"Painting is how I explore thoughts, feelings and memories, this search is guided by curiosity and aims to understand the world around me. The human figure is central in my work, through it, I express the complex fabric of the experiences, rituals and emotions that make us human.”
Luz Elena was born in Colombia (South America). She has spent most of her adult life outside of her birth country, she has lived in the United States of America, Italy, Argentina and the Netherlands. Being an outsider has shaped her art in many ways: nostalgia, otherness, isolation and belonging are constant themes in her work. In 2024 the artist and her husband decided to move to Alicante, Spain, where she continues with her art practice. Luz Elena has an associate degree in Fashion Design and a Bachelor degree in Art from Georgia State University (Atlanta USA). After finishing her bachelor, she studied portrait and figure drawing and painting under Charles Cecil in his "Studio di Disegno e Pittura"in Florence (Italy)
Exhibitions
Kasteel Groeneveld. Baarn, The Netherlands. July 12-Sept 28 2025 "Meer dan 50 Tinten Blauw"
Art Laren. Laren,The Netherlands. June 2024 and June 2025
Galerie de Beuken. Laren, The Netherlands. March-April 2024 "Fragile"
Elsa Piñeres Galería. Barranquilla, Colombia. Nov 2023-Feb 2024 " Feria SieteCinco"
Micks Art Gallery. Emmen, The Netherlands. June-Aug 2023 “Avant-gardes”
Rosa Spier Huis. Laren, The Netherlands. April-June 2023 "Mooi is Anders"
Elsa Piñeres Galería. Barranquilla, Colombia. November 2022-Feb 2023 "SieteCinco"
Het Arsenaal. Naarden, The Netherlands. July 2021 “Water Parallels" (Solo)
Stadsmuseum Hardewijk. Hardewijk, The Netherlands. March 2018 "Heelmeesters"
Gallery Salon West. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. October 2017 "United States of Art"
Gallery Salon West. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. May 2017 "40x40 for Het Vergeten Kind"
Annual Dutch Art Fair. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. September 2015
Art Fair Bussum. Bussum, The Netherlands. September 2015
Portrait by Nicolet Peters. www.nicoletpetersfotografie.nl