EDUCATION
(2024-Present). School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, United States of America.
-Candidate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio, emphasis in Painting and Drawing and Photography.
(2024) Harold Washington College | Chicago, United States of America.
-Associate of Fine Arts. GPA: 4.0.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
-Jack Kent Cooke Internship Stipend (2025).
-Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship: one of the 60 awardees among 1700 applications nationwide in the USA (2024-2026).
-SAIC Presidential Merit Scholarship (2024-2026)
-Recipient of CCC-SAIC STAR Transfer Scholarship (2024-2026).
-Presidential scholar at Harold Washington College of Chicago (2022, 2023, 2024).
-Winner of two Honourable Mentions Award in the ‘Spring Student Exhibition 2024’ at Harold Washington College.
-Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship (2024-2026).
-Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society (2023-Present).
-Presidential Purchase Award in the ‘Spring Student Exhibition 2023’ at Harold Washington College.
-Chicago STAR Scholarship Recipient (2022-2024).
-Distinction Award in Visual Arts and Distinction Award in Philosophy at Colegio Nueva York (Bogotá, Colombia, 2020).
EXHIBITIONS
-(2025-2024) We Will Become an Island, curated by Pablo Lazala Ruiz, Compound Yellow, Oak Park, United States.
-(2024) Questioning Perceptions, curated by Jelena Berenc, Harold Washington College, Chicago, United States.
-(2024) Spring Student Art Exhibition, juried by Linda Emmerman, Harold Washington College, Chicago, United States.
-(2024) Garland Court Review Anniversary Exhibition, Harold Washington College, Chicago, United States.
-(2023) Spring Student Art Exhibition, juried by Lauren M. Pacheco, Harold Washington College, Chicago, United States.
COLLECTIONS
HWC President’s Gallery & Permanent Art Collection, Harold Washington College, Chicago, United States.
ARTIST TALKS AND PANELS
(2024) Questioning Perceptions, Panel Discussion with artists Katerina Chris, Alyson Sánchez, and Gabriel Piemonte, Harold Washington College, Chicago, United States.
TEXTS
(2024) Garland Court Review Magazine, (Chicago, IL).
(2023) Etereotopías, Fourth September Edition, (Bogotá D.C.).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(2025 expected) Public Media Institute Internship | Chicago, United States
(2024-2025) We Will Become an Island Photography and video documentation | Oak Park, United States
(2023-2024) Etereotopías Zine | Bogotá, Colombia
(Feb 2024 - May 2024) Garland Court Review Magazine Selection Committee
(Feb 2018 - Jun 2018) Book Donation to Communal Library | Bogotá and La Aguadita, Colombia
