Jorge Julian Aristizabal

Jorge Julian Aristizabal was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1962. Where he currently lives and works. He received his BFA from Otis/Parsons school of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (1985) and a BFA from Goldsmiths College, London, UK (2000).
His work has been exhibited at national and international institutions, such as the Museum of Modern Art (Bogota, Colombia); Pump House Gallery (London, UK); Museum of Antioquia (Medellin, Colombia); Museum of Modern Art Barranquilla (Barranquilla, Colombia); Museum of Modern Art Bucaramanga (Bucaramanga, Colombia); LA Gallery (Bogota, Colombia); University of Mebourne (Australia); Banco de la Republica (Bogota, Colombia)' MAMM, Museum of Modern Art Medellin (Medellin, Colombia) and Cantors Art Center, Stanford University (San Francisco, USA). His work is part of The Cisneros - Fontales collection in Miami, Florida.
Jorge Julian says about his work "My art has always been closely related to what's happening in my everyday life and how I perceive my existence and my surroundings. What I feel and the way I interpret that information is the result of my work. Where I live in the world, and what exists in my mind, and the conceptual relationship between these two equally fictive places, is what I want to make visible to the viewer. As a result, I create images where the familiar becomes unfamiliar; almost everything you encounter in my work has completely different symbolic meaning. (An image of a glove could become a symbol for affection, or a bird could become a symbol for a penis). My goal is to awake the language of the unconscious, which becomes poetic reminders to the viewer of what surrounds them, and how they associate it into their lives."

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