About The Artist

Beatriz started her art journey as a botanical illustrator for ethnobotanic projects. She has taken art classes at Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional, and private lessons with Nelly Rojas (drawing) and Alice Salazar (Watercolour). Drawing is at the heart of her work, and it has benefited from courses on children's book illustration and printmaking (Cambridge School of Art) and experimental making (Tate Britain, 2016). Beatriz has exhibited in Colombia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. She combines art with her passion for education, particularly in the field of sustainability and environmental issues, developing two branches of art: painting and conceptual art. For example, at the moment she is exhibiting at the Menier Gallery (London), with two paintings inspired by Frida Kahlo. Further, she is developing an art education project called RawTag on the intersections between education, ethics and fashion, developed in collaboration with the Royal Opera House-Bridge and presented in the Cambridge Sustainability Residency (2015).