Raquel Colachagua

Hometown: Lima

Based in: Lima

Raquel Colachagua is a Lima-based new media Artist who works to carry a positive message in the midst of a violent society and explores the world with an abstract, modern, geometric, and minimalist style. Influenced by artists like Kandinsky and James Turrell, she works with basic colors, gradients, and lights. Geometry is her language and she considers each artwork as an entity with its own personality. Her work has been featured in the USA, Europe, Latin America, and Asia in online galleries like Saatchiart, and The Artling. She has been a Juror in apexart’s Open Call for New York City and international exhibitions.

More About Raquel Colachagua

Question Icon What inspires you?

Geometry and music

Question Icon What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Abstract, Geometric, and Modern

Question Icon Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

Kandinsky, James Turrell

Question Icon What is the most important tool when creating your work?

Listening to my inside voice

Question Icon What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Be brave

Collections Featuring Raquel Colachagua

7 Collections

Latin American Artists

42 Artists, 63 Products

Last updated: September 8, 2023

New In Artworks: May 2022

50 Artists, 52 Products

Last updated: April 29, 2022

New in Artworks: April

52 Artists, 57 Products

Last updated: April 7, 2022

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Credentials

Education

MoMA online (The Museum of Modern Art)

Peru, 2021

Toulouse Lautrec

Peru, 2018

Centro Cultural de Bellas Artes

Peru, 2017

California State University Long Beach

United States of America, 2012

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

Peru, 2008

Awards

Finalist at social innovation contest Liberando Ideas Lima

2019

Press

Juror in apexart’s Open Call for International exhibitions (Mar)

2023

Saatchi Art 'New This Week Collection curated by Rebecca Wilson' (January 17)

2022

Saatchi Art 'New This Week Collection curated by Rebecca Wilson' (April 18)

2022

The Artling 'New in Artworks: April Collection'

2022

The Artling 'New In Artworks: May Collection'

2022

The Artling 'New In Artworks: March Collection'

2022

The Artling 'Geometric Artworks Collection' (Dic)

2022

The Artling 'By Style: Minimalism Collection' (Dic)

2022

Juror in apexart’s Open Call for New York City exhibitions (Nov)

2022

Interview for The Best Address (May 10)

2022

The Artling 'New In: November Artworks Collection'

2021