Ricardo Arango

Originally from Medellin, Colombia, Ricardo Arango has been working at sculpture for the past fifteen years. Arango works with ceramics, glass, marble and steel, often melding a combination of these different elements into a single piece. Additionally, he often uses discarded materials following his belief that beauty can be created from that which is underappreciated. His work highlights the beauty of each element as he places the diverse materials in unique arrangements. Arango finds clay, for instance, soft and easily manipulated in a way unlike steel. In his work process, clay does not require tools as his hands are the main tool which allows for the spontaneous flow of composition and forms to spring from his thoughts.
Most recently, Arango’s “The Ancient Mirror Sculptures”, a collaboration project with Thomas Lollar, was displayed at Palazzo Bembo/Venice Biennale 2022. In April 2023, a larger scale exhibition followed, “Remnants of Rome”, held at the prestigious National Arts Club, Gramercy Park in Manhattan, New York City. In both exhibitions, Arango shows not only his technical mastery of creating welded metal sculpture, but also his attuned imagination in interpreting Lollar’s playful drawings of ancient figures and themes.