Doris Salcedo

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Doris Salcedo is a Colombian sculptor and installation artist renowned for powerful, politically charged works that address themes of memory, loss, and the trauma of violence.

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Doris Salcedo canonical 3

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instanceOf installation artist
person
sculptor
artisticMedium clothing
concrete
furniture
organic materials
awardReceived Nasher Prize
Velázquez Prize for Plastic Arts
surface form: Velázquez Visual Arts Prize
commissionedBy Tate Modern
countryOfBirth Colombia
countryOfCitizenship Colombia
creatorOf A Flor de Piel
Atrabiliarios
Noviembre 6 y 7
Shibboleth
Unland
educatedAt New York University
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
employer National University of Colombia (Bogotá campus)
surface form: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
familyName Salcedo
fieldOfWork installation art
sculpture
gender female
givenName Doris
hasExhibitedAt Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
surface form: Guggenheim Museum

Museo Nacional de Colombia
Museum of Modern Art
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York

Tate Modern
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
movement contemporary art
name Doris Salcedo self-link
nationality Colombian
notableFor politically charged artworks
works addressing memory, loss, and trauma
notableWork A Flor de Piel
Atrabiliarios
Noviembre 6 y 7
Shibboleth
Unland
occupation artist
professor
placeOfBirth Bogotá
theme absence
loss
memory
mourning
political violence in Colombia
trauma of violence
workLocation Bogotá

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Turbine Hall hasNotableArtist Doris Salcedo
Doris Salcedo name Doris Salcedo self-link