- Jimena Becerra
Colombian born, Jimena Becerra stepped into her creative practice head-on after her arrival to the United States. Becerra's work poetically springs with movement delivering layers of emotion through symbolic images of her surrealistic depictions of the human form. Her works invite contemplative thoughts about life and transformation. She uses a myriad of mediums and techniques to explore each message, including charcoal, pastel, and acrylics on a sculpture made of forton and urethane.
Her realistic and detailed sculptures are captivating and alluring as she highlights the sensuality in the human figure connected to that of natural elements, '' Be like bows and arrows'' shows the many features that make up her signature message of transformation in its many stages rooting in the seeds of our planet, influencing the human life. Her storytelling narrative drives the sculpture through the direction of an arrow made up of multiple human figures, supporting each other to face the desired direction. The subjects are pulled towards the spiraling pattern in the background created with acrylics, adding a separate sense of depth. She matches these elements smoothly, creating a symbol of unison.
After her role in the promotion of political campaigns, Becerra's Colombian background is connected to a time in her life when the United States granted her political asylum due to security issues. Her time disconnected from the place and faces she called home brought her closer to her art, and it manifested into a career that would allow for her to heal through creativity.