Juliana Plexxo is a Colombian artist whose work delves into the essential duality of existence, thespiritual dimension of human life, and the reconnection between humanity and nature. Her visuallanguage is rooted in metal engraving — a technique she has redefined during her residency atStudio 46 in Barcelona, the former workshop of masters such as Miró, Richard Hamilton and Dalí.Her creative process is radical: each plate is printed only once and then destroyed, transformingevery piece into a unique and unrepeatable artifact that symbolizes death, transformation, andrebirth.Born in a taurine environment, Plexxo often reflects on her earliest encounter with mortality.As she recalls,“The first time I came into contact with death was at the age of three, when Isaw the bulls for the first time.” Through her art, she seeks to convey the dance between life anddeath, much like in bullfighting, where beauty and tragedy coexist in a single gesture. The bull thusbecomes her muse and mirror, while the recurring eyes and profiles in her work evoke intimatememories of her childhood in Colombia.Though born in Colombia, Juliana spent ten years living in Ecuador — a country that deeply shapedher artistic and spiritual sensibility. There, she discovered her profound connection with nature andencountered the work of Oswaldo Guayasamín, who became a pivotal influence in her creativeevolution. The expressive power and social commitment of Guayasamín’s art left an indelible mark onPlexxo, inspiring her to explore the emotional and symbolic depth of engraving as a medium ofprotest, memory, and transcendence.Educated between Latin America and Europe, Plexxo was named “Young Talent of the Year 2022”by the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Miami, LosAngeles, Paris, Bogotá, and Quito, as well as in major international art fairs and monumental publicmurals.Inspired since childhood by the mythic power of the bull — her totemic muse — Plexxo’s arttranscends the act of seeing; it invites the viewer to feel, remember, and live the eternal dancebetween life and death.