Delcy Morelos

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Biography

"In Andean ancestral traditions, the human being is living earth, I am a body, I am earth. In the exhibition space, the earth expresses itself; it is the center and mirror of what we are." –Delcy Morelos, 2023

Born in 1967 in Tierralta in the region of Córdoba in Colombia, Delcy Morelos studied at the Cartagena School of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Bogotá. Her practice is rooted in ancestral Andean cosmovision and the aesthetics of Minimal Art. Morelos’ abstract works, with their formidable evocations, inspire rumination on the interplay between human beings and earth, the human body and materiality.

In her early works, Morelos focused primarily on painting, applying natural red pigments to paper. Her chromatic research directed her attention to the intersection between body and violence. Over time, her material investigations extended into ceramics and textiles, and this work, along with her continued use of natural materials such as earth, clay, fabric, and plant fibers, led her to gradually develop a more sculptural practice, and, more recently, large-scale multisensory installations.

Solo exhibitions include Profundis, CAAC Centro Andallluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain (2024); Interwoven, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO (2024); El Abrazo, Dia Chelsea, New York (2023);  El lugar del alma, Museo Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Enie, Fundación NC-Arte, Bogotá (2018); Inner Earth, Röda Sten Konsthall, Göteborg, Sweden (2018); La sombra Terrestre [The Shadow of the Earth], Fundación Fuga, Bogotá (2015); Barranquilla Museum of Modern Art (2006); Gt Gallery, Flax Arts Studios Residence Program, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2006); Academia Superior de Artes de Bogota, Santa Fe Gallery, Bogota (2004); and Color que soy, Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2002). 

Selected group exhibitions include The Milk of Dreams, Arsenale Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale (2022); Still Alive, Aichi Triennial in Japan (2022); Something (you can't see, on the other side, of a wall from this side) casts a shadow, SOMArts Culural Center, San Francisco (2018); Medellín, une histoire colombienne des années 1950 à aujourd’hui, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France (2017); Du som jag, Havremagasinet, Boden, Sweden (2016) and Sami Center for Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway (2017); 7 Mercosul Biennial, Grito e escuta [Screaming and Listening], Porto Alegre, Brazil (2009); MDE 07, Espacios de hospitalidad [Hospitality Spaces], Medellín (2007); ES2002 Tijuana/II International Biennial, Tijuana Cultural Center CECUT, Mexico (2002), and the VI Havana Biennial, Cuba (1997).

"In Andean ancestral traditions, the human being is living earth, I am a body, I am earth. In the exhibition space, the earth expresses itself; it is the center and mirror of what we are." –Delcy Morelos, 2023

Exhibitions

Delcy Morelos and Ettore Spalletti Esa esquina soy yo
New York

Delcy Morelos and Ettore Spalletti

Esa esquina soy yo
13 March - 20 April 2024
Opening Reception: Wednesday, 13 March from 6 - 8 PM
Delcy Morelos El oscuro de abajo
Paris

Delcy Morelos

El oscuro de abajo
14 October - 21 December 2023
Opening Reception: 14 October from 6-8 pm

News

Delcy Morelos
News

Delcy Morelos Now Represented by Marian Goodman Gallery

Marian Goodman Gallery announces representation of Delcy Morelos ahead of Dia Art Foundation show.
3 October 2023
Delcy Morelos and Humberto Moro in conversation

Delcy Morelos and Humberto Moro in conversation

Delcy Morelos speaks with Humberto Moro, Deputy Director of Program at Dia Art Foundation, about spirituality, work ethic and the materials used in her work.

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