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Wilson Diaz Polanco

Wilson Díaz

Wilson Diaz Polanco (Pitalito, Colombia, 1963) is a visual artist working in several disciplines around his personal history and the political, social and historical reality of Colombia. His practice involves a broad range of mediums that include music, painting, performance art, photography, and video with which he explores the tensions within Colombian imaginaries and the ubiquitous representation of violence in the mass media. Diaz is a founding member of Helena Producciones, a grassroots artist collective formed in 1998 to build an inclusive creative community in Cali, Colombia, and to produce a performance art festival, with 8 editions to date. In 2017-2018 he was invited to participate in the residency series of the Berlin Art Program (Berliner Kuenstlerprogramm des DAAD). In 2019 he was part of the group exhibition HERE/NOW at Framer Framed, Amsterdam

He lives and works in Cali, Colombia.


Exhibitions


Exhibition: HERE/NOW - Current Visions from Colombia

Twenty artists presenting contemporary art and photojournalism created in the context of Colombia.