Maria Cristina Corts

My work is centered on the idea of nature as a vital and organic force, as a fecund mother in permanent change, in which the cycles of life and death are constantly occurring. I attempt to appropriate the elements which I find in nature to create images that are metaphors of the often violent relationship between humans, their environments, and themselves.

Bachelor in Fine Arts, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, 1967-1971.
Print Atelier, Art Students League, New York, 1982.

My work is part of various important public art collections in my country:

Museo Nacional, Bogotà
Museo de Arte, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotà
Banco de la Reública, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotà
Univeridad de los Andes, Bogotà
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo - MAC, Bogotà
Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali
Museo de Arte Moderno de Cartagena.

I have shown my work in multiple national and international group exhibition, such as:

“El dibujo colombiano en el siglo XX”. Galería La Cometa, Bogotá,2007
"Maestros: Obras Maestras", Galeria El Museo,Bogotá, 2006
“10 años de adquisiciones de Arte Joven 1992 – 2002”. Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, 2004.
“Solo Dibujo”. Museo de Arte, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá,2003.
“Generación Intermedia”. Casa de la Moneda, Banco de la República, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, 1998.
“Paint and Image”. Colombian Center, New York,1997.
"Latin Art". Latin Art Gallery, Nagoya Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan,1991.

I have also exhibited in multiple solo shows:

"Quebrantos", 2011, "Rastrojal", 2008, "Matemonte", 2005, "Matorrales" 2003, "Chambas", 2002: Galeria El Museo, Bogotá.

"Caldos de Cultivo", 1996-7: Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cal...