Camilo B.
My name is Camilo Bojaca. I am an artist who was born in a town called Sogamoso; this place has been the source of many of the interests I have explored in my work. There's almost nothing I can't do without music; I'd say I'm a music lover. While I'm drawing or engaged in any creative process, I usually have music playing in the background. I also love movies and books, which fuel my interests and projects. The environment where I grew up had a profound impact on me. Sogamoso is a small city, yet one full of contrasts and surrounded by small towns with a more rural setting and a close connection to nature; at the same time, I was able to observe an industrial landscape shaped by steel and cement production. Perhaps this is why I’m interested in the theme of landscape as a central focus; I’m also interested in the relationship between what we humans build that is, our homes and cities—and nature and other living beings.
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Camilo Bojaca is a young Colombian artist with a multifaceted artwork. With a serious and dedicated career. In his projects, a variety of techniques can be seen, being drawing and sculpture the predominant ones. In his work, landscape is a recurrent element of study, which Bojacá understands as a system of layers that intersect, overlap and connect. Scale is another feature that he explores constantly in his practice, as well as the relationship between architecture and nature. He is interested in the relations and tensions that exist between the conceptual elements and the materials he works with. His continual interest in the relationship between the built and the natural derive in projects such as; Garden of Weeds and Scaffolding where he questions the way we construct cities and affect the environment and surroundings. He invites us to rethink our relationship as inhabitants of the world and explore new political notions of the landscape. In the lasts projects 8/16 and Vulnus , showed his ability to speak about his local context and at the same time make a global reading about; global warming, mining, and body-territory. Issues that are urgent for all, at this crucial moment in our history as humans. His works are present in different private collections in Latin America Europe and the united states. He has participated in different fairs such as Pinta – Miami, Drawing Room – Lisboa Zona, Maco – Mexico, Context – Miami, Art Lima – Peru, ARTBO – Bogotá, Scope – Miami. It is also part of the collection of the Museo de Bogotá in Colombia and ICA Institute of Contemporary Art - Miami
