About The Artist

ARTURO ARAUJO Born in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Araujo joined the Jesuits in 1986 and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1999. He moved to the United States in 2001 and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Seattle University, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts, and an MFA from the University of New Mexico. Currently he, professor of arts at Seattle University, and continues producing his artwork in his own studio, “Inside River Studio”, located at Seattle University Campus. Araujo’s artwork can be seeing in different venues as the Library of the Congress, the Library of Seattle University, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court House in Albuquerque, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Araujo combines ceramics and printmaking media, compa lex alliance of art, since they are one of the most demanding craft-oriented media. Araujo’s intent is to create a deep work made on multiple layers to talk about the complexity of life and contemporary spirituality. Araujo’s work is a visual meditation that seeks reconciliation and identity, funda amental aspect of his own spirituality as a Jesuit Catholic priest and artist. His work has been shown in Colombia, the USA, Mexico, Italy, and Canada.