Olga de Amaral

Olga de Amaral
Born
Olga Ceballos Vélez

1932
Bogotá, Colombia
NationalityColombian
EducationCranbrook Academy of Arts (1954-55)
Known fortapestry, textile art, color, gesso, gold
Styleabstract art
SpouseJim Amaral
Websitehttp://olgadeamaral.art

Olga de Amaral (born 1932[1]) is a Colombian textile and visual artist known for her large-scale abstract works made with fibers and covered in gold and/or silver leaf. Because of her ability to reconcile local concerns with international developments, de Amaral became one of the few artists from South America to become internationally known for her work in fiber during the 1960s and ‘70s.[2] She is also considered an important practitioner in the development of postwar Latin American Abstraction. She currently lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia.[3]

  1. ^ Great women artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 31. ISBN 978-0714878775.
  2. ^ Parrish, Sarah (2014). Porter, Jenelle (ed.). Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present. Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and Delmonico Books Prestel. p. 182. ISBN 978-3-7913-5382-1.
  3. ^ "About Olga de Amaral" Archived 2019-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved online 14 October 2018.