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EDUCATION  

2019   Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá.

            Certificate in Somatic Education for the Arts

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2017   Rhode Island School of Design, RISD. Providence, RI

Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking 

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2012   Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá

Bachelor of Fine Arts

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2011   The Art Students League of New York , NY

Advanced courses in Printmaking

MERITS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2024  First prize.VII Visual Arts Biennial Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño. Bogotá.     

           Art Residency award. Artecámara Award.Bogotá  International Art Fair (ARTBO)

 

2023  Grant for Visual Arts Biennial.Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño. Bogotá. 
           Finalist- 98th International Print Competition. The Print Center. Philadelphia

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2019   •Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation. Bogotá.

           Grant for Independent publications .Project: Atlas del Centro de Bogotá. (Taller Circular)

          •Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation. Bogotá.

           Grant:Fanzine, Laboratorio de comunidad (Taller Circular)

           

2018   •Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation. Bogotá.

           Artist Book grant winner. Project: Atlas del Centro de Bogotá. (Taller Circular)

           •Ministry of Culture, Colombia. 

           Travel abroad fellowship: Beca de circulación nacional e internacional para artistas y demás agentes de las artes visuales

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2017    Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI

Winner curatorial project: Mutual Encounters, Gelman Gallery

2016    Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI

•Second Annual Students Artist’s Book Contest. Prize

•Graduate Studies Fellowship

2015    Fulbright Scholarship. Awarded by Fulbright Colombia and the Ministry of Culture

Colfuturo-Colombia. Graduate  Scholarship

Travel grant, ICETEX-Colombia. Artists Young Talents

2013    Artemisia Foundation. Espacios Visibles 2013. Winner Project. Bucaramanga, Colombia

2012    National University of Colombia, Bogotá

•Research Grant for BFA Thesis Project

•Highest GPA among the 2012 Fine Arts graduates

•Scholarship for graduate studies

•Honor scholarship (2009-2012)

2011    Honored Mention. Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery

Annual Students Exhibition in Printmaking. New York, NY

2010    Travel grant, ICETEX-Colombia. Artist Young Talents

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2025   New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT) Atravesar. New York

           Morada Rosada . Entre líos y ríos . Honda, Colombia

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2024  Gilberto Alzate Foundation. Murmurar.  VII Visual Arts Biennial. Bogotá


2022   Doce cero cero Gallery. Mudar. Bogotá

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2020   Galería Doce Cero Cero. Lechos. Bogotá, Colombia

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2019   Producción del espacio. Soft Power. Bucaramanga, Colombia

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2015   Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá (MAC) .Vestigium. Bogotá, Colombia

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2012   National University of Colombia. Templum Corporum. Bogotá, Colombia

ART RESIDENCIES

2025   New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT) 

           Casa Taller el Boga. Mompox, Colombia

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2022  Museo del Río Magdalena, Honda, Colombia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2025  •New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT) .Ashes Whispering. New York    

 

2024  • Royal Tapestry Factory. ENCUENTROS: Para tejer la vida y los afectos. Madrid, Spain

            •Antartika Kultur Container. Evocar Convocar. Pamplona, Spain 

            •The Print Center.98th International Print Competition. Philadelphia
           •El Museo Gallery. Lenguajes en Papel. Bogotá


2023   •Tove Gallery. 1K Art Show. New York
            •NADA Bogotá. Titles 9 : Artist´s book international exhibition
            •Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá.Oscilaciones


2022   •Museo del Río Magdalena. Retornar para sobrevivir. Honda, Tolima. Colombia
            •Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá (MAC). Second Artist's Book Biennial


2021    •La Cometa Gallery. En la mira. Bogotá
             •Ouvre Les Yeux.In Situ. Bazancourt, France
              •The Mid American Print Council. Reclamation: Legacies and Linkages. U.S


2020     •Espacio Odeón. Subasta Odeón 2020 (auction). Bogotá

 

2019   •BAIT15 Gallery. Currency. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

•Second State Press. Prints for Protest. Philadelphia, USA

•Centro Internacional de la Estampa Contemporánea. XIV Premio de Arte Gráfico Jesús Nuñez. Betanzos, Spain

•El Parqueadero. 45 Salón Nacional de Artistas- Llamitas al Viento. Bogotá (Taller Circular)

 

2018   •Galería El Museo. Lenguajes en Papel. Bogotá

•Feria del Millón (Art Fair). Project: Instalar. Bogotá

•Taller Circular. Incidencias. Bogotá

•Universidad de la Salle. El espejo de las almas simples. Bogotá

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2017   •Bumpodo Gallery. Awagami Print Expression. Tokyo, Japan

•Gelman Gallery. Mutual Encounters. Providence, RI 

•Gallery North. A Collision of Thoughts: Six Perspectives in  Contemporary Printmaking. Setauket, NY

•RI Convention Center. RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition. Providence, RI.

•Poliedro Arts. Cuerpo a Cuerpo. Tabio, Colombia

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2016   •International Print Center of New York, IPCNY. Print Fest. New York, NY

•Fort Adams: Drawing Parallels, Listening for Echoes. Fort Adams, Newport, RI

•Sol Koffler Gallery. Common Multiples. Providence, RI

•Fletcher 505. Desdibujadas. Providence, RI

•Fleet Library. Second Annual Artist’s Book Contest. Providence, RI

•Gallery House. Masks of Encourage: Defying True Identity. Brooklyn, NY

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2015    Museum of Art, National University of Colombia. Incidencias. Bogotá, Colombia

2014   •El Garaje Gallery. Selfie. Bogotá, Colombia

•Cero Gallery. The Secret. (Art auction). Bogotá, Colombia

2013   •Artemisia Foundation. Espacios Visibles. Bucaramanga, Colombia

•Cero Gallery. Concepto Abierto. Bogotá, Colombia

•Casa Cuadrada Gallery. Subasta Camenea (Art Auction). Bogotá, Colombia

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2012   •Museum of Contemporary Art .Proyecto Tesis. Bogotá, Colombia

•Casa Cuadrada Gallery. 10°SalónNacional de Arte diversidad. Bogotá, Colombia

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2011    Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery. Annual Students Exhibition Concourse in Printmaking. New York, NY

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CURATORIAL PROJECTS 

2017   Mutual Encounters. Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI 

2015   Incidencias . Museum of Art, National University of Colombia, Bogotá

ARTICLES

2021   •The Stories We Carry: Collective And Individual Explorations At Taller Circular, Bogotá

           Hand Papermaking magazine. Winter 2021. Volume 36 , number 2.

https://www.handpapermaking.org/magazine-articles/the-stories-we-carry-collective-and-individual-explorations-at-taller-circular-bogota

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2017   •Transcending Medium by Simone Solondz. Rhode Island School of Design

http://www.risd.edu/about/news/2017/transcending-medium/

2016   •Sited in History by Lauren Maas. Rhode Island School of Design

http://www.risd.edu/about/news/2016/sited-in-history/

•Folding Time in Space by Sofia Ortiz. Rhode Island School of Design

http://www.volume-1.org/blog/2016/12/19/folding-time-in-space/

TEACHING ASSOCIATIONS

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2019- present  Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá

              School of Fine Arts

              Printmaking- Lithography

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 2018-2022  Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá

                      Visual Arts Department

          Associate teacher in Printmaking and Drawing

 

2015-2022   Taller Circular (Printmaking studio). Bogotá

          Co- director and co- founder 

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2015-2017    Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI.
                       Faculty , Printmaking department. The Artist’s books course. Wintersession,2017
                       Teaching assistant for Lithography, Intaglio and Monoprint

 

                       Brown University. Providence, RI.
                       Teaching assistant for Intaglio.


2014-2015     Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá.

                        Fine Arts. Faculty in Printmaking.

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