Nicolas De la Hoz

Nicolas De la Hoz was born in 1960 in Cartagena, Colombia. Most of her childhood was spent in Barranquilla and Bogotá. In 1984, he studied drawing and painting in the private studio of David Manzur. Before the start of his artistic career, De la Hoz became interested in the dream process and the unconscious world introduced by the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung. The literary works of Julio Cortázar, José Donoso and some of the first stories of Gabriel García Márquez, known as "magical realism", taught him to give a plastic interpretation to their content. In his compositions, we can see two or three juxtaposed areas of different geometric shapes, visually balanced.

Everyday elements, animals and anonymous people take their place there. De la Hoz thus suggests to us an inexplicable interaction of realities. Nicolás develops his artistic work mainly with the technical resources of easel painting. Color and organic textures play a fundamental role in integrating the structures of his creations. Nicolas' works have been auctioned at Christie's and Sotheby's in New York.

De la Hoz says:

For a long time I have maintained a great interest in the relationship between our unconscious life and the symbols by which humanity interprets and represents the transcendent. I believe in the existence of parallel dimensions of reality. My painting is the attempt to suggest this coexistence. I use artistic mediums that allow me to experiment and suggest my restlessness to others. I express myself mainly through painting and drawing, but I extend my explorations through the technical possibilities of digital photography.