Rosemberg Sandoval

Recognized for a deeply political artistic practice that emerges from within marginality, and in solidarity with it, Rosemberg Sandoval uses his own body as both studio and site of visual experimentation. Working with impure and contaminated materials, his practice occupies a space between sculpture, painting, printmaking, drawing, and performance (documented through photography, video, and objects), creating images that engage with both pre-Columbian and contemporary rituals, the philosophy of Schopenhauer, the poetics of Borges and Octavio Paz, and figures such as Joseph Beuys, Marcel Duchamp, Débora Arango, and Hélio Oiticica. Through a coherent and visceral body of work, Sandoval demonstrates that art is a powerful means of challenging established values and exposing the profound inequalities that shape our society. Born in Cartago, Valle, Colombia, Sandoval studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Cali and the Universidad del Valle. His work has been exhibited in museums throughout Latin America and Europe and is held in major public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York,The CIFO Collection, Miami, Daros, Zurich, MALBA, Buenos Aires, MAMBO (Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá) and the Museo Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, the Hall Collection, Arizona, MAMM (Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín),Museo La Tertulia, Cali, and Galería Casas Riegner, Bogotá, which currently represents the artist.

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