Sandra Lopez
Bogota, Colombia (1986), lives and works in qathet, BC, Canada.
Relevant Studies:
MA in Aesthetics and Art. BUAP, Mexico (CLACSO-CONACYT academic merit scholarship, full time research program 2014-2016)
BA in Visual Arts. PUJ, Colombia (2003-2008)
Bio
I studied Visual Arts in Bogota, Colombia. During my studies and early career I developed two main streams of work: visual arts and public interventions.
My sculptural and bidimensional work has always been a quest for deep poetics of existence, whereas my public interventions are site-specific, and critically socio-political.
During my MA on Philosophy of Art, I focused my research on Environmental Aesthetics and Perceptual Systems. My Thesis was on how art and perception play a role in our relation with what we call “nature” and therefore, in the Environmental Crisis.
My artwork has been selected in several international events. I have been selected and/or invited as professional artist to participate in International Residencies and Sculpture events in several countries in Europe and Latin America.
I’m currently active in the cultural sector as creator, arts administrator, curator and organizer of artistic, cultural and socially impactful events and organizations.
Relevant Academic Events:
- Publication: Lopez Ruiz, Sandra. (2018). “La crisis ambiental es también una crisis de los modos de percepción” (pp.58-69). La Estética y el Arte a Debate II, Colección La Fuente, 2018. https://www.academia.edu/44020213/La_est%C3%A9tica_y_el_arte_a_debate_II_?source=swp_share
- Panelist at the IX International Forum of Aesthetics and Art, at the ISA University of the Arts, Instituto de Filosofía de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba. 2016
- Research Residency, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Research tutor: Arturo Escobar. 2015
Relevant Art Mentions:
Creativity Prize, V International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012. (Curated)
Exhibitions and Artistic Residencies:
2024
-International Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland.
2024
-Nagualas, an offering. Duo exhibition, Tidal Art Centre, Lund, B.C.
2024
– Solo show “Impermanence”, Crucible Gallery, Powell River B.C.
2018
– Collective exhibition, Tidal Art Center, Lund, B.C.
2017
– International Sculpture Symposium of Besikitas, Istanbul, Turkey
2016
– International Sculpture Symposium of Beilikduzu, Istanbul, Turkey
2015
– Udine Sculpture festival, Cultural Center il Faro, Italy.
– Collective exhibiton UNO, Afirme Gallery, Mexico city.
– Collective exhibiton 25x25x25, Capilla del Arte, UDLAP, Puebla, Mex.
2014
– Artist in Residence, Arctic Arts Week, Lapland, Finland.
2013
– XXII Sculpture Festival Camille Claudel, La Bresse, France. May
– XIV International sculpture symposium of Büyükçekmece, Istambul, Turkey
-II Sculpture symposium Tuunich Ká, Merida, Mexico
– Collective exhibition “Diez años del Proyecto Tesis”, Contemporary Art Museum of Bogota, Colombia
– ESPORA residency, Tlacotalpan, Veracrúz, México
2012
– Solo exhibition ‘Sobrenaturaleza‘, Casa Ibáñez Herazo, Tabio, Colombia. Sep/Oct
– V International Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– IV Alumni Exhibition, Julio Mario Santodomingo Public Library. Bogotá, Colombia.
2011
– I Symposium sur bois. Saint Hubert, Belgium. Two years at exhibition.
– XXI Sculpture Festival Camille Claudel. La Bresse, France. Two years at exhibition.
2010
– III International Sculptors Meeting Famaillá, Argentina. Open Air Museum permanent exhibition.
– IX International Image Festival, Monographic Show of Media Art simultaneously with Universities Paris Diderot and Paris Sorbonne – Nouvelle, Manizales, Colombia.
– III Alumni Exhibition Virgilio Barco Public Library. Bogotá, Colombia.
2009
– Exhibition ‘Art and Sound’. Santa Marta, Colombia. Virtual exhibition.
2008
– Collective Exhibition “Tesis”, Museum of Contemporary Art. Bogota, Colombia.
2007
– “Instalación Emergente”, multimedia exhibition, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá.
2006
– ‘VI Salón Javeriano -Visual Arts Exhibition’, PUJ, Museum of Contemporary Art. Bogota.
– Solo show ‘Delocalizations’, Exhibition Hall, PUJ. Bogotá.
2005
– ‘V Salón Javeriano -Visual Arts Exhibition’, PUJ, Museum of Contemporary Art. Bogota.
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