“My calling in life is to inspire people to acknowledge our inner and outer nature as a manifestation of the divine through art”

Venuz white highlights the unique and fascinating binary between the philosophical concept of art as life and the laws of nature as explained by alchemy.

Beyond a purely anthropological approach to her practice, Venuz White engages with ancestral rituals and technologies to visually reveal the Guardians of Water. The movements of her hands, her gestures, weave, as it were, waters from different natural ecosystems together with the sound vibrations of human voices, manifested through paintings of light and colourful pigments.

Venuz White becomes the voice for other voices, preserving visions and stories through her Water Revelations. The production process becomes a sacred dance to the rhythm of her strokes; independent elements composed separately, coming in unison by means of this contemporary ritual. Although her work stems from painting, she also uses modern technologies such as Augmented Reality and multimedia immersive installations to ignite our human relationship with water as a living entity.

Born in Colombia, currently lives and works in the páramo ecosystem close to Bogotá.

EXHIBITIONS

Venuz White’s artistic career spans over two decades, participating in a number of solo and group exhibitions and projects abroad in:

New York, Madrid, Paris, Medellín, San Francisco, Bogotá and México City. Prominent institutions include the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art MAMBO; the Medellín Modern Art Museum MAMM; the Central Bank - Banco de la República Art Collection in Colombia; and the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Paris, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Divi.Nation, Galería Licenciado, Ciudad de México. 2018.
Aurum, W Hotel Bogota. 2014.
Alchemy of Color, Leonard Tourne Gallery,
New York. 2011.
Momentum, ALBO Museo Arte Moderno Medellin MAMM + Fundación EPM curated by Oscar Roldán, Medellin. 2010.
Coleccionista de Besos, Comparte Amor, public space commissioned site specific performance, Bogota. 2010.
Coleccionista de Besos, Museo de Bellas Artes la Fundación Museo de Arte Acarigua - Araure, Venezuela. 2008.
Dot Project,’ Gallery 415, San Francisco, USA. 2007.
Instantes liquidos,’ Galeria Artificial, Madrid, Spain. 2006.
Voyage to the Center,’ Galeria Alonso Garces, Bogotá, Colombia. 2006.
Chemical Love,Servicio Ejecutivo Gallery,
New York. 2006.
Cosmoides, Galería el Garaje, Bogotá, Colombia. 2004.

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

Dulce Tumaco, Flora Arts Natura, curated by Jose Ignacio Roca, Bogota, Colombia. 2018.
Cook Book, Palais des Beux-Arts Paris, France, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, 2013.
El Dorado, Curated by Oscar Roldan, Madrid, Spain. 2010.

COMMISSIONED WORK

Granted ÚNA artist-in-residence, ÚNA arts and ecology foundation, Glasgow, Scotland - Bogotá, Colombia. 2020.
‘Aurum’, commissioned light and glass installation, W Hotel, Bogotá, Colombia. 2014.
‘Ponerle el Alma,’ Bancolombia, public space commission, Bogotá, Colombia. 2012.
SCOPE Special Programs, Kiss Collector,
New York. 2008.
Museo de Arte de Acarigua Venezuela, private commission, Venezuela. 2008.
Compartiendo Amor, Grupo Éxito, performance commission, Bogotá, Colombia. 2007.
'Salón Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo' Colombia representative at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC. 2006.
Fernando Botero Award, First Edition, Among the ten selected finalists. InternationalJury: Pascal Bonarouxe, Marcelo Mattos, Eduardo Arroyo, Valerio Adami, Elizabeth Baker. 2005.
PROPAL Calendar 2005, New Tendencies of Colombian Painting. 2004.