Biography

Gloria Bohorquez’ art is drawn from her childhood fascination with nature and how those memories become the blood vessels of her Colombian-Australian identity.

Gloria is now studying a Master of Fine Arts by research at The University of Sydney, where she completed her BVA in print-media in 2010 and a BVA Honours at The National Art School Sydney the following year.

This work forms part of her current research into traditions that connect us to nature and the fragility of our habitat.

Poster Presentation

WE
WE… Is an exploration into the sense of wonder and fragility of the natural world.

A complex world where all living creatures are intertwined into a thread of diversity
and sublime energy.

As our point of origin and final destination, nature possesses a power and grace
easily overlooked.

This investigation seeks to find sustainable ways to create handmade papers based on the Aztec’s papel amate technique consisting of pounding natural fibres together and to explore the properties of kombucha fungus to develop non-toxic printing methods.