Delcy Morelos
Delcy Morelos | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) Tierralta, Córdoba Department, Colombia |
Delcy Morelos (born 1967 in Tierralta, Cordoba, Colombia) is a Colombian artist known for painting, sculpture, and large-scale site-specific installations made with soil, clay, natural fibers, and other organic materials.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
She studied at the Cartagena School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1991, and lives and works in Bogotá.[4]
Career
Morelos began as a painter, though over the last decade her practice has expanded beyond the picture plane into immersive environments rooted in ancestral Andean cosmovision and Minimal Art aesthetics, with a sustained focus on the relationship between the body, earth, and materiality.[5] Having grown up in the Indigenous territory of the Emberá people, she has also been described as having spent years studying the culture, philosophies, and language of the Amazonian Witoto people.[6][7] Her work often treats the earth as a living entity rather than a territory to be owned, and recent major institutional presentations have included El abrazo at Dia Chelsea in New York in 2023, Interwoven at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis in 2024, and Profundis at Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville in 2024.[8][9]
She is represented by Marian Goodman Gallery and exhibited in a dual exhibition with Ettore Spalletti in New York City.[10]
References
- ^ "Delcy Morelos: Working with Soil to Free the Soul | Magazine | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ Lepercq, Edmée (2025-01-09). "Delcy Morelos Speaks Through Soil". Frieze. No. 249. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ Thackara, Tess (2023-10-05). "Revering the Earth, Colombian Artist Delcy Morelos Brings It to Chelsea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ "Delcy Morelos: Interwoven". Pulitzer Arts Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ "How Artists and Museums Are Using Scents to Tell New Stories". Artnet News. 2025-12-28. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ Westall, Mark (2026-01-05). "Delcy Morelos to present major new outdoor commission at the Barbican". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ "The earth breathes at the MUAC with Delcy Morelos - Bonart". bonart.cat. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu. "Delcy Morelos". www.smb.museum. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ Foundation, Dia Art. "Dia Art Foundation". Dia Art Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ "Delcy Morelos". Marian Goodman. Retrieved 2026-03-17.