This abstract artwork features a striking visual composition. The piece comprises two distinct sections: the upper half displays a ethereal, ghostly pattern resembling clouds or swirling mist, while the lower half is dominated by a rugged, earthy texture with hints of fiery orange and red tones. The contrasting elements create a captivating interplay between the ephemeral and the substantial. The artist's skillful use of different materials and techniques, blending organic and abstract forms, invites the viewer to ponder the delicate balance between the natural and the metaphysical realms. This work reflects the artist's exploration of the duality and interconnectedness inherent in the human experience. ...
Born in 1975 in Colombia, Leyla lives and works in Bogota. She received her BA in Fine Arts from Los Andes University and her MFA from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Recent exhibitions include Manifesto of Fragility at the Lyon Bienial, France 2022, the Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador in 2018 ,the show Home, so different, so appealing at LACMA 2017 as part of the Pacific Standard Time project: LA / LA of the Getty and in the MFAH. The same year she participated in the California Pacific Triennial at OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art).
She was the recipient of the 2019 Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation grant as a mid carreer artist nominated by Jesus Fuentemayor with an exhibition at Museo del Barrio, New York, she won the OMA prize in Bogota, and was artist in residency in Switzerland with Pro Helvetia in 2022, Q21Museums Quartier Wien-Austria in 2016, NEARCH-Art and Archeology “The Materiality of the Invisible” at the Jan Van Eyck Academie –Maastricht, NL in 2015-17, Dimensions Variable in Miami 2017.
Her works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Latin American Art, MOLAA, Long Beach, California, the CIFO Art Foundation, Miami, the West Collection Philadelphia, USA, the Asiacity Trust Proyecto LARA LLP, Singapore, the Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá and the
Banco de la Republica, Bogota among others.
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