Adriana Santamaría
B. 1984, Bogotá - Colombia
Lives and works in Espoo - Finland
Adriana Santamaría is a visual poet, artist, and designer. She is a Colombian immigrant to Finland. Her work explores what it means to inhabit territory and imagination, to sense and quantify the mundane; a reflection of journeys in life while carrying multiple identities.
Exhibitions & Events
2020 | Climate and Change: A Collective Visual Library, Kolibrí Festival, public workshop & exhibition, Espoo, Finland
2017 | Venture Studio Show, Commencement exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, United States of America
2016 | Made by Hand, group exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, United States of America
2010 | Primer Encuentro de Arte Portátil - 1st Edition of Portable Art, group exhibition curated by Consejería Cultural de Embajada de España and Universidad de los Andes Art Faculty, Bogotá, Colombia
2009 | Cuarto Salón de Arte Bidimensional - 4th Edition of the Two-Dimensional Art Salon, group exhibition at Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avedaño (Fuga), Bogotá, Colombia
2008 | FotoMaratón 2008 - Photo Marathon 2008, group exhibition curated by FOTOMUSEO Museo Nacional de la Fotografía de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Fellowships
2024 - 2025 | Wisdom Writers | Writing fellowship for peacebuilders, Humanity United, Cross Borders - Remote
Publications
2020 | LUDOPOIESIS, Editacuja Transmedia, Bogotá, São Paulo, ISBN 9786589407027
2009 | CUARTO SALÓN DE ARTE BIDIMENSIONAL / Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avedaño, Bogotá : Alcaldía Mayor, ISBN:9789588471327
2008 | LAS MEJORES DE LA FOTOMARATÓN 2008, Fotomuseo Nacional de la Fotografía de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Arts in Community
2017 | Co-organizer, The Big Draw Bogotá, The Big Draw Festival, Bogotá, Colombia
2011 | Bell-ringer, SONEMA Concierto de Campanas - Bell Concert directed by Llorenc Barber - Monserrat Palacios, Campanario Iglesia de San Francisco, Bogotá, Colombia
Education
2001 - 2006 | BA in Industrial Design, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2006 - 2007 | Specialist in Multimedia Design, Faculty of Arts at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
2015 - 2017 | MBA in Design Strategy, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, United States of America