hair, origins, and the stubbornness of self

With Stubborn Hairs, Stubborn Roots, Ximena Ferrer Pizarro opens a space in Braunschweig where painting, memory, and cultural identity intertwine. The exhibition at WRG SENSOR connects intimate imagery with political sharpness and makes visible how body, desire, and belonging are renegotiated in contemporary art.

Painting as a literary narrative form

The works of Ferrer Pizarro unfold a visual world reminiscent of great narrative literature: condensed, pointed, full of tensions between personal experience and social order. Her figures gaze back, their gestures contradict norms, their bodies bear traces of adaptation, resistance, and assertion. This creates an artistic experience of rare linguistic and visual intensity.

Hair as a symbol of memory and resistance

At the center of the exhibition is hair as a metaphor for origins, cleansing ideologies, and colonial influences. The works show how beauty norms, whitewashing, and patriarchal expectations are inscribed into bodies. At the same time, the images assert themselves with an energy that reaches far beyond the private: they speak of roots that cannot be erased and an identity that does not wish to be smoothed out.

A strong position in the current art scene

Ximena Ferrer Pizarro, born in 1994 in Lima, studied painting at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin and at UNAM in Mexico City. Her artistic practice combines autofiction, telenovela aesthetics, and socio-critical sharpness. According to Goldrausch and other exhibition profiles, her works have already been shown internationally and have received scholarships and an art award. This authority of position is felt in every canvas: Ferrer Pizarro works not illustratively, but precisely, multilayered, and with her own tone. ([goldrausch.org](https://goldrausch.org/en/kunstlerin/ximena-ferrer-pizarro/))

Reading atmosphere in the exhibition space

The WRG SENSOR at Jahnstraße 8a is established as a place for young contemporary art in the Western Ring area. The exhibition runs from September 13 to October 4, 2026, and is open on Wednesdays and Sundays from 3 to 7 PM. The opening and the exhibition visit promise a dense, intimate reading atmosphere in a figurative sense: a place where art does not remain distanced, but can be experienced physically and intellectually. ([eventings.de](https://eventings.de/events/stubborn-hairs-stubborn-roots-von-ximena-ferrer-pizarro--a863aba7-636c-446e-91e6-b51c60d3a7f5))

Conclusion

Stubborn Hairs, Stubborn Roots is an exhibition for everyone who appreciates contemporary art as a cultural experience and as an intellectual challenge. Those who engage with Ferrer Pizarro's imagery experience an intense author-encounter with questions of origins, power, and visibility. A visit to WRG SENSOR is worthwhile for all who seek art with attitude and literary depth.

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• Website: https://ximenaferrerpizarro.com
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Sources:

• Eventings - Stubborn Hairs, Stubborn Roots by Ximena Ferrer Pizarro
• Goldrausch - Ximena Ferrer Pizarro
• WRG Studios e.V. - WRG SENSOR
• Freizeitregion - Exhibition opening Stubborn Hairs, Stubborn Roots