Artist Statement

Texts

Shows

Alien Species 2026
Dystopian Garden 2026

Publications

Novel 'En la Punta del Meñique'

Bio

Ariana R. Orozco (b. 1999) is a visual artist and writer from Ecuador. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from the USFQ in Quito. Her career came to a start after receiving the New Mariano Aguilera Art Prize in 2022 and thus exhibiting her project 'Dichos para una Niñez Ejemplar' at the CAC, Center of Cotemporary Art of Quito.

In 2023 she moved to Seoul, South Korea, to pursue an MFA in Oriental Painting. There she held two solo exhibitions, 'Alien Species' and 'Dystopian Garden', and was showcased in a number of group exhibitions. In the present, she lives and works from Munich, Germany.

CV

1999 born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

based in Munich, Germany.

Education

South Korea

  • 2024 – 2026 | MFA Oriental Painting. Sungshin Women’s University.

Ecuador

  • 2017 – 2021 | BA in Liberal Arts. University of San Francisco in Quito USFQ

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2026 | Dystopian Garden. S101. Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2026 | 외래종 Alien Species. MilimArt Gallery. Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2023 | Dichos para una niñez ejemplar Proverbs for the Exemplary Child. CAC Center of Contemporary Art. Quito, Ecuador.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2026 | 영켜보린 끈 푸는중 As the ropes untangle. Noedul Island Gallery, Seoul South Korea.

  • 2025 | 장바구니를 비우는 법 How to Empty a Shopping Basket. Seongbuk Museum of Art. Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2025 | 장바구니를 비우는 법 How to Empty a Shopping Basket. Seminar Exhibition Department of Oriental Painting, Sungshin Women’s University. Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2025 | 이랜드 문화재단 16기 공모 전시 16th Open Call Shortlist Show. E-Land Cultural Foundation. Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2025 | 씻나락 까먹는 소리 The Sounds of Nonsense, Dapsimni Art Lab. Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2024 | A의 시선으로부터 From the Perspective of A. Seminar Exhibition Department of Oriental Painting, Sungshin Women’s University. Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2022 | Salón de Proyectos Project’s Hall. CAC Center of Contemporary Art. Quito, Ecuador.

Prizes

  • 2023 | Darío Guevara Mayorga Literary Prize.

  • 2022 | Nuevo Premio Mariano Aguilera Art Prize.

Publications

  • 2025 | <장바구니를 비우는 법> How to Empty a Shopping Basket. Exhibition Catalog.

  • 2025 | Mariano Aguilera Art Prize. Catalog IV Edition. PMA IV.

  • 2024 | <A의 시선으로부터> From the Perspective of A. Exhibition Catalog.

  • 2023 | En la Punta del Meñique At the tip of the fingertip. Editorial El Fakir.