Giorgio Celin

BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA 1986

Giorgio Celin’s artistic practice (Barranquilla, Colombia, 1986) delves into the depths of the human experience, exploring themes such as migration, belonging, personal relationships, and nostalgia. Each painting operates as a form of self-portraiture that bears witness to a process of self-discovery and introspection, while inviting viewers to connect with the universal emotions that unfold within it. At the core of his practice lies a celebration of diversity and an affirmation of marginalized voices, particularly within the latinx narrative.

Through the reclamation of symbolic space and the deconstruction of stereotypes, his work seeks to foster a sense of unity and to celebrate resistance and triumph in the face of adversity, revisiting the figure of the immigrant from a queer perspective. In his paintings, he charts a journey through the beauty and complexity of human emotions—love, longing, betrayal, joy—rendered through a painterly gesture that flows like the waves that ceaselessly move through us, where the rhythm of the sea resonates with the timeless cadence of our hearts. Giorgio Celin currently lives between Barranquilla, Colombia, and Barcelona, Spain. His work has recently been exhibited in galleries and institutions including MACRO Museum, Rome, Italy; Fondazione Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venice, Italy; and galleries such as Spinello Projects, Miami, US; König Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Steve Turner, Los Angeles, US; Kornfeld / 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany; Taymour Grahne, London, UK; 1969 Gallery, New York, US; Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Beers, London, UK; Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy; Swivel Gallery, New York, US; and Eve Liebe Gallery, London, UK. His work has been featured in publications including Monopol, XIBT, It’s Nice That, Metal Magazine, and Exibart, among others.