About

Gonzalo Fuenmayor (b. 1977, Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Miami-based visual artist known for his monumental charcoal drawings that explore the legacies of empire, ornament, and cultural hybridity. His lush, baroque compositions merge tropical iconography with Western symbols of power—chandeliers, columns, velvet drapery—creating surreal juxtapositions that question notions of identity, exoticism, and historical memory. Fuenmayor’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, including solo shows at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Galería El Museo in Bogotá. His drawings are held in major collections such as the Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He is the recipient of the 2024 South Arts Southern Prize, a 2022 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and the 2020 EFG Latin American Art Award. His first monograph, Tropical Burn (DelMonico Books, 2023), spans over a decade of his practice