Social issues related to my culture have always been the theme of my art: My culture related to Catholic rituals, the political situation of my native Colombia, issues of migration as a response to my bi-cultural experience of living in Colombia and the United States, and most recently, my perspective on the current global war that has shaped the beginning of the 21st Century.
Many of these themes have resulted in sculpture/installation projects involving audience participation and the changing qualities of nature. I am also interested in sculpture that involves time as part of the concept and leaves no sign of existence after completion of the process. "Latin American Hopscotch", "Mortal Journey I", "Snow-clock", and "Grass-clock" are some examples of such interests.
In 2003, I began a new body of work titled "At War". It started with a group on vinyl soldier silhouettes placed on the walls of galleries in Colombia and the United States. I believe war is what unites the world. The discourse on terrorism and the internationalization of countries' local issues have inspired the idea of deploying these faceless and stereotyped soldiers to the different places I go. Later, they evolved into steel fabricated silhouettes, and were placed outdoors, first on the grounds of the Andres Institute of Art Sculpture Park in Brookline, NH, and then developed into an installation of 10 steel soldier silhouettes titled "Ambush" as part of the International Sculpture Symposium in September 2004. "Ambush" now resides at Kronan Sculpture Park in Lulea Sweden.
The concepts that I express in my sculptures, also translate into a two-dimensional language in the form of drawings and monotypes where the white paper becomes a virtual space for the image.
At present, I am experimenting with video, video projections, animations and sound. To see samples visit the recent works section.