Ana María Gómez López

Ana María Gómez López creates durational works based on archival research related to the life sciences. Her projects use botanical specimens, prosthetic implants, lens-based media, and recorded sound to explore the shifting boundaries between humans and their natural environment. Ana María’s works have been exhibited recently at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (USA), the American University Museum (USA), the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (DE), and MU Art Space (NL). In 2015, she was the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Artes (National Award in the Arts) from the Universidad de Antioquia (CO). Her teaching experience includes the University of Pennsylvania (USA) and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (DE). She completed her MFA at the Yale University School of Art and has carried out artist residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Max Planck Institute for History of Science. She is currently a resident artist at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam.

Photo credit: Marcus Lieberenz