Ateliers
Artistic Residency Program in Bogotá
Velandia Studio
Hernando Velandia Guerrero
Sculpture, Installation, Video Art, Sound Art
This workshop focuses on exploring and developing three-dimensional processes, combining technical work with material and conceptual research. It specializes in using various techniques and knowledge applied to ceramics, resins, plastics, concrete, plaster, paper, and other materials.
The space also provides guidance in designing and creating models, enabling projects to be developed from conceptual stages to formal realization. The workshop's dynamics foster knowledge exchange, collaborative work, and constant experimentation, making it an ideal environment for resident artists interested in expanding their practice into sculptural or installation-based work.
This space is open to sharing working methodologies, technical experiences, and creative processes, promoting active dialogue between diverse artistic practices.
Facilities
84 square meters / 1 floor / In good condition, with 8 electrical outlets, functional ceiling lights, well-maintained flooring, and the building has operational freight elevators.
Workshop furniture:
1 ceramic table (1.20m x 0.90m height)
1 ceramic table (2.20m x 1.40m)
1 computer workstation (1.20m x 0.70m)
2 chairs
3 workbenches
Woodworking tools:
Electric jointer
Hand saw
Dremel 1400 rotary tool
Handheld electric polisher
Dewalt drill
Screwdriver
Sander
Ceramics equipment:
Gas kiln
Clay roller
Small mechanical pottery wheel
Gas torch
Digital scale
1 wooden roller
1 metal roller
2 manual metal wheels
1 small aluminum wheel
1 bench-style wooden wheel
Wooden/metal spatulas (assorted)
Air compressor
Miscellaneous tools:
Glass polisher
Pipe vise
Adjustable wrench
4 pipe wrenches (various sizes)
5 small pliers
Flat/Phillips screwdrivers (various sizes)
Rulers
Squares
2 levels
2 rubber mallets
3 hammers (various sizes)
8 clamps (various sizes)
Break area:
2-burner electric stove
Microwave
Sofa
4 mugs
Safety equipment:
1 face shield
2 safety goggles
1 rubber apron
1 pair of leather gloves
Schedule
Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
These hours are flexible and can be coordinated with residents according to their artistic needs.
Artists in the space
Hernando Velandia Guerrero is a Bogotá-based visual artist who completed his undergraduate degree in Plastic and Visual Arts with a specialization in ceramics at the National University of Colombia, where he is currently pursuing his Master's in Plastic Arts. His work has earned national recognition including: the In Situ Exhibitions Grant: Escape Tunnel (2024); Second Prize at the 7th FUGA Biennial of Plastic and Visual Arts; nomination for the 12th Luis Caballero Award (2023); the Ministry of Culture's Grant for Established Artists (2021); 17th Central Zone Regional Artists Salon (2020); National University of Colombia's Master's Research Grant (2019); 5th Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation Biennial Grant (2018); Honorable Mention in the Ministry of Culture's Mid-Career Artist Grant (2017); and Honorable Mention in the Alliance Française Temporary Exhibitions Cycle (2011).
Velandia's work emerges from historical and field research on cultural issues, landscape reflections, and industrial development processes - relationships he translates through experimental sculptural approaches that explore material behavior in constructed images, seeking to open migratory and narrative possibilities of matter. In recent years, he has focused this investigation more rigorously on culturally significant images found in collective memory and their connections to cinematic mechanisms. The artist has recently revisited ceramic processes and research, adapting them to his artistic vision.
His current projects engage with ancient prefigurations and recurring art images, which he articulates through research revealing temporal and plastic potentials that inform his video works - where memory, archive and investigation emerge anachronistically.