About me

Hello, I’m Clea. I’m a Latin American artist. I was born in Chile and raised in Costa Rica. Both my parents were graphic designers and photographers, so art was always at the center of my house. Critical thinking was a big part of our daily conversations.

From early on I developed a passion for art, and throughout my career I’ve worked with different mediums, like photography, film, illustration and collage.

I studied photography and video production in San José, Costa Rica in the late 90’s. Some of my films have gathered attention including Cerca (best short film at Costa Rica Festival Internacional), Gluk' (best experimental short film at Festival de Cine Pobre de Cuba), Fábula Alemana en Rojo (best photography and soundtrack at Muestra de Cine Costarricense), Cuarto de Corto (official selection at Bilbao Films Festival) and Ana Sin el Mar (best ópera-prima at Muestra de Cine Costarricense). I am currently promoting my feature length Órbita.

Love & Anxiety Collective

In 2015 I relocated to the US with my family, and in 2016 my partner and I founded the art collective Love & Anxiety. As Costa Rican artists living in the Pacific Northwest, the collective is a vehicle to explore current cultural and political conversations, social awareness and climate change issues, through illustration, mixed media and other outlets.

I’m constantly looking to collaborate with fellow artists on projects that can help raise awareness and contribute to the good cause.

Filmography

Órbita

Feature length. Documentary.
Writer, director, director of photography, editor.
Selección oficial - Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine, CRFIC11 2023
Selección oficial - Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine SANFIC19 2023
Selección oficial - Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica ICARO26 2023
Best Work-in-Progress Award, INDUSTRIA, Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine, 2022

Nuestras Cartas VOL.1

Short film. Experimental.
Various Female Directors.
Official selection SHNIT Short Film Festival, Costa Rica, 2022

Cerca

Short film. Documentary.
Writer, director, director of photography, editor.
Best Short Film Award, Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine, 2015

El Codo del Diablo

Full length. Documentary.
Editor.
Audience Award. Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine, 2014

Así Nacemos

Full length. Documentary (not released).
Writer, director, producer.
Selected to participate in the Talent Campus FICG 28 for Direction of Photography.
Festival Internacional de Cine Guadalajara. 2013.

Victor
Short film. Documentary.
Director, editor.
2008.

Gluk’

Short film. Fiction.
Writer, director, director of photography, editor.
Official Selection on Berlinale Talent Campus, Germany. 2006.
Best Experimental Short Film at the Festival de Cine Pobre, Cuba. 2005.
Best Video-creation and Best Sound Production at the XIII Muestra de Cine Costarricense. 2004.

Carrito’s Way.

Short film. Fiction.
Co-director, editor.
Best Video-creation, Visual Proposal and Sound Design at the Young Filmmakers Showcase 240, Costa Rica. 2004.

Fábula Alemana en Rojo. (German Fable in Red)

Shortfilm. Fiction.
Co-director, director of photograph, editor.
Best Cinematography and Best Sound Design at XII Muestra de Cine Costarricense. 2003.

Un Cuarto de Corto.

Shortfilm. Fiction.
Co-director, director of photograph, editor.
Best Video-creation, Visual Proposal and Sound Design at the Young Filmmakers Showcase 240, Costa Rica. 2004.
Official Selection at the Bilbao Film Festival, España. 2003.

Ana Sin El Mar.

Shortfilm. Fiction.
Co-director, director of photograph, editor.
Best Ópera Prima at XI Muestra de Cine Costarricense. 2002.