Rafael Gomez Barros is a Colombian contemporary artist born in 1972. His work interrogates the violence and social divisions that have shaped Colombian history. His art addresses the complex spaces between the individual and society, desire and reality, identity and anonymity. Using repetition and altered forms, she creates images of the fluid nature of mental space and how past experiences distort images. However, these works are embodied not only in mental but also in real spaces, sometimes appropriating these spaces and questioning binary categories. Gomez Barros studied Fine Arts at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá and has exhibited in important galleries such as La Cometa.
Rafael Gomez Barros, born in 1972 in Colombia, is a contemporary artist whose works delve into the human condition, often reflecting the violence that has shaped Colombia's history. His art critiques the political landscape, addressing issues of societal divisions and the complex space between the individual and the collective, desire and reality, identity and anonymity. By using repetition and altered forms, his pieces draw on the fluid nature of mental space, where past experiences distort and multiply images. Despite their cerebral quality, Gomez Barros' works are physically grounded in real spaces, sometimes overtaking them, and challenging binary categorizations.
Gomez Barros studied Fine Arts at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota and has been featured in prominent galleries and museums, including La Cometa in Bogota.
