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ABOUT
MISSION STATEMENT​
This website is dedicated to preserving and promoting the artistic legacy of Jaime Arango Correa (1953–2025), one of Colombia’s most significant artists within the Informalist movement. It aims to serve as a living archive of his life, work, and impact—cataloguing his artistic output, documenting exhibitions, and gathering writings, interviews, and critical essays that reflect his profound contribution to contemporary Latin American art.
Through future projects, research initiatives, and public programming, this space seeks to foster a deeper understanding of Arango Correa’s work and its context, ensuring his relevance for generations to come and reinforcing his central role in the history of Colombian art.
ABOUT THE ARCHIVE​
​Following the passing of Jaime Arango Correa on April 15, 2025, this digital archive has been established to begin the careful process of organizing and preserving materials related to his practice. This includes a comprehensive catalogue of works, photographs, writings, press coverage, and critical reflections, all curated to offer a deeper view into the artist’s evolution and influence. Although not formally structured as a foundation, the archive is driven by a commitment to make Arango Correa’s work accessible to scholars, artists, and the general public, both in Colombia and internationally.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Born in Armenia in 1953, Maestro Arango Correa moved at an early age to Medellín, where he began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts. In the 1970s, he traveled to Barcelona, where he joined the city's Experimental Group—an essential stage in his creative evolution. That same year, he was honored with the distinction of being selected by the Joan Miró Foundation – Centre d’Estudis d’Art Contemporani to participate in the XVIII International Drawing Prize, and he was also invited to the 5th City of Zamora Painting Biennial—two major milestones that marked his early international achievements.
There, he met Maestro Antoni Tàpies, whose influence would profoundly shape his visual language. He later continued his studies at the Institute of Fine Arts in Madrid (Taller Libre).
After several years of production and exhibitions in Spain, he returned to Colombia in the 1980s. He first settled in Cartagena de Indias, where he exhibited alongside Maestro Alejandro Obregón, and later moved to Bogotá, where he worked closely with Maestros Edgar Negret and David Manzur. It was between the Colombian art scene of the 1970s and Spain of the 1980s that he absorbed the main influences that shaped his material and expressive aesthetic language.
His work found its voice among informalism—for which Arango has been one of Colombia’s most prominent representatives—abstract expressionism, and arte povera. His use of discarded materials, characteristic of these movements, brought three-dimensionality to his canvases, blurring the boundaries between painting and sculpture.
Although during the last decade of his life he focused almost exclusively on mixed media techniques on two-dimensional surfaces, his body of work also included sculpture, drawing, painting, and graphic art. In his later years, he represented Colombia in important Italian cultural venues such as the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento, thus helping to strengthen cultural ties between the two countries.
In addition to his artistic legacy, Maestro Arango Correa leaves behind a valuable academic contribution through the Taller Experimental de Artes Plásticas, founded in 1994, where he trained numerous artists who now represent Colombia around the world.
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