CAMILA VARON JARAMILLO (b.1995 Bogotá, Colombia)

Camila’s practice is rooted in the process of learning about nature through movement, rhythm, light, and color. Her most recent work presents compositions that strive for balance between the elements in the paintings, in an effort to investigate and create an atmosphere that conveys harmony in the way that it exists in nature. She’s interested in how, within the process of learning from natural environments, there is a simultaneous introspective process that informs human experience and emotion. 

These surreal landscapes and dreamscapes are therefore a combination between a physical space and a mental space, serving as a bond between childhood memories of growing up in Colombia, and painting as a mechanism for the physical exploration and psychological examination of the self. 

Raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Camila moved to New York to study at Parsons School of Design where she obtained a BFA in Architectural Design in 2017, and recently obtained an MFA in Painting at School of Visual Arts in 2023. Working as an architect, designer, and artist over the past 10 years, Camila has worked in design and production for pavilions at the London Design Biennale and PMQ Hong Kong. She’s also created installations, murals, and exhibitions across New York that have been featured in E-flux Journal and Airmail Weekly. Most recently she’s shown her work at New Collectors Gallery, Tuleste Factory, Andrew Reed Gallery and was featured in Artsy’s Curator's Picks for emerging artists for her works shown at Selena’s Mountain.