ABOUT
Daniel Correa Mejía, born in 1986, is a visual artist from Medellin, Colombia. Daniel was raised between Colombia, Brasil, and Mexico. Currently he lives, and works in Berlin.
Correa Mejía practice combines painting, drawing, sculpture, and writing to mine imagery from his own subconscious and mythologize the landscape of his interior world. His highly symbolic figures personify various emotional states, becoming one with their scenery as contemporary society fades away and sacred, primordial knowledge is uncovered. Juxtaposing rich ultramarine with vibrant red on rough jute canvas, Mejía invokes the complimentary nature of masculine and feminine energies to summon the divine power of contrasting forces.
Portrait by Tobias Brust
Current and upcoming exhibitions:
2024 Si dos particulas se unieran por un tiempo..., mor charpentier, Bogotá
2024 Art Basel, mor charpentier, Miami
2024 Queer Histories, curated by Adriano Pedrosa and Julia Bryan-Wilson, MASP, São Paulo
2025 Art SG, PPOW, Singapur
Selected solo and two-person exhibitions
2024 Si dos particulas se unieran por un tiempo..., mor charpentier, Bogotá
2024 Cuando el derpedador está lejos: los pajaros cantan, Maureen Paley at Studio M, London
2023 Soy el dueño de mi casa, PPOW, New York
2023 Lucrecia, mor charpentier,Paris
2022 Cuerpos en gravedad, mor charpentier, Bogotá – with: Carlos Motta
2022 Solo presentation Art Basel, mor charpentier, Hong Kong
2021 Amor y Agua, Public Gallery, London
2020 Soy Hombre: Duro Poco y Es Enorme La Noche, Fortnight Institute, NY
2016 Tú & Yo, Pony Royal, Berlin – with: Daniela Elorza
2015 Die Klarheit, Colombian Embassy, Berlin – Solo
2015 A Place Never Found, Pony Royal, Berlin – with: Shua Brotherton
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Queer Histories, curated by Adriano Pedrosa and Julia Bryan-Wilson, MASP, São Paulo
2024 Ghost Image, curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen, Galerie Judin, Berlin
2024 Licked by the Waves, Museum More, Gorssel, Holland
2024 Agua(s), mor charpentier, Bogotá
2024 Les Enchanées n°2, frontviews, Berlin - Upcoming
2023 Contra/retrato, mor charpentier, Bogotá
2023 Outer view, inner world, Maureen Paley at Morena di Luna, Hove
2023 When the firebird flies, Kunstverein Meissen, curated by Nicola Petek
2022 I’m Not Your Mother, PPOW, New York
2022 Our land just like a dream, MACAAL Museum, Marrakech
2022 Life in an ivory tower, curated by Jack Siebert, New York
2021 Here Come The Suns, curated by Uwe Henneken, Berlin
2021 Terra Nostra, mor charpentier, Bogotá
2021 Days of Heartbreak, curated by Nicola Petek, Pony Royal, Berlin
2021 Feldmalerei, organized by Jana Jedermann, Rohlstorf
2021 American Boy, mor charpentier, Paris (Online)
2021 Night Watch, Winter Street Gallery, Edgartown
2021 Male Nudes: a salon from 1800 to 2021, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
2021 El Camino más Largo, MAMM Museum of Modern Art, Medellín
2020 Winter Solstice, Fortnight Institute, New York (Online)
2020 Mind So Fast, Body So Slow, invited by Lukas Trobert, Berlin Weekly, Berlin
2020 Uferhallen Manifest, Guest Artist at Peter Böhnisch Studio, Berlin
2020 Landscapes of the South, Mendes Wood DM, New York
2019 Zuhause, Pony Royal, Berlin
2019 Zwei Alter: Jung, Galerie Crone, Berlin
2019 Guest Artist at Peter Böhnisch Studio, Eigenbedarf Uferhallen, Berlin
2018 Abrazos, Pony Royal, Berlin
2018 Off Beat aus der Klasse Leiko Ikemura, Schaufenster, Berlin
2018 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
2016 Über Farbe und Form hinaus, Leuchtturm, Berlin
2015 Recommended by, Easy!upstream, Munich
2015 Delta15, Waterwork Falkenstein, Hamburg
2015 Klasse Leiko Ikemura, Rundgang, UdK, Berlin
Selected press and bibliography
2024 Artists on Our Radar, Josie Thaddeus-Johns, Artsy
2024 Ghost Image, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Judin
2024 Licked by the Waves, Diljk, Maite van. W Books, Zwolle
2024 Another Magazine, Art Basel Hong Kong
2023 Artishock, Soy el dueño de mi casa, P.P.O.W
2023 When the Firebird flies, exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Meissen
2022 The Steidz, ARCO Madrid: 3 jeunes peintres qui explorent la masculinité
2021 Juxtapoz, review by Sasha Bogojev for Amor y Agua, Public Gallery, London
2021 KubaParis, Amor y Agua, Public Gallery, London
2021 Days of Heartbreak, curated by Nicola Petek, Exhibition catalog, Nicola Petek
2021 Ocula, ARCO Madrid Highlights
2021 Male Nudes: a salon from 1800 to 2021, Exhibition catalog, Mendes Wood DM
2021 Art Maze Magazine, Interview by Rebecca Irwin
2021 Coeur et Art, Interview by Esther Harrison
2020 Soy Hombre: Duro Poco y Es Enorme La Noche, Artist book, Fortnight Institute
2020 Art Viewer, Solo Exhibition at Fortnight Institute
2020 Artnet, Editors`Picks, Cristina Cruz
2020 Artnet, Editors`Picks, Cristina Cruz, February
2019 Art Verge, Interview by Yannis Kostarias
2019 yngspc, Interview by Kathe Mothes
2019 Art Maze Magazine, Interview
2019 Art Maze Magazine, Summer Issue, Curated by Chris Sharp