«I am in a state of being present while everything is becoming».
My research stems from the personal and the intimate, developing as an inquiry into the female experience and existential questions. For me, creating is an act of emergence: bringing to light what dwells within the unconscious, the body, and the unsaid.
I work from my own lived experience, yet I do not remain in the private sphere: experience becomes a shared space, capable of creating relationship, recognition, and connection. I am interested in the encounter with the other and the possibility of art generating transformation, including social change.
My practice is multidisciplinary and experimental. I work with various mediums, including photography, video, and relational art practices, while exploring different techniques and materials, always choosing the most suitable means for the process. My work stems from the need to give form to that which has no words yet, and to transform experience into a space for encounter, listening, and awareness.
BIOGRAPHY
I was born in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, on June 13, 1986. My path in the world of art and fashion has never been linear, and it is precisely within this multiplicity that I learned to recognize my own language.
In 2011, I completed my studies at the Fashion Academy and began working as a costume designer and photographer. In 2013, I went through an experience that brought me public visibility: I participated in the reality show Project Runway Latinoamérica in Mexico. During that same period, I held my first two solo exhibitions, La casa lulezquiana and Womanpower —the first steps of a journey that has not stopped since. In 2015, I was selected for the Biennale di Venezia di Bogotá, where I directed the Venecia Style collective with the project Razza Schiava: a research project on textile overproduction that I translated into a micro-collection and a fashion film. It was the moment I realized that fashion, for me, could also be a territory for critique and research.
In 2016, I took part in the Arte Cámara Tutor educational program, promoted by the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce and ARTBO, and collaborated in the creation of the Fundación Casa Studio 74, an exhibition and creative coworking space. Shortly after, thanks to my Milanese grandfather, I obtained Italian citizenship and decided to relocate to Italy to start from scratch, both personally and professionally.
In 2017, I was selected as a finalist for the Luxembourg Art Prize. In 2019, I exhibited in the collective show of Colombian artists in Italy organized by the Embassy of Colombia at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Perugia (Rocca di Umbertide), won the award for best photography in the Walk with Women competition at the MedFilm Festival, and participated in the Connexion Festival at Mattatoio and the manifesto presented with the Metamorfosi collective at Rome’s MACRO Asilo.
In 2020, I took part in the exhibitions Telefoto and Formato Chic at the Elvira Moreno Gallery in Bogotá. In 2021, I was included in The Holy Art virtual gallery in London, and in 2022, I completed a one-month artist residency at Rara Residencia, Málaga. In 2023, I was invited to FemFest in Monte Urano and to the Myymälä2 gallery in Helsinki, where I continued the Free Female Power project, and participated in the Paratissima art fair in Turin.
In 2024, I served as art manager for the Le voci delle donne festival, participated in the group exhibition You Look So Fine at Pubblica_Lab, and was selected for the Premio Sulmona with the series Dimensioni. In 2025, I took part in the collective show Forme Consapevoli within the framework of START/Arte Saluzzo, and in the exhibition Stills of Peace and Everyday Life – 12th Ed., between Italy and Colombia.
Since living in Italy, I have driven several projects close to my heart. Free Female Power is the relational art project through which I promote female empowerment. Votes for People is the sustainable fashion brand through which I bring a concrete social impact to my work. And I founded Pubblica_Lab, a cultural association dedicated to collective artistic creation, experimentation, and expression —because I believe art must also have a place outside conventional circuits.
CURRICULUM
EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2025
- Woman Power – I can, you can, we can, international exhibition Stills of Peace, Fondazione Aria, Atri, Italy.
- Mass Grave, group exhibition Forme Consapevoli, 30th START/Art Saluzzo, Saluzzo, Italy.
- Free Female Power, urban performance, Piazza della Rinascita, Pescara, Italy.
2024
- Manifestos of a Woman in the World, Le voci delle Donne Art Festival (1st Ed.), Pubblica_Lab, Sant’Omero, Italy.
- You Look So Fine, group exhibition, Pubblica_Lab, Sant’Omero, Italy.
- Dimensions, 51st Premio Sulmona, Sulmona, Italy.
2023
- Free Female Power, residency and art project, Myymälä2 gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
- Free Female Power, FemFest contemporary art festival, Monte Urano, Italy.
- Free Female Power, relational workshop with secondary school students, Nereto, Italy.
- Woman Power, Paratissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy.
2022
- Free Female Power, artist residency at Rara Residencia, Málaga, Spain.
- The Body I Inhabit, cultural space Spazio Betti, Fermo, Italy.
2021
- Woman Power, Coded Icon virtual exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2020
- Diary of a Macho, Telefoto group exhibition, Elvira Moreno Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2019
- Inner Dialogue, Chic Format exhibition, Elvira Moreno Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Diary of a Macho, transdisciplinary Connexion Festival, Il Mattatoio, Rome, Italy.
- Woman Power, group exhibition of Colombian artists organized by the Embassy of Colombia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rocca di Umbertide, Perugia, Italy.
2017
- Mass Grave, finalists exhibition for the Luxembourg Art Prize, Hervé Lancelin Gallery, Luxembourg.
2016
- Slave Race, collective project with Venecia Style, Biennale di Venezia di Bogotá, Museo del Traje, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Mass Grave, Panorama 5 group exhibition, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce Gallery (Kennedy branch), Bogotá, Colombia.
2013
- The Lulezquian House, solo exhibition, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Womanpower, solo exhibition, Bogotá, Colombia.
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & LEARNING PROGRAMS
- 2019 | Best Photography Award – «Walk with Women» Competition, MedFilm Festival, Rome, Italy.
- 2017 | Finalist Artist – Luxembourg Art Prize, Luxembourg.
- 2016 | Arte Cámara Tutor Educational Program – Promoted by the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce and ARTBO, Colombia.
- 2013 | Selected Contestant – Project Runway Latinoamérica reality show, Mexico City, Mexico.
CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS & CO-FOUNDATIONS
- 2023 – Present | Pubblica_Lab (Sant’Omero, Italy) – Founder. Cultural association dedicated to collective artistic creation and experimentation.
- 2021 – Present | Votes for People (Italy) – Founder and Creative Director. Circular and social-impact fashion brand.
- 2016 | Fundación Casa Studio 74 (Bogotá, Colombia) – Co-founder. Exhibition and creative coworking space.
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2026
- Eudonna Magazine, pp. 48-49, Italy. ISSN: 2531-8357.
2025
- Stills of Peace and Everyday Life (12th Edition), Fondazione Aria, pp. 83-85, 93-95, Atri, Italy. Exhibition catalogue. ISBN: 9788894648461.
- START / Arte Saluzzo – Forme Consapevoli, Saluzzo, Italy, p. 28. Exhibition catalogue.
- Segno Magazine (Contemporary Art Review), Summer Issue, No. 301, p. 15. Critical feature on Stills of Peace.
- Il Centro (Daily Newspaper), April 10, p. 36. Press article on Le voci delle donne Art Festival.
- Il Centro (Daily Newspaper), June 25, p. 24. Press coverage on Free Female Power performance.
2024
- Le voci delle donne Art Festival, Pubblica_Lab, Sant’Omero, Italy, pp. 18-23. Exhibition and curatorial project catalogue.
- 51st Sulmona Prize, Sulmona, Italy, p. 24. Official International Contemporary Art Exhibition catalogue.
- Segno Magazine (Contemporary Art Review), No. 298, p. 35. Exhibition review on the 51st Sulmona Prize.
- Il Centro (Daily Newspaper), April 9, p. 32. Cultural press feature.
2021
Il corpo solitario – Autoritratto nella fotografia contemporanea (The Solitary Body – Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography), Vol. III, p. 55, edited by Giorgio Bonomi, Rubbettino Editore. Book inclusion and monographic essay feature. ISBN: 978-88-498-7129-6.
PRESS
Sulmona Award
Artribune – Sulmona Prize 2024 Exibart – 51st Sulmona Prize – To Think, art frees the mind
STILLS OF PEACE
International Project Italy – Colombia
COLLABORATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
FREE FEMALE POWER
- Pescara – A Day of Art and Creativity in Piazza Rinascita
- Abruzzo News Center – Free Female Power: Networking through empowerment
- Il Frafiletto – Collective performance for women’s empowerment in Pescara
- Pressenza – Archive of articles on Free Female Power
- Montesilvano Newspaper – Free Female Power: A performance promoting female empowerment
- The Newsletter – Flash mob in Pescara square for women’s rights
- Wall News 24 – Pescara Cries for Freedom: Free Female Power Flash Mob
LE VOCI DELLE DONNE ART FESTIVAL – REBIRTH
A festival dedicated to female creativity. An original curatorial project that later spawned independent formats and festivals.
Articles and press reviews on the original curatorial project
IMAGINE – DREAM – BELIEVE – CREATE