Sean Kelly is delighted to present VERDES, Ana González’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Through her artistic practice González captures the duality of the natural world – its fragile state due to humanity’s extraction of natural resources and the political and spiritual power inherent to it. Drawing upon the landscapes of her native Colombia, and her collaborations with the indigenous communities that protect them, González’s work serves as both a warning of the gradual disappearance of a vital, historic ecosystem and a celebration of its sensual power. 

“When I think of the green of the tropics, I think about the damp soil, the hot land, the waterfalls, the mountains, the jungles… all that remains on this planet which allows us to breathe.” - Ana González

An architecture graduate from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, Ana González specialized in Art and Gender at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland and completed a Master’s Degree in Arts and Media (Photography-Printing-Publishing) at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris in Paris, France. Her work is included in several private and public collections, including The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, the Havremagasinet Länskonsthall Museum in Sweden, the National Museum of Colombia and the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO). In addition, González has developed several social projects with the Colombian indigenous communities of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and humanitarian projects with the Nukak community in Guaviare and the Misak women in Cauca. She is currently working on the construction of a traditional house with the Tikuna women of the Colombian Amazon.

On the occasion of her exhibition at Sean Kelly, Los Angeles, González has collaborated with the Misak community of Cauca, Colombia to produce an edition of woven bags made using traditional weaving techniques of the Misak. The bags, with an engraving by the artist, will be available for purchase at Sean Kelly, Los Angeles. All proceeds will go directly to the Misak women artisans of Cauca.

For additional information on Ana González, please visit anagonzalezrojas.com

For media inquiries, please email Adair Lentini at Adair@skny.com 

For all other inquiries, please email Thomas Kelly at Thomas@seankellyla.com