Omara Mejia

Current Project
Acrylic Painting
At Gallery 455, in the National Palace of Medellin, I present my permanent exhibition, where you can appreciate the results of more than three decades of research dedicated to integrating the processes and tools of the industry into contemporary artistic practices. Through this proposal, I seek to expand the limits of contemporary visual arts by combining traditional painting techniques with industrial innovations, intervening on canvas, paper or rigid supports using processes specifically designed for artistic paintings, opening a new path for the creation of unique and avant-garde works, already proposed by Peter Blake, Robert Rauschenberg artists in the mid-twentieth century who mixed images of popular culture with paintings creating visual collages that explore contemporary culture. This fusion between the industrial and the artisanal not only enriches the visual language, but also invites a reflection on contemporary artistic production
My research has led to a fascinating metamorphosis: I have turned the meshes into pictorial tools, the ideal bridge to connect digital aesthetics with analog creation in contemporary art, it is like using large-format brushes.
The meshes are customized so that t...

STUDIES

POPULAR ART SCHOOL – EPA 1989

ELADIO VELEZ ART SCHOOL
Graduate in Plastic Arts, Photography, Engraving 1991 1996

UNIVERSITY OF ANTIOQUIA

Bachelor of Plastic Arts 2022
Plastic Arts Workshop 1990
“Light and Color” Seminar 1993

SENA
Technician in Sales Management 1998
Corel and Photoshop design programs – Illustrator - Premier 1999

STUDIES WITH TEACHERS
Engraving: Woodcut, Linoleum, Drypoint,
Aquatint, Monotype, Etching
Serigraphy, Stencil..
Oil Painting
Analog and Digital Photography
Airbrushing

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

PERMANENT EXHIBITION
MEDELLIN NATIONAL PALACE GALLERY 455

HC COLLECTION 2014 - 2015 - 2016

LA CAMPANA GALLERY 2017

ARTE LOFT GALLERY 2017

TRES EXPRESIONES 2018

RECOGNIZATIONS

XII SUBA BOGOTA BIENNIAL HONORABLE MENSION

GRAU ARTS AWARD HONORABLE MENTION

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECTS

MADE IN ANTIOQUIA MAMB 2019

TWELVE COUNTRIES IN COLOR (MAI COLOMBIA) BUCARAMANGA 2015

ZONA L GALLERY (MAI COLOMBIA) - BOGOTA 2015

LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTIVE - ECUADOR 2010

INVISIBLE WORLDS - CORDOBA SPAIN 2014

“PARALLEL WORLDS“
ROSALES DE COBAES CULTURAL CENTER CULIACAN MEXICO 2014

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MEXICO. 2015
“ALCHEMY AND COLOR”
MAZATLAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM MEXICO

BOGOTA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART MAC 2016
“ENCOUNTERS AND VISIONS” BOGOTA COLOMBIA

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BRAZIL MINIART 20 2017
DUQUE CULTURAL GALLERY, PORTO ALEGRE

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MINIAR 21
GRAMADO MUNICIPAL CULTURE CENTER RS BRAZIL. 2017

ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2017
"DREAMS AND COLORS"
LA BARRACA MALL MENDOZA.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2017
"ALEGRARTE" MEDELLÍN COLOMBIA

ZQD GALLERY EXHIBITION
MAI COLOMBIA, CADIZ THEATRE. BOGOTA COLOMBIA. 2018

LA ESCALERA GALLERY 2018
“ARGUMENTS AND PROCESSES”
INTERNAT...