Daniela Adamez (1986) was born and raised in Colombia until the year 2000, when she moved to Spain with her family. Barcelona became her hometown for the next 12 years, where she completed her studies in Political Science in 2009 (University of Barcelona) and began working for the Autonomous Government of Catalonia. A year later she initiated a 6-year experience as an international strategy consultant working for governments and international organizations from several countries of the EU and Africa. In 2012, Daniela moved to Rome and spent 2 years traveling on a continuous basis to Luanda. In 2014, she completed a Masters in Business Administration by a prestigious business school in Barcelona. In 2015, her passion for art led her to quit her job and pursue a career as an artist.
Currently established in Barcelona, Daniela Adamez has sold her works in Spain, Italy, Colombia and the United States.
ARTWORK
Daniela Adamez’ artwork reflects the characteristic ambiguity set in the social and behavioral roles that our modern societies experience on a daily basis. Her imagery focuses on anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures that were initially inspired by pre-Columbian art. Today, however, the recurrent characters and style of her portraits take insights from everything: from her personal experiences, travel, current events, politics and religion to fashion, literature, video games and social media. Using acrylics and oil paints, mainly on large formats, her simple and colorful compositions narrate our commonly shared urge of individuality in lonely settings. Thus, depicting social metaphors and critiques that incorporate bold graphic lines and geometric shapes as a way to establish clear boundaries against reality.
