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Solo Show of Carolina Velandia with Meet The Artist Reception on Saturday, November 8th from 6 pm to 8 pm. Join us for music, light refreshments and meet the artist. This show will be on display from October 26th through November 15th.Interior worlds: A unique story through color, shapes, and spaces.
Carolina Velandia Hernández is a self-taught, multidisciplinary artist whose practice centers on themes of resilience, identity, and collective healing. Born and raised in Colombia and Argentina now residing in DeKalb, Illinois. She has been creating art since the age of eight. Though she pursued a professional career in law and public policy, art remained as a sanctuary—a private act of resistance and self-preservation.
Carolina’s work utilizes mixed media, including pyrography, charcoal, ink, acrylic and oil painting, often on reclaimed wood and paper or recyclable materials. She draws inspiration from natural forms, cultural symbols, and personal experiences to create pieces that explore the complexities of human emotion, politics, power struggles, and social dynamics. During the political unrest surrounding the 2020 and 2025 U.S. presidential elections, she created and displayed several works in Illinois like Fear: 2020 and 2025 at protests to confront systemic racism and advocate for marginalized communities, specially focus on breaking stereotypes of Latin(x) persons. Carolina believes that art has the power to foster dialogue, build community, and drive social change.
Carolina Velandia Hernández es una artista autodidacta y multidisciplinaria cuya práctica se centra en temas de resiliencia, identidad y sanación colectiva. Nacida y criada en Colombia y Argentina, ahora reside en DeKalb, Illinois. Ha estado creando arte desde los ocho años. Aunque siguió una carrera profesional en derecho y políticas públicas, el arte siguió siendo un santuario, un acto privado de resistencia y autopreservación.
El trabajo de Carolina utiliza técnicas mixtas, que incluyen pirograbado, carboncillo, tinta, acrílico y pintura al óleo, a menudo sobre madera y papel recuperados o materiales reciclables. Se inspira en formas naturales, símbolos culturales y experiencias personales para crear piezas que exploran las complejidades de las emociones humanas, la política, las luchas de poder y las dinámicas sociales. Durante los disturbios políticos que rodearon las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos de 2020 y 2025, creó y exhibió varias obras en Illinois como Fear: 2020 and 2025 en protestas para enfrentar el racismo sistémico y abogar por las comunidades marginadas, especialmente enfocada en romper los estereotipos de las personas latinas (x). Carolina cree que el arte tiene el poder de fomentar el diálogo, construir comunidad e impulsar el cambio social.
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