Delcy Morelos

Delcy Morelos was born in 1967 in Tierralta, Colombia, and lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia. She received her BFA from La Escuela de Bellas Artes de Cartagena in 1991. Using materials drawn from the earth, such as pigment minerals, soil, and plant life, Morelos centers our relationship with the natural world, inviting a sense of harmony and dialogue with the environment around us. Across her paintings, sculptures, and multisensory installations, Morelos’s practice weaves together disparate histories and traditions: from Andean and Amazonian Indigenous cosmologies to the histories of violence and extraction in the Americas, using abstract forms and gestures to convey their impact on humanity and the earth.