Alvaro Tangarife

Álvaro Tangarife is a Colombian multidisciplinary artist holding a Master's degree in Visual Arts from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Based in Medellín, his oil painting work blends figurative surrealism with primitivism, drawing from Andean mythology, everyday Colombian life, and the visual language of his Antioquian roots.
His work has been exhibited at the Cámara de Comercio de Medellín and Galería Carlos Orozco, and internationally through video art shown at exhibitions worldwide. He is the recipient of the First Prize at the IV International Video Biennial at MAMM (Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín).
Each painting by Tangarife carries a narrative weight — sacred and earthly at once, rooted in place yet universal in feeling.

Master of Fine Arts — Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín
Professor of Video Art — Universidad de Antioquia and Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín