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Diana Velasquez

Colombia • 1978

Exploring identity and territories through installation, painting, and textiles

Biography

Diana Velásquez lives and works in Madrid.

Graduated in Fine Arts from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá (2002). She completed an Advanced Painting course at the Arts Students League of NY (2000). In 2004 she moved to Madrid where she completed a Master's Degree in Theory and Practice of Contemporary Fine Arts at the Complutense University (2004). She obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Painting from the same university (2007). She also completed an online Master's Degree in Management and Administration of OACs (Artistic and Cultural Organizations), IArt, (2012). More recently, she has led workshops with various artists such as Marlon de Azambuja, Ignasi Aballí, Joan Morey, etc.

Among the most relevant exhibitions in which she has participated are: A mirror in my garden, Nébula Espacio, Madrid (2025) // More than decorum, Espacio Ornella de Simone, Madrid (2023) // Progress in process, CAB, Burgos, (2022-2023) // The wait, site-specific installation for the Grand Palais, Paris (2020-2021) // The wait, XIX AlNorte Scholarships, (Gijón, 2020) // Latin American Creators Network, Casa de América, Madrid (2021) // Peace on the Tables?, Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá, (2019-2020) // 5 years of Atelier Solar, Cruce Contemporáneo (Madrid, 2020) // Artbanchel (Madrid, 2019) // This is not a country, l'Emplacement, (Toulouse, 2019) // The Lunch, Theredoom Gallery (Madrid, 2018) // Nesting was something else, Habitar la Línea Gallery, Madrid (2013) // En-jeu, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Strasbourg (2007) // Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are, Periferia Gallery, Bogotá (2001).

He has also participated in: Encontro de artistas novos Residencia, Santiago de Compostela, (2021), AQuemarropa Residencia, Alicante (2015), Estampa Fair, Madrid (2023), Flecha, Madrid (2021), Hybrid Art Fair, Madrid (2017) and Poppositions Art Fair, Brussels (2015).

Nationality

Colombian