Born 1975 in Bogotá-Colombia.

EDUCATION

2004 M.F.A., University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
1999 B.F.A., Los Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia

COURSES

1998 Video and New Media, Los Andes University, Bogotá-Colombia
1993-94 Artistic Drawing, Art Department. National University of Colombia
1992-95 Fine Arts, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia

GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS

2010 Taller con Mona Hatoum, Fundación Marcelo Botin, Santander, España
2008 Gran Premio MOLAA Awards 2008. Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach,CA
2007 Associate Artist in Residency. Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna, FL (Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant)
03-04 Recipient of the Art Council Award (U.C.L.A.)
2003 Recipient of D'Arcy Hayman Award
2002 Recipient of Colfuturo Scholarship, Colombia
........Graduate Student Fellowship. University of California, Los Angeles
2001 Mention. Uniandino Award for the Arts. Espacio Alterno Gallery, Bogotá
1998 Mention. El Séneca Ladra y Muerde. Los Andes University, Bogotá
1997 Mention. Espacio X. Los Andes University, Bogotá

EXHIBITION RECORD

2010 solo show, "con posición descompuesta", galería Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
........ group show, den contemporary art at PDC, LA Arts Month
.........ARCO, feria de arte Madrid, galeria Casas-Riegner
........ arteBA2010, feria de arte contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, galeria Casas-Riegner

2009 Yolanda o Magdalena. Salón Regional de Artistas-Zona Centro, Sogamoso
.........ArtBo 2009, galeria Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
.........New Digs, group show, d.e.n. contemporary art at PDC, Los Angeles

2008 "Removido" solo show at Galeria Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
.........MOLAA Awards 2008, Museum of latin american art, Long Beach, CA
.........Pinta Art Fair - RJ Fine Arts- , New York

2007 "Land Grab" at Apexart, New York. Curated by Lillian Fellman and Sarah Lookofsky
........."Spectral Glimpse" at Platform Gallery, Seattle. Curated by Jim O'Donnell
..........."In Praise of Shadows" RJ Fine Arts at 3rd rail studios NY *two person exhibition with Edgar Guzmán.[catalog]

2006 "Topologías:Materia en Tránsito" Salón de Arte de la BBVA, Casa de la Moneda, Bogotá.[catalog]
........"Traces of displaced recollection", d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA (solo)

2005 Arte Joven 2005, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota [catalog]
.........site-generated installation, project room, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA (solo)
........“Groundwork,” d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA

2004 “Surface Treatments” The Exhibition Room, Pomona, CA
.........Supersonic, Art Center, Pasadena, CA [catalog]
.........MFA#3, U.C.L.A. New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001 Uniandino Award for the Arts, Bogotá
........Heimfahrt. Espacio Alterno Gallery, Bogotá

1999 Seneca Ladra y Muerde . Espacio Alterno gallery, Bogotá [catalog]

1998 B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, "Pre-position," Casa Wieddemann, Bogotá (solo)

1995 The Second International Female Artist’s Biennial. Art Addiction International Gallery, Stockholm
........Quinto Salon de Arte, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá [catalog]
1993 Artas Artes, Young Artists exhibition, National University of Colombia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-9 Lecturer -Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá.
2005 Lecturer/Professor "Basic Design", Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano Bogotá.
2002 - 2004 Teaching Assistant for Advanced and Beginning Sculpture, University of California Los Angeles(UCLA)

REVIEWS

2009 Dominique Rodríguez Dalvard, Removido, revista Cambio Enero 2009 [http://tinyurl.com/nr4d83]
2008 Natalia Vega. Lecturas Dominicales, El Tiempo, Mayor el valor que el precio, Diciembre 24 2008
2007 Karen Rosenberg, Land Grab, The New York Times, December 7
........Shane McAdams. -Land Grab- The Brooklyn Rail, December 2007.
........Jen Graves. Spectral Glimpse, The Stranger - Seattle- November 7
........Campbell, Clayton. “Culver City: d.e.n. contemporary art,” Contemporary Magazine,
........Issue 93: Annual, Summer [image]

2006 Myers, Holly. “Looking beneath the surface”, Los Angeles Times, August 18
........Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, August 23
2005 Pagel, David. “New Vistas in Landscape Painting”, Los Angeles Times, February 11
2004 Knight, Christopher. “Artworks with wattage,” Los Angeles Times, June 21