HELENA OSPINA
LIZARRALDE
STATEMENT
My practice stands in the intersection between art and philosophy, delving into contemporary existential issues. My ongoing research explores the complex relationship we have with the abstract concept of time. Through a series of projects, I examine how we perceive, interpret and relate to time in contemporary society. My work invites audiences to reflect on their own temporal experiences, fostering a dialogue about the understanding of the world around us and how our existence is shaped.
The most essential part of my work is to interrogate what seems to be unanswerable. And with this a line is drawn between narratives of what we know and questions towards the intangible. Within each project I perform durational processes over long periods of time; archiving, walking, asking, recovering, observing, stitching and repeating always with aims to further understand each question. In this search and alluding time, I play with the durability and ephemerality of the materials I working with; words, candle light, paper, water, clay and organic matter amongst others.
My work process shifts between research and poetic gestures and I’m deeply interested in projects in public spaces and participatory initiatives because of how these environments can foster a dynamic of reflection and open a collective dialogue.
Helena
CDMX, 2024
CV
COLOMBIAN / BASED IN BERLIN
EDUCATION
2022 UDK Universität der Künste Berlin, guest student. (Prof. Kristina Leko)
2020 European Graduate School, seminars The Obscene Masters. (Prof. Slavoj Žižek)
Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
2018 Bachelor degree in Fine Arts, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
2012 Fine Arts Seminar, Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts. Pennsylvania, EEUU.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 One stitch per second, VORFLUTER. Berlin, Germany.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Concreto sobre agua, Casa Lü. Mexico City, Mexico.
2024 Monopol, Berlin Art Week. Berlin, Germany.
2023 ARCOT. Tokyo, Japan
2022 This is not a love song/ Räume für aktivierung, Galerie M. Berlin, Germany.
2022 48 Stunden Neukölln. Berlin, Germany.
2022 Art Spring Berlin, Kino Colosseum. Berlin, Germany.
2021 End of Nations, Monopol Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
2021 GlogauAIR residency final exhibition. Berlin, Germany.
2020 ARTBO (Bogotá International Art Fair) , Artecámara. Antes de que todo sea polvo, curated by Emiliano Valdés. Bogotá, Colombia.
2018 Al interior, Media Luna Gallery. Bogotá, Colombia.
2017 Exhibition MUDA, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
2015 Salón Séneca Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
2014 American Society The Art of Living, USA Embassy. Bogotá, Colombia. 2012 PAFA (Pennsylvania academy of fine arts). Pennsylvania, EEUU.
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Do you paint or do you draw?
LECTURES AND TALKS
2024 One stitch per second, VORFLUTER. Berlin, Germany.
2022 Artist talk, Warum sind wir hier Projekt. Projktraum Galerie M. Berlin, Germany.
RECOGNITIONS / RECIDENCIES / GRANTS
2024 Residency at CASA LÜ. Mexico City, Mexico.
2022 Selected mentee 2022, Artist Pilots Project (Mentor; Sonya Schönberger). Berlin, Germany.
2021 Residency at GlogauAIR. Berlin, Germany.
2012 Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts. Pennsylvania, EEUU.