Biography

Catalina was born in Medellin, Colombia, where she studied fashion design at the "Escuela De Diseño Proyectual". Her love for art was deepened during her stay in Florence, Italy, where she pursued studies in design. However, her true passion has always been painting, vocation she showed since she was a child.
 Her culture, life experiences and concerns as a person, as a mother and as a woman serve as inspiration for her pictorial works. Currently she is working simultaneously in several art series.
Diversity and multiculturalism deeply touch her artistic sensitivity becoming the inspiration for her series titled “ROOTS”. Her children and her role as a mother are the foundation for the development of her series  ”DREAMERS," and women's essence have inspired the series "MUSAS."
Catalina has lived in the United States since 2000; she currently resides in Atlanta, GA with her husband and her two children who have been her permanent source of inspiration.
She has collaborated with her work to some non-profit organizations such as: “Caminar Latino”, “Pianos For Peace”, “JDRF Georgia Chapter”, “Wheels Of Happiness” and “Feel Beautiful Today”. She has also collaborated with the “Latin American Association” as a juror for their annual youth Art Contest 2020.
Since 2016 she is an active member and volunteer of the Art Committee at the Colombian Consulate in Atlanta that aims to spreading and exalting Colombian culture in the State of Georgia, US.

Catalina was recently recognized by the Colombian Foreign Ministry among the 100
Outstanding Colombian #migrants of 2020.