Cristina Umaña Durán
Cristina Umaña Durán (b. 1993, Bogota, Colombia) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans textiles, drawing, installation, sculpture, and performance. Her work investigates the internal human body, examining how it digests emotions, perceives time, and navigates grief. She studied Art History and Fine Arts at Universidad de los Andes in Bogota before transferring to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2017). In 2024, she completed the SOMA Educational Program in Mexico City.
Her work has been exhibited in Espacio Odeón (Bogota), ARTBO - Bogota International Art Fair (Bogota), SOMA (Mexico City), Croma (Mexico City), Salón ACME No. 11 (Mexico City), El Terreno (Guanajuato), FORO.SPACE (Bogota), Galería Casas Riegner (Bogota), Policroma Galería (Medellín), Cachorra (Bogota), Galería SGR (Bogota), El Arenero (Mexico City), Ely Center of Contemporary Art (New Haven), and Greendoor Gallery (Chicago), amongst others.
In 2020, she was nominated for the Young Art Colsanitas Award in Bogota, Colombia and in 2023 for the Sara Modiano Foundation Prize. She has participated in residencies, including Spudnik Press Cooperative (Chicago, 2017), Proyecto Nave (Ecuador, 2019), and ACRE Residency (Wisconsin, 2022).
Device used to expel water in gardens, homes, streets, and squares, or an open ulcer meant to drain pus, 2024. Fabric hose, suction pump, microphone stand, and water. Variable dimensions. Photo courtesy of Un mundo feliz, SOMA, Mexico City.
Tragar sapos (Swallowing frogs), 2023. Pink plastic, air compressor, and timer, 88.6 x 16.4 feet. Photo courtesy of Salón ACME No. 11, Mexico City.
Un reguero (A mes), 2023. Greenhouse plastic stomachs, black painted rotten oranges, hose, 9.84 x 6.56 feet. Photo courtesy of SOMA, Mexico City.
Cuando salga la sombra (When the shadow comes out), 2021. Bleach and hand-dyed bed sheets and t-shirts, 44.45 x 6.56 feet. Performance ran 4/5/2021-4/12/2021. Photo courtesy of Cachorra, Bogotá, Colombia.
Techo (Roof), 2019. Different fabrics sewn together, 39.37 x 29.53 feet. Photo courtesy of Proyecto Nave, Ecuador.
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