Artworks

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Aluvión III

Ink printing on fabric and natural surface, silver and gold foil, wadding, and threads

182 x 182 cm | 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Aluvión II

Ink printing on fabric and natural surface, silver and gold foil, wadding, and threads

182 x 182 cm | 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Aluvión I

Ink printing on fabric and natural surface, silver and gold foil, wadding, and threads

182 x 182 cm | 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Ensayo del Nuevo Dorado

Silkscreen printing in coca leaf powder and gold foil

93 x 93 x 5 cm | 36 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 2 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Carbón Carbón II

Frottage of ash and charcoal on canvas

124,5 x 178 cm | 48 7/8 x 70 1/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Carbón Carbón I

Frottage of ash and charcoal on canvas

124,5 x 178 cm | 48 7/8 x 70 1/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Dark Amazonas

Silver gelatin partial development; assembly in PVC, cloth, cotton threads, and zinc plates

148 x 336 cm | 58 1/4 x 44 1/8 in

2006

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Victoria Regia

Fiberglass, coca mambe and pigments

15 x Ø 135 cm | 5 7/8 x Ø 53 1/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Victoria Regia

Fiberglass, coca mambe and pigments

15 x Ø 100 cm | 5 7/8 x Ø 39 3/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Sed

Gold foil and mercury on bronze

3 x 18.5 x 6.6 cm | 1 1/8 x 7 1/4 x 2 5/8 in

2015

Aluvión III
Aluvión II
Aluvión I
Ensayo del Nuevo Dorado
Carbón Carbón II
Carbón Carbón I
Dark Amazonas
Victoria Regia
Victoria Regia
Sed

Artist

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Miguel Ángel Rojas

As one of the most influential and prolific artists in Colombian contemporary art, Miguel Ángel Rojas's (Bogotá, 1946) practice is permeated by a constant tension between the subjective and the contextual. Self-reference has allowed him to address, early on and persistently, questions tied to queer identity and sexuality, understood as sites of friction with social control. In parallel, his work denounces the consequences of Colombia's armed conflict, the impact of extractive economies — both legal and illegal — and the material and symbolic effects of the war on drugs. His body of work is extensive and grounded in a life context that lends it both originality and artistic and political relevance. Material exploration is a key and recognizable feature of his practice, often involving bodily secretions, coca leaves, or dollar bills, among other materials. 

Rojas holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with earlier studies in architecture at the Universidad Javeriana. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2024); Americas Society, New York (2023); the Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia, Bogotá (2023, 2019, 2018); the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (2023, 2021, 2020, 2018, 1996, 1990, 1988, 1975, 1981); the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2023); the Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (2019); the Fondation Beyeler, Basel (2014); and the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (2013). He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the León Dobrzinsky Prize, Bogotá (1981), and the Banco Bonzano Simonsen Prize, Rio de Janeiro (1992).