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This is a list of Colombian artists. Colombian art has 3,500 years of history and covers a wide range of media and styles ranging from Quimbaya gold craftwork and Spanish Baroque devotional painting to modern Colombian cinema and conceptual art movements.


A

* Julio Abril, Sculptor and painter *
Olga de Amaral Olga de Amaral (born 1932) is a Colombian textile and visual artist known for her large-scale abstract works made with fibers and covered in gold and/or silver leaf. Because of her ability to reconcile local concerns with international development ...
, Textiles * Débora Arango, Painter *
Rodrigo Arenas Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt (23 October 1919 – 14 May 1995) was a Colombian sculptor. At the time of his death in 1995 he was recognized as one of the most important sculptors in Colombia and Latin America. Most of the major cities in Colombia ha ...
, Sculptor


B

* Fernando Botero, Painter and sculptor


C

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Antonio Caro Antonio José Caro Lopera (10 December 1950 – 29 March 2021) was a Colombian conceptual artist who created works since the late 1960s. He typically used non-traditional forms to create politically and socially charged critiques of Colombian is ...
, Painter and mixed media artist *
Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos Gregorio is a masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925–2016), Uruguayan army general and de facto President of Uruguay from 1981 until 1985 * Gregorio Álvarez (historian) (1889–1986), ...
, Painter *
Olga de Chica Olga Alba de Chica (August 21, 1921 – December 16, 2016) was a Colombian self-taught neo-primitivist painter. She achieved recognition both domestically and abroad for her work. Biography Olga de Chica was born in Filandia, in the coffee reg ...
, Primitivist painter * Juan Fernando Cobo Painter and sculptor * Antonio Acero de la Cruz (c1600–1668), Painter and poet *
Claudia Cuesta Claudia Cuesta is a Colombian artist based in Sechelt, Sechelt, British Columbia. Education She obtained a MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London where she studied with Rachel Whiteread, Marc ...
, Installation artist


D

* Danilo Dueñas, Painter


E

* Juan Manuel Echavarría, Video and photography * Jesus Maria Espinosa, Painter *
Miguel de la Espriella Miguel de la Espriella (born November 14, 1947), more commonly known by his artistic name, ''Noble'', is a self-taught painter and sculptor from Sucre, Colombia, whose art has been presented widely within his country and throughout the world. Nob ...
, Painter and sculptor


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Pedro José Figueroa Simón Bolívar, one of Pedro José Figueroa's portraits Pedro José Figueroa (1770–1838) was a Colombian portrait painter. Early life The portrait painter Pedro José Figueroa was born in 1770 in Bogotá, Colombia, where he later died in 18 ...
, portrait painter


G

* Alberto Gómez Gómez, Muralist, painter and printmaker * Miguel Gómez, Photographer * Pedro Nel Gómez, Muralist * Beatriz Gonzalez, Painter and sculptor *
Nadia Granados Nadia Granados(Nadia M. Granados Delgado) (born May 3, 1978 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian performance artist who uses her body concept in combination with multi-media technologies to explore relationships between the representation o ...
, Performance artist * Enrique Grau, Painter


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Edgar Francisko Jimenez Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, r ...
, Painter


L

* Ledania (street artist)


M

* Adriana Marmorek, Multimedia Artist * Santiago Martinez Delgado, Muralist *
Leo Matiz Leonet Matiz Espinoza (April 1, 1917 – October 24, 1998) was a Colombian photographer, caricaturist, newspaper publisher, painter and gallery owner. Early life Matiz was born in the small village of Aracataca in the Magdalena Department of ...
, Photographer * Oscar Murillo, Painter * Sara Modiano, Multimedia Artist


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Edgar Negret Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, r ...
, Painter * Alonso Neira Martinez, Sculptor


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Alejandro Obregon Alejandro is the Spanish language, Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Alexander, Aleksander (Czech language, Czech, Polish language, Polish), Alexandre (French language, French ...
, Painter * Mario Opazo, video and performance artist *
Nadín Ospina Nadín Ospina (born May 16, 1960, in Bogotá) is a Colombian artist with significant international exposure. His awards include First Prize, 34th Salon of Colombian Artists (1992) and First Prize, 18th Salon of Fire, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Found ...
, Artist * Gloria Ortiz-Hernandez, artist


R

* Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, Painter and sculptor *
Omar Rayo Omar Rayo Reyes (January 20, 1928 – June 7, 2010) was a renowned Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. He won the 1970 Salón de Artistas Colombianos. Rayo worked with abstract geometry primarily employing black, whi ...
, Painter and sculptor * Pedro Restrepo, Painter * Ruby Rumié, Contemporary artist * Pedro Ruiz, Painter and Conceptual Artist


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Doris Salcedo Doris Salcedo (b. 1958) is a Colombian-born visual artist and sculptor."Doris Salcedo"
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, Conceptual artist * Andrés de Santa Maria, Painter *
Viviana Spinosa Viviana Ramírez Spinosa (born 31 August 1984) is a Colombian designer and digital artist. Biography Spinosa attended the San Jose Hermanos Maristas de Pereira School until 2001. Her training in art began at the University of Quindío, in the ...
Contemporary artist


U

* Federico Uribe, Mixed media artist


See also

* List of Colombian musicians * List of Colombian writers


References


External links

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– Web Directory of Artists and Cultural institutions from Colombia

Colombian Artists (Painters and Plastic Artists) and Current Art Events in Colombia
Latin American Art from Colombia {{Artists by nationality
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