Biography of Diego Díaz – Artistic Journey and Vision

In Diego Díaz’s plastic work, time lacks present. His papers, canvases, bars and drawings are postcards taken before the journey. In each piece the light is parasitic on the shadow. The viewer sees the rust in a screw that goes through a canvas and understands that it is a sign of the future. The past, on the other hand, is reflected in the spectator’s face, a fortuitous mirror of a portrait in graphite that is stored in the memory. Diego Díaz refuses time; his technique considers drawing, painting and sculpture in a classic and realistic way, as well as installation and ready-made. He is a contemporary artist born in another age of the world. His work is organic: it overflows the initial support, surrenders to light, and explores the infinite possibilities of space. For more than a decade, Diego Díaz’s creative proposal has had the dispensation of galleries and collectors, and has been gaining presence in the international art scene.

Natalia Castillo Verdugo
AMA+ Director

EDUCATION

2013  B.A in Plastic Art,  University of Antioquia, Colombia.

SOLO EXHIBITION

2025. «Retrato de lo aparente a lo verdadero» Pereira Museum of Modern Art– Colombia.
2023  “Retrato: de lo aparente a lo verdadero”,  Chamber of Commerce. Medellín, Colombia.
2022  “Las formas de la noche”,  JoseAmar Gallery – Mattelsa, Medellín, Colombia.
2019  “Tenue”, Aura Arte Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
2018  “Leve”, Beta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2015  “Estructuras de la noche”, Beta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2015  “La Experiencia Urbana”, The Nogal Club, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012  “Negro a Rojo”, Naranjo y Velilla Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
2010  “Bares y Noctámbulos”, Comfama – Cloister of San Ignacio, Medellín, Colombia.
2009  “Noctámbulos, pinturas y dibujos”, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018  KIAF Art Seoul, Arte Alto Gallery,  Seul, Korea.
2018  Barcú art fair, Okyo Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2018  ARTLIMA art fair, Okyo Gallery, Lima, Perú.
2018  “Seriados” Beta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2017  Malaga Art Fair, Malaga, Spain.
2017  Barcú art fair, Okyo Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2017  ARTLIMA art fair, Okyo Gallery, Lima, Perú.
2016  ART Medellín, Installation, Medellín, Colombia.
2016  “SOMOS”, La Metro, Office for culture CAFAM, Bogotá, Colombia.
2016  “Mesa de dibujo”, Aura Arte Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
2015  Barcú, Okyo Gallery Bogotá, Colombia.
2015  “Negro intenso”, French Alliance, Medellín, Colombia.
2015   Art Cartagena, Okyo Gallery, Cartagena, Colombia.
2014  “Sincronia”, Naranjo y Velilla Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2014  FIA Iberoamerican Art Fair, Okyo Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
2014  Main Group Exhibition, Okyo Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
2013  “Pequeño formato”, El Castillo Museum, Medellín, Colombia.
2013  “La Generación Emergente” Cero Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011  IV Young Art Contest, Spain Embassy, La Cometa Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011  “Convergencias II”, Naranjo y Velilla Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
2011  “Become a collector”, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, New York, USA.
2011  “Miscelaneo”, Otra Zona Gallery, Rionegro, Colombia.
2011  Fiduciaria Bancolombia, Naranjo y Velilla Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
2010  II Bienal de artes, Comfenalco, Medellín, Colombia.

SPECIAL PROJECTS – AWARDS

2013  Selected Artist for “Liu Bolin Colombia”project, La Cometa Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2009  “Art Show Zúrich”, Main image of the fair, Zúrich, Switzerland.
2007  First Place, Student category, Departmental of arts, Medellín – Colombia.