The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies -ANCLAS- and the Embassy of Colombia in Australia presented a webinar exploring the role of Colombian women in the field of visual arts and their experiences in making woman-focused art in urban areas. The guest speakers, Bogota-based Lili Cuca and Melbourne-based Katherine Gailer are both recognized for their works that combine social and cultural elements from a feminine perspective. During their presentation, they expose some of their most representative projects.

The webinar was moderated by Dr. Caroline Schuster, Co-Director of ANCLAS.

Guest speakers:

Lili Cuca – Bogota-based Colombian Visual Artist

Since 2007, Lili has been developing her work between illustration, drawing, and urban interventions through which she conditions images to places, turning them into circumstances, moments in space that exalt the feminine, its value, emotions, and our collective human feeling. Her artistic work is recognized for the social and human connection that she manages to establish in many of her projects, for which she has stood out both in Colombia and overseas. As an urban artist, she has made herself known in other countries, where she has partaken in various urban art festivals and artistic projects, such as Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Finland, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and the United States, among others. In several of those countries, she also took part in community and participative design projects, as an extension of other art projects that she had developed in Colombia, making her one of Colombia’s top references in urban art, and one of the most influential women in Latin America’s visual arts scene.

Katherine Gailer – Melbourne-based Colombian Visual Artist

Katherine Gailer (also known as Katira) is a multi-award-winning artist. Originally from Colombia and currently working in Australia, Gailer creates visual narratives exploring cultural identity, our natural environment, women empowerment, and spaces of contemporary design. She graduated with honours from a Bachelor of Fine Arts and completed an Arts Management master’s degree– both at RMIT University. Her practice incorporates large-scale mural painting, oil painting, illustration, design, and music. As a creative professional Katherine is constantly pushing the boundaries of art as a vehicle for social cohesion, and her projects often result in participatory murals that engage the community.