ARTIST STATEMENT
My artwork is a reflection of my adventures, emotions, and lifestyle. I’m constantly seeking intense feelings, often traveling solo and embracing risk as part of my creative process. I work across various techniques, choosing what best expresses each idea—making it difficult to define my practice by a single medium. I love surprising myself with the directions my mind takes, pushing boundaries and discovering new ways to communicate. Every creative experience feels like a dream, filled with excitement and transformation. My art evolves with me, capturing the pulse of my journey and the depth of my inner world.
BIOGRAPHY
Milena Arango is a Colombian visual artist based in Florida, whose work embodies risk, spontaneity and transformation. Inspired early by her mother’s curiosity and zest for life, Milena approaches art as a space for exploration, connection and vitality.
After earning her Visual Arts degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in 2001, she expanded her creative language through theatre, igniting a lifelong pursuit of experimentation. Exposure to diverse cultures and languages has enriched her perspective, infusing her practice with a global sensibility and a philosophy rooted in openness and reinvention.
Milena thrives on risk, embracing new techniques, unexpected materials and spontaneous processes to keep her work dynamic and alive. Her participation in multiple international art residencies has profoundly shaped her practice, offering fertile ground for growth and transformation.
Trusting her instincts, she approaches each project with fresh eyes, allowing intuition to guide her creative journey. Her work is raw, spontaneous and constantly evolving—reflecting both her artistic vision and her personal transformation.
For Milena, art is lifeblood: the rhythm of her heartbeat and the pulse of her daily inspiration. It fuels her soul, transcends boundaries and keeps her ever eager to create.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS:
2025 - PUBLIC ART PROJECT - The Commons: 5 Artist 5 Spaces - Jose Marti Park, West Palm Beach, FL
2024 - Introspection - Solo Show, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2023 - Soul Talks with Palms - YarnBomb Installation at 509 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth Beach CRA, Florida
2019 - Entre Laz-hadas – GRUPO MUJER Y SOCIEDAD / Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá. 2018 – G – 302 – “REVELACIONES”, Bogotá, Colombia
2016 - VESTIGIUM TECTONA GRANDIS, LA Galeria, Bogotá, Colombia
2013 - PROYECTO GANADOR – “DANCING IN THE DARK”, GALERIA NUEVEOCHENTA -
Tercera Intervención del Edificio Terpel de Bogotá. Convocatoria
2013 - GALERIA NE – CIUDADES – Bogotá, Colombia.
2012 - CENTRO CULTURAL GIMNASIO MODERNO – TRAPITOS AL SOL- Bogotá Colombia
2011 - GALERIA NE – CIUDADES IMAGINARIAS – Bogotá, Colombia 2011 – ALIANA FRANCESA DE VALLEDUPAR – Valledupar, Colombia
2010 - MAS ARTE CONTEMPORANEO – CIUDAD LUZ – Bogotá, Colombia
2010 - ALIANZA FRANCESA DE BARRANQUILLA, Barranquilla, Colombia
2008 - CENTRO ITALIANO DI BOGOTA - II INTER-MEDIO– Bogotá, Colombia
2008 - CASA RIAÑO – INTER-MEDIO , Bogotá, Colombia
GROUP EXHIBITS:
2026 - 10 ft x 10 ft again - Sentry Storage - Curated by Kara Walker Tome
2026 - SHOR LIST - Cultural Council Palm Beach, Florida
2025 - PUBLIC ART PROJECT - The Commons: 5 Artist 5 Spaces - West Palm Beach, FL
2024 - Quintessentially We, Cultural Council of Palm Beach, Lakeworth, Florida
2024 - Echoes, Weaving Identities and Belonging at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL.
2024 - Nature’s Palette - Cornell Art Museum, Old School Square of Delray Beach, FL
2024 - OPEN STUDIO - Palm Beach Cultural Council, Florida
2024 - Arts of Life - Benefit auction - Chicago, IL.
2024 - In Si-tu - Arts Warehouse of Delray, Florida
2024 - Near the rivers there are many large springs, CORAL SPRINGS MUSEUM OF ART,Fl
2024 - The Power of Pollinators, Palm Beach Cultural Council - Chosen work for makerting of the exhibit - Florida, US
2024 - Faculty and Student Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl.
2023 - YARN BOMB installation for the HATCH 1121, Dia de los Muertos, Lake Worth Beach CRA, Florida
2023 - Biennial 2023 - Palm Beach Cultural Council, Lake Worth, Florida
2023 - Armory Art Center - West Palm Beach, Florida 2022 - Morphogenesis, The Frank Gallery, Miami, Pembrooke Pines, Miami
2022 - Palm Beach Cultural Council, Lake Worth, Florida 2022 - Armory Art Center - West Palm Beach, Florida 2021 - Gallery Sausalito, Princess Court, Downtown Sausalito, California
2021 - F.R.I.E.N.D.S – Galería Compacta, Bogotá - Colombia - VIRTUAL EXHIBIT - http://container-open.space/friends4/
2020 - Reawakening to the Beauty of the West Coast-Art Scene West. San Diego,CA 2020 - Latin America Corona Virus ONLine Exhibit - Asian Art Magazine, China
2020 – GALERIA ELVIRA MORENO – TELEFOTO – 01 – Virtual Exhibit – Bogotá, Colombia 2020 - The Artists’ Studio & GALLERY of Tequesta. Tequesta, Fl
2018 - 2019 – FRAMExperience – Sagamore Hotel – 55 Bellechasse. Miami, US – Art Basel week
2018 - 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography in Barcelona
2018 – GALERIA EL MUSEO: Lenguajes de Papel, Bogotá,Colombia
2017 – ArtMed – Galeria Color y Forma, Medellin, Colombia
2017 - FACA – Buenos Aires, Ar – Galeria DC Arte, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 – ARTLIMA - X Espacio (Mexico)
2017 - X Espacio –DF, Mexico
2016 – SCOPE ART – MARK HACHEM GALLLERY – Paris, France
2016 – BARCÚ – X Espacio (Mexico)
2016 – ART CHICÓ – Museo del Chicó – Bogotá, Colombia
2016 – ARTMEDELLIN – Galeria Color y Forma – Medellin, Colombia
2016 – FILBO – Arte Dos Gráfico – Galeria Sextante – Bogotá, Colombia
2015 – ORANGE REPUBLIC – Miami, Art Basel Week
2015 – COLONIAL FEST. – Republica Dominicana. Santo Domingo
2015 – ART CHICO – Milena Arango, Museo del Chico, Bogotá, Colombia
2015 – ART MEDELLIN – Milena Arango, Medellin, Colombia
2015 – 12th BIENAL DE LA HABANA, CUBA “EL HOMBRE Y EL UNIVERSO” – Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro. http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/arte-y-teatro/bienal-de-la-habana/15805977
2015 – ARTE AL NATURAL – Museo de Arte y Cultura Colsubsidio, Bogotá, Colombia http://publico2.colsubsidio.com:8081/image/museo-de-arte/programacion.pdf
2015 – ART WYNWOOD 2015 – Galeria Casa Cuadrada Booth B-26 2015 – Hotel La Passion – Cartagena de Indias – Curaduria – Ricardo Arcos-Palma.
2014 – BARCU – Feria de Arte de Bogotá, Colombia – Galeria Casa Cuadrada, Bogotá
2014 – BIBLIOTECA JULIO MARIO SANTODOMINGO, “Muñecos de loza”. Bogota, Colombia.
2013 – SUBASTA CASA CHRISTIE´S – Barranquillarte- 2013.
2012 – TERCERA SUBASTA DE LALOCALIDAD DE USAQUEN. Bogotá. Colombia.
2012 – GALERIA MEZANINE – “Muñecos de Loza”, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012 – CRISTINA CHACON GALLERY, “Small Works” Miami, US.
2012 - MAS: ARTE CONTEMPORANEO –Formato Chiq II– Bogota, Colombia
2011 – MAS: ARTE CONTEMPORANEO –Formato Chiq– Bogota, Colombia
2011 – B&B Museo di Arte Contemporanea,- Sardegna, Italia 2011 – CRISTINA CHACON GALLERY – SYENERGY – Miami, USA
2010 – CRISTINA CHACON STUDIO GALLERY, Miami, USA 2009 - LA PAZ ESPACIO DE ARTE, Afortunada – mente – BsAs, Ar.
2009 – GALLERY NIGHTS BUENOS AIRES, Galeria el Gato Viejo, BsAs, Ar.
2001 - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES: Proyecto de Grado:
2001 - SALA DE ESPERA: Proyecto de Grado 2000 - PONTIFICIA U. JAVERIANA (Facultad de Artes):
2000 - SALA DE ESPERA: Encuentro de Artistas Javerianos.
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
1995 - 2001 - VISUAL ARTS - PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA
2007 - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Buenos Aires, Argentina -
MAESTRO: ARIEL MLYNARCEWICKS – La Mirada que Pinta.
ART RESIDENCIES
2016 - 2017 - WOOF
2014 – TASARA INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 2014– TASARA WEAVING CENTER. Calicut, India.
2011 – RESIDENCIA DE ARTE - B&B MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Collinas, Sardegna, Italia - Workshop – Evolución Creativa
GRANTS
2025 - THE Commons Project - City of West Palm Beach
2024 - MIA GRANT 2023 - 24
2020 - COVID Grant for California Artist
Perfomance - Bogotá, Colombia, 2018