Mario Vélez

Colombia

Visual artist, painter

Artist in residence from 12 February to 10 April 2024.

Early on as a student, his inclination for painting was a determining factor in his artistic practice. His painting stems from a triangulation created from his relationship with pre-Columbian art, German expressionism, and later on the approach to abstract painting learned in New York. The direction of Velez's creative process arises from his approximation to color, derived from the influence of German expressionism, his interaction with abstractionism, and his perspective of the socio-cultural experience of his environment.