Biography 

Diana Santafé (Bogotá, Colombia, 1983) is a visual artist graduated from ASAB. Her work is set within figurative art, with a particular focus on urban themes. In her series Passengers, she explores the contrasts within the city, presenting paintings that juxtapose peaceful and beautiful scenes with scenes of chaos and overcrowding. This series was the central axis of her third solo exhibition at Guerrero Espacio Galería, which received media attention with publications in the newspaper El Tiempo and in the art and culture magazine Artería. Currently, the artist is preparing her upcoming solo exhibition for Galería Culto, scheduled for late 2025.

Statement

In the series Passengers, the artist explores the contrasting realities of the city: from the calm or beautiful landscapes found in certain areas, to the chaos, disorder, and overcrowding that dominate in others. She paints these scenes in circular formats, evoking the rearview mirrors of urban transport. These mirrors seek to provide a broader visual field, but at the same time distort the reflected image, functioning as a visual metaphor for how we perceive and understand our surroundings.
 She is interested in portraying the diverse environments we inhabit and how these reflect the socioeconomic inequalities of their inhabitants. Her experiences in varied contexts have enriched her existential perspective, allowing her to better understand the multiple realities that coexist in the city. The transit through different urban scenarios has fostered both empathy and a more critical awareness of the social inequities and the prejudices that these entail. Although we all live under the same sky, we experience life in the city in profoundly different ways.