Ana Vanessa Urvina

Ana Vanessa Urvina (1982) is a venezuelan visual artist based in Miami, Florida. Abstract and colorful her works are inspired by the observation of plants and the nature of the tropic. Her work has been exhibited in several places in Venezuela, Costa Rica, Spain and the USA.


She was born and raised in Venezuela, a country where nature embraces almost everything. Nature is definitely her biggest source of inspiration.

There are important influences in her artwork like the works of Tarsila do Amaral, Beatriz Milhazes, Adriana Varejão and Gregory Amenoff, her mentor.

A way to describe her work, is close to abstract art. A plant, floral and organic kind of abstraction.

Her process starts by playing with the forms from nature. In her eyes, leaves, roots, seeds and trees, all acquire new and very different shapes and dimensions. Because of that the majority of her pieces develop from the direct contact and experience with gardens, jungles, woods...

Installations and large format paintings are important in her creative process, because she strive to be able to immerse the viewer in her own garden visions.

She make sketches where break down ...

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, School of the Arts, New York, USA – 2015
Advanced Intensive Painting Course: This course mentors a group of up to twelve students through individual and group critique, technical tutorials, exposure to the New York gallery and museum worlds, and lectures and critiques by nationally known visiting artists.

UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, School of Fine Arts, San José, Costa Rica – 2012
Theoretical and practical Diploma Course for the Creation of Artist’s Books

UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA, Spain, 2007 – 2008
Master of Fine Arts in Artistic Production, specialization in Visual Arts
After winning an AlBan scholarship program sponsored by the European Union, intended for Latin American Graduates to study in Spain (America Latina Becas de Alto Nivel, AlBan, for its initials in Spanish, European Union High Level Scholarships)

UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA, School of Fine Arts, Caracas, Venezuela – 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Major in Painting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA, Caracas, Venezuela 2009 / 2015
The Central University of Venezuela (UCV for its initials in Spanish) was the first government university founded in Venezuela in 1721 under the name of “Roya...

Collections

Private Collections and in the Ateneo de Bellas Artes Collection, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

EXHIBITIONS
2019 – Solo Show “Metaphors of the Tropics” (Metáforas del Trópico), Ateneo de Bellas Artes de Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2019 – Participation in the XIV National Exhibition of Young Artists, “Museum of Contemporary Art of Zulia State” (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia), Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2018 – Participation in the “Sketchbook Project” with an Artist’s Book, Brooklyn Art Library, New York City.

2018 – Solo Show “Tropical Calligraphy” (Caligrafías vegetales), and Discussion about the Exhibition, BOD Cultural Center, Caracas.

2018 – Exhibition in the PIXELES Project, GBG Arts Gallery, Caracas.

2018 – Participation in the Collective Show of “Intervention in Sketchbooks”, “Lugar Común” Bookstore, Caracas.

2018 – Selected to participate in the Exhibition “Women” (Mujeres) in the “Center of Fine Arts of Maracaibo” (Centro de Bellas Artes de Maracaibo), Venezuela.

2017 – Participation in the “Spring Art” Collective Show, Art Nou Mil.lenni Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.

2017 – Participation in the “Art Beijing 2017” Collective Show, Art Nou Mil.lenni Gallery, Beijing, China.

2017 – Participatio...