Clemencia Echeverri

Clemencia Echeverri

Colombia

Clemencia Echeverri lives and works in Bogotá. He completed undergraduate studies in Colombia and a specialization and master's degree in Plastic Arts at Chelsea College of Arts, London. He worked as a professor of Arts in undergraduate and master's degrees at the universities of Antioquia and Nacional de Colombia.

After working in painting and sculpture, since the mid-90s Clemencia develops works in installation, video, photography, sound and interactivity based on the prevailing political and social conditions. In recent years, he has carried out video installation projects with participation in various national and international events, among which stand out, The work Treno in Waterweavers The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture, curated by José Roca. Bard Graduate Center New York. The work Sacrifice in the I Art Biennial of Cartagena, and in the National Salon of Artists, Medellin.

The work Versión Libre nominated in the VI Luis Caballero Contest and in Coordinates a review of the installation in Antióquia. Museum of Modern Art of Medellin, Premiere of the works of Video installation Survivals, Heritage Games and Train in the Alonso Garcés Gallery, Bogotá Single-channel Heritage Games in Latin American Cosmovideographies, CENART Mexico and in the Museum of Modern Art of Barranquilla.

The Frontera work at the MDE11, Medellín and Heritage Games in Photography for Fotográfica Bogotá. The work Voz resonances de la prision, at the National Museum of Colombia and in a single-channel and sound version for the Liverpool Biennial (No Longer Empty project), England; Train in Daros-Latinamerica Museum, Switzerland; Center of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu Poland; Delfina Foundation, United Kingdom and Art Museum of the National University; Casa Intima at the VI Havana Biennial, Cuba. The work Appetites de Familia at the VI Biennial of Bogotá Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá.

De Doble Filo in Roaming with 10 Colombian artists in France, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile. He has participated in Electronic Arts Festivals such as ISEA in Helsinki-Stockholm and Tallinn Banquete Electronic Arts Festival, Madrid; Ars Electronica, Austria; Artrónica, Bogotá and Metal Londres, with the work Quiasma in a group with three Colombian artists. In the last 15 years, the realization of multiple exhibitions and participation in museums and galleries such as the National Museum of Colombia, the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, the National University Museum of Art, stands out in Colombia. In 2009 the book about his recent work titled No Answer was produced.

He has obtained awards, mentions, national and international scholarships such as the London Arts Council, the Daniel Langlois Foundation of Canada and the Colombian Biennial Award for the Arts. He has received national and international support, among which the Delfina Foundation London stands out, and research-creation grants from the Ministry of Culture, the National University of Colombia and the District Institute of Culture of Bogotá. Selected to carry out the Yaddo artistic residency in New York.