ABOUT
Colombian artist based in Nantes, France, graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire in 2026, and architect, graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 2016.
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The body takes shape within the image just as the image takes shape through the body. My practice begins with this possibility, approaching the body as a territory of experience and transformation. Desire, violence, and intimacy can determine the relationships inscribed within it, while personal experience establishes connections with other times and images. The body thus becomes a material through which relationships emerge that extend beyond the experiences from which they arise.
I often work with images that already carry a history. They may come from my own body, personal or family archives, or collective imaginaries, particularly those associated with the Colombian Caribbean, where I come from. By removing these images from their original contexts and incorporating them into new constructions, I explore what they retain of their origins and the multiple meanings they acquire through these shifts. A present experience can reactivate an image from the past; an inherited image can give form to an experience that did not originally belong to it. These shifts bring into conflict what an image shows, what it carries with it, and what it acquires in its new form.
This approach extends to the materiality of my practice. The work develops through layers, in a process where the boundaries between media can shift or disappear. Different states of its construction can persist within one another and continue to shape how it is read. Stratification thus involves both matter and time and can extend into the object or space, allowing different forms of representation to coexist, change, and sometimes undermine their own unity.
My work often arises from a need to subject forms to transformation, pushing them beyond their initial state to test what they can contain and become. For me, materialising an idea involves this process of displacement: giving it form also means discovering what it can bring into view, displace, or connect. What is constructed thus remains open to being displaced by what it already contains, leaving a gap between what is made visible and everything that continues to act within it. It is within this gap that I seek to sustain the gaze.
EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2026. The floor is lava. Graduate exhibition. École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes - Saint-Nazaire. Nantes, France.
2026. Brillos. Les cultures queer en Amérique latine hispanophone. Group exhibition organized by COMAL at Espace Cosmopolis. Nantes, France.
2025. Pour ensuite planter autour. Group exhibition resulting from the LAC (Laboratoire d’Apprentissages Collaboratifs) residency. Pole Compétences Culturelles (Pol’n). Nantes, France.
2025. Pour ensuite planter autour. Group exhibition resulting from the LAC (Laboratoire d’Apprentissages Collaboratifs) residency. Pole Compétences Culturelles (Pol’n). Nantes, France.
2024. Temporalités. Group exhibition organized by Collectif 2Deux, Passage Sainte-Croix and Espace Cosmopolis. Nantes, France.
2023. Activation of an Exhibition: Garden of Dreams. Group performance directed by Charlotte Moth. Institut Giacometti. Paris, France.
2023. Reflets, dialogues d'identité. Group exhibition featuring participants of the International Equivalence Programme at the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire (PIE). Nantes, France.
2019. 13th Annual auction exhibition. Fundación Casa Tres Patios. Medellin, Colombia.
2019. Trashumantes. (45th Salón National de Artistas). Colectivo Cuartel General. Bogota, Colombia.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2021, First prize - First Bogota Fine Arts Competition. Departmento Administrativo del Servicio Civil. Bogotá, Colombia.
EDUCATION
2026. Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique (DNSEP). with honours. École des Beaux Arts de Nantes - Saint-Nazaire. Nantes, France.
2024. Diplôme National d’Art (DNA) with unanimes jury commendation. École des Beaux Arts de Nantes - Saint-Nazaire. Nantes, France.
2023. Programme International d’Équivalence (PIE). École des Beaux Arts de Nantes - Saint-Nazaire. Nantes, France.
2016. Degree in architecture. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogota, Colombia.
RESIDENCIES
2026–2027 (ongoing). POST_FORM — Post-diplôme en arts visuels. Twelve-month programme at Ateliers MilleFeuilles, in partnership with AMAC and the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire. Nantes, France.
2025. Laboratoire d'Apprentissages Collaboratifs -LAC-. Artistic research and creation residency in partnership with the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire, Nantes Université and Pol’n. Nantes, France.
WORKSHOPS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024. Painting workshop - Bernard Plantive. Oil painting, experimental practices and preparation of painting supports. Nantes, France.
2023. Cité du Dessin. Scenography assistance, fabrication, installation, dismantling and public engagement. Cité des Congrès. Nantes, France.