Catalina Currea

Catalina is a Colombian-born visual artist based in Dallas, Texas, whose work explores the delicate intersections between migration, transformation, and belonging. Her paintings are meditations on movement — not only across borders, but across emotional landscapes.
As an immigrant, Currea finds in nature the most honest mirrors of her own journey. The cyclical rhythm of the seasons, the patience of the trees, and the silent wisdom of the sky all remind her that change is not loss, but evolution. Among her recurring symbols, the migratory butterfly carries a profound metaphor: it travels thousands of miles, fragile yet determined, guided only by instinct and light. Through that image, Catalina honors the courage of those who, like her, rebuild their sense of home wherever life takes them.
Her work blends abstraction and realism, using organic forms, luminous color palettes, and symbolic imagery to evoke calm, hope, and reflection. Each painting becomes a visual prayer — a reminder to pause, to feel, and to recognize the quiet strength that lives within transition.
Through her art, Catalina transforms personal memory into collective resonance, bridging her Latin American roots with her present life in the United States. Her painting...

Gimnasio academico regional
bogota, colombia.
ART DESING Technology
2010-2013
secondary school
2014 - 2016
Gimnasio academico regional
bogota, colombia.

fine art bachelor 2 years
School of Art and Letters.
Bogotá, Colombia
2014-2016

2025
Santa Fe Art Fair, Santa Fe, NM
Beyond Borders, Arlington, TX
If Walls Could Talk, Dallas,TX
Landscapes in Bloom, Fort Worth, TX
2024
Conexiones Culturales Art Exhibit, Lewisville, TX
Chocolate and Art, Dallas, TX
2023
Chocolate and Art, Dallas, TX
2022
Blues Art Show, McKinney Cotton Mill Gallery, Allen, TX
VALA Collective Spring Show, Blue House Too Gallery, Allen, TX
2021
Chocolate and Art, Dallas, TX
Art of Freedom, Dallas, TX
2019
Together We Can Do More, Latino Network, AIG Tower, Houston, TX
2017
Salon de Mayo, Museum of the Americas at Impulse Art, Houston, TX
Women in the Arts 2017, Impulse Art, Houston, TX
The Mural for the Peace, Heights Art Gallery, Houston, TX
A Tribute to Salvador Dalí, Museum of the Americas, Doral, FL
2016
Women in the Arts, Aurora Studios, Houston, TX
District Institute of Arts, Bogotá, Colombia
Alcuadrado Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2015
Pedro Coronel Painting Biennial, Zacatecano Institute of Culture Ramón López Velarde, Zacatecas, México
2014
Muralism Exhibition, Oscus Corporation, Bogotá, Colombia
Heart of Coal, Oscus Corporation, Bogotá, Colombia
2013
Presentation of Degree Thesis, Regional Academic Gymnasium, Colombia
Victorian Era, Design Emphasis Show, Regional Academic Gymnasium, Colomb...