Biography - Roberto Lombana Sanclemente, Bogotá, 1977
Roberto Lombana Sanclementeborn in Bogotá in 1977, he is a moving body, an explorer of the perception that from his youth seeks to inhabit and understand the world through the image. Its formative process has been marked by a convergence of disciplines: photography, painting and graphic arts.
In 2007, a daily event in New York —leave with an 8 mm fish eye lens— it became its turning point, an invitation to transform urban perception, to resize the daily and to make it a mirror of resonance and orderly chaos. Since then, his gaze has followed the same line, and in 2019, he raised his field of vision with a drone, opening up new dimensions and moving landscapes, where the earth and air are united in his work.
Its series form a map of concerns and reflections: "Mandalas," conceived from terraces that reveal civilizations of perfect symmetries, or "Place No Place," where meters in transit, empty and silent, seem suspended in time, reflecting the city through an aesthetics that oscillates between shape and coloring. In 2015, the Amazon brought it to the heart of a vital nature, arousing a deep link with a world in balance, alive and in constant transformation.
Its transit does not stop at the borders of Colombia. His travels throughout Colombia have generated the series "Colombia... Naturally" and "Colombia Dorada," visual testimonies that expose a land that is offered and revealed in each image, paying tribute to our greatest heritage: nature. The most recent series, focused on rivers, is a reminder of the invisible forces that unite territories, cultures and memories, seeking to decipher those more than a thousand highways of biodiversity and culture that secretly run through Colombia.
Lombana does not complete its series, fragmentates them, breaks them into themes, perspectives and forms. It has a law that governs its work: capture the circle, perspective, geometry, and movement. An obsession that not only defines its technique but reveals the concern of an artist who seeks to understand the invisible structure of the world.
He is a traveller of the twenty-first century, a nomad of the image in a constant flow of time and space, always in transit, always with his camera and sensitivity ready to catch at the right moment what the world reveals in his deepest secret. Lombana continues to walk, explore, observe because he understands that in every look, in every gesture, he beats a fundamental truth that only those who move with the soul can grasp in perpetual discovery.
Biography - Roberto Lombana Sanclemente, Bogotá, 1977
Roberto Lombana Sanclementeborn in Bogotá in 1977, he is a moving body, an explorer of the perception that from his youth seeks to inhabit and understand the world through the image. His formative process has been marked by a convergence of disciplines: photography, painting and graphic arts, in which the works of teachers such as Antonio Canaletto, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Leonardo DaVinci, Julio Le Parc, M.C. Escher, Victor Vasarly, Joan Foncuberta, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eugene Adget, Man Ray, David Hockney, Juan Cárdenas, Richard Estes, Fernando Botero, and publications such as Thracher and Transworld, together with the school of photographer Javier Sandoval, were relented to build their visual and conceptual universe.
In 2007, a daily event in New York —leave with an 8 mm fish eye lens— it became its turning point, an invitation to transform urban perception, to resize the daily and to make it a mirror of resonance and orderly chaos. Since then, his gaze has followed the same line, and in 2019, he raised his field of vision with a drone, opening up new dimensions and moving landscapes, where the earth and air are united in his work.
Its series form a map of concerns and reflections: "Mandalas," conceived from terraces that reveal civilizations of perfect symmetries, or "Place No Place," where meters in transit, empty and silent, seem suspended in time, reflecting the city through an aesthetics that oscillates between shape and coloring. In 2015, the Amazon brought it to the heart of a vital nature, arousing a deep link with a world in balance, alive and in constant transformation.
Its transit does not stop at the borders of Colombia. His travels throughout Colombia have generated the series "Colombia... Naturally" and "Colombia Dorada," visual testimonies that expose a land that is offered and revealed in each image, paying tribute to our greatest heritage: nature. The most recent series, focused on rivers, is a reminder of the invisible forces that unite territories, cultures and memories, seeking to decipher those more than a thousand highways of biodiversity and culture that secretly run through Colombia.
Lombana does not complete its series, fragmentates them, breaks them into themes, perspectives and forms. It has a law that governs its work: capture the circle, perspective, geometry, and movement. An obsession that not only defines its technique but reveals the concern of an artist who seeks to understand the invisible structure of the world.
He is a traveller of the twenty-first century, a nomad of the image in a constant flow of time and space, always in transit, always with his camera and sensitivity ready to catch at the right moment what the world reveals in his deepest secret. Lombana continues to walk, explore, observe because he understands that in every look, in every gesture, he beats a fundamental truth that only those who move with the soul can grasp in perpetual discovery.
Biography - Roberto Lombana Sanclemente, Bogoptá, 1977
My name is Roberto Lombana SanClemente, born in Bogotá, Colombia, on March 8, 1977. Since I was young I have been involved in the world of art, photography, drawing, painting, classical engraving and visiting museums with my maternal grandparents. In May 2007 I left the BH Photovideo store in New York and looked through an 8 mm fish eye sigma lens and my life changed forever!
I dedicate myself to creating aesthetic experiences from photography from the Amazon to Tokyo because "The world is my study". My purpose is to create works that act as windows to "places of inspiration," spaces where energy is reconfigured and the stories I have with my images seek to resonate in those who inhabit those places. My intention is to transform the atmosphere through my work, to invite happiness and thus to contribute to making the human beings that occupy them better within.
Since 2021 I have worked with the Saving The Amazon Foundation and every time I sell a work to a percentage for a member of an indigenous community to siembre a tree and thus create a forest in the Amazon with the names of my buyers.
One of my greatest artistic achievements is to be the winner of an honor mention in version 77 of Japan's International Photography Hall in 2017. He also participated in national and international exhibitions.
Today, I have an exhibition at the International Airport "El Dorado" in Bogotá, entitled Colombia... naturally. Through large-format photographs printed on pear canvas, forests and rivers, I invite national and foreign tourists to recognize and value our greatest treasure: nature.
I have collaborated with recognized companies in Colombia, such as Crepes & Waffles, the Trade Exchange and El Dorado International Airport, creating projects that improve the experience of their spaces. Many people also take my works to their homes in different countries and, thanks to a close relationship, develop tailor-made parts according to the space, size and theme they require, thus achieving unique and special environments.
Individual exposures
INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS
2025
"Colombia Dorada" International Airport "El Dorado" Bogotá, Colombia.
2023- Current
"Colombia... naturally" International Airport "El Dorado" Bogotá, Colombia.
2022
«Gallery, mountain and river» Geography and convergence. Germán Ferro M, Magdalena River Museum. University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
2021
"In the Plaza we see, Magdalena the Plaza Mayor" Temporary Exhibition Room, Magdalena River Museum, Honda, Tolima, Colombia.
"In the Plaza we see, Magdalena the Plaza Mayor" Plaza de mercado, Honda, Tolima, Colombia.
2020
"Yin & Yang" Galleria CA D '0ro, New York, United States.
“New York» Another 360 degree Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2019
"Yin & Yang" Art Scape Lab, Miami, United States.
2016
"Light and movement" Art Nouveau Gallery, Miami, United States.
2015
"Mandalas" Baobab Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2013
"Four Dimensions" Art Nouveau Gallery, Miami, United States.
"Dreams revealed" Montealegre Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012
"Arquitectura imposible" Gallery Casa Cuadrada, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011
"Arquitectura imposible" Gallery a room of art, Bogotá, Colombia.
2010
"Places of inspiration" Public Library Virgilio Barco, Bogotá, Colombia.
"Places of inspiration" Public library El Tunal, Bogotá, Colombia.
"Places of inspiration" Public Library El Tintal, Bogotá, Colombia.
2008
"Places of inspiration" Art Room Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2007
"Centenary" Art Room gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Individual exposures
INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS
2025
"Colombia Dorada" International Airport "El Dorado" Bogotá, Colombia.
2023- Current
"Colombia... naturally" International Airport "El Dorado" Bogotá, Colombia.
2022
«Gallery, mountain and river» Geography and convergence. Germán Ferro M, Magdalena River Museum. University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
2021
"In the Plaza we see, Magdalena the Plaza Mayor" Temporary Exhibition Room, Magdalena River Museum, Honda, Tolima, Colombia.
"In the Plaza we see, Magdalena the Plaza Mayor" Plaza de mercado, Honda, Tolima, Colombia.
2020
"Yin & Yang" Galleria CA D '0ro, New York, United States.
“New York» Another 360 degree Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2019
"Yin & Yang" Art Scape Lab, Miami, United States.
2016
"Light and movement" Art Nouveau Gallery, Miami, United States.
2015
"Mandalas" Baobab Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2013
"Four Dimensions" Art Nouveau Gallery, Miami, United States.
"Dreams revealed" Montealegre Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012
"Arquitectura imposible" Gallery Casa Cuadrada, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011
"Arquitectura imposible" Gallery a room of art, Bogotá, Colombia.
2010
"Places of inspiration" Public Library Virgilio Barco, Bogotá, Colombia.
"Places of inspiration" Public library El Tunal, Bogotá, Colombia.
"Places of inspiration" Public Library El Tintal, Bogotá, Colombia.
2008
"Places of inspiration" Art Room Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2007
"Centenary" Art Room gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Collective Exhibitions
COLLECTIVE EXPOSITIONS
2025
"Río Magdalena," Noche de Museos de Bogotá, Museo Cementerio Alemán, Bogotá Colombia.
24th International Image Festival, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
The BIENAL SUMA I + C Research + Creation
of the University System of Manizales - SUMA
2018
“The 74th Art Festival Genen "The National Art Center of Tokyo, Japan.
“The 74th Art Festival Genten " The Municipal Museum of Fine Art of OsakaJapan.
"The 23rd Art Mirai International Exhibition " The National Art Center of Tokyo in Japan.
2017
"ARCOT: Colombian Artists in Tokyo," Instituto Cervantes, Tokyo, Japan.
"The Lab Group" Art Scape Lab, Miami, United States.
"Utopic symmetries," a Pop Up Show, 10 Sullivan St. Soho, New York, United States.
2016
"Colombia 360" Another 360 degrees gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
"Art Fashion Colombia" Parque Guapulo, Quito, Ecuador.
2015
"Expression Libre II" Art Nouveau Galleria, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
2013
"Good work," Other 360 degrees gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Lalocalidad gallery, "A collection gift" Bogotá, Colombia.
2009
Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, Chapinero, "Foto zona" Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia "Love is in the air" Bogotá, Colombia.
"Triennale di Architecture di Firenze" "Segni d'ordine nello spazio" Florence, Italy.
Collective Exhibitions
COLLECTIVE EXPOSITIONS
2025
"Río Magdalena," Noche de Museos de Bogotá, Museo Cementerio Alemán, Bogotá Colombia.
24th International Image Festival, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
The BIENAL SUMA I + C Research + Creation
of the University System of Manizales - SUMA
2018
“The 74th Art Festival Genen "The National Art Center of Tokyo, Japan.
“The 74th Art Festival Genten " The Municipal Museum of Fine Art of OsakaJapan.
"The 23rd Art Mirai International Exhibition " The National Art Center of Tokyo in Japan.
2017
"ARCOT: Colombian Artists in Tokyo," Instituto Cervantes, Tokyo, Japan.
"The Lab Group" Art Scape Lab, Miami, United States.
"Utopic symmetries," a Pop Up Show, 10 Sullivan St. Soho, New York, United States.
2016
"Colombia 360" Another 360 degrees gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
"Art Fashion Colombia" Parque Guapulo, Quito, Ecuador.
2015
"Expression Libre II" Art Nouveau Galleria, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
2013
"Good work," Other 360 degrees gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Lalocalidad gallery, "A collection gift" Bogotá, Colombia.
2009
Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, Chapinero, "Foto zona" Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia "Love is in the air" Bogotá, Colombia.
"Triennale di Architecture di Firenze" "Segni d'ordine nello spazio" Florence, Italy.
Education
STUDIES
2006
Master in Business Administration, University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2003
Classic engraving course, Scoula Internazionalle di Grafica d'Arte "Il Bisonte, "Florence, Italy.
2002
Course in professional photography. Master Javier Sandoval, Bogotá, Colombia.
2000
Bachelor of Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States.
Education
STUDIES
2006
Master in Business Administration, University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2003
Classic engraving course, Scoula Internazionalle di Grafica d'Arte "Il Bisonte, "Florence, Italy.
2002
Course in professional photography. Master Javier Sandoval, Bogotá, Colombia.
2000
Bachelor of Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States.
Art Fairs
ARTE FRAMEWORK
2025
A Fair Tequenadama, Art Room Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2023
Art Palm Beach + Contemporary, Blink Group Galeria, Palm Beach, United States.
2022
Art Miami CONTEXT, Blink Group Galeria, Miami, United States.
Start Art Fair @ Saatchi Gallery, CoArtists, London, United Kingdom.
2019
Start Art Fair @ Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
2018
SCOPE, Gallery Other 360 degrees, New York, 2018
2017
Startup Art Fair San Francisco, United States.
Feria del Millón, Bogotá, Colombia.
Barcú, Galeria Other 360 degrees, Bogotá, Colombia
2015
START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery - More Contemporary Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Art Toronto, Baobab Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
FIAAM, Art Nouveau Gallería, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Barcu, Baobab Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Houston Fine Art, Art Nouveau Gallery, Houston, USA.
2014
START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery - More Contemporary Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
FIA XXIII, Ibero-American Art Fair, Art Nouveau Galleria, Caracas, Venezuela.
Houston Fine Art, Art Nouveau Gallery, Houston, USA.
Art Lima, Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Lima, Peru.
2013
Art Miami, Art Nouveau Gallery, Miami, USA.
FIA XXII, Ibero-American Art Fair, Montealegre Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela.
Odeon, Montealegre Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2012
FIA XXI, Ibero-American Art Fair, Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
Synchronia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Just Mad, Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2011
Odeon, A quarter of art gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Fairs
ARTE FRAMEWORK
2025
A Fair Tequenadama, Art Room Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2023
Art Palm Beach + Contemporary, Blink Group Galeria, Palm Beach, United States.
2022
Art Miami CONTEXT, Blink Group Galeria, Miami, United States.
Start Art Fair @ Saatchi Gallery, CoArtists, London, United Kingdom.
2019
Start Art Fair @ Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
2018
SCOPE, Gallery Other 360 degrees, New York, 2018
2017
Startup Art Fair San Francisco, United States.
Feria del Millón, Bogotá, Colombia.
Barcú, Galeria Other 360 degrees, Bogotá, Colombia
2015
START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery - More Contemporary Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Art Toronto, Baobab Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
FIAAM, Art Nouveau Gallería, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Barcu, Baobab Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Houston Fine Art, Art Nouveau Gallery, Houston, USA.
2014
START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery - More Contemporary Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
FIA XXIII, Ibero-American Art Fair, Art Nouveau Galleria, Caracas, Venezuela.
Houston Fine Art, Art Nouveau Gallery, Houston, USA.
Art Lima, Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Lima, Peru.
2013
Art Miami, Art Nouveau Gallery, Miami, USA.
FIA XXII, Ibero-American Art Fair, Montealegre Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela.
Odeon, Montealegre Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2012
FIA XXI, Ibero-American Art Fair, Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
Synchronia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Just Mad, Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2011
Odeon, A quarter of art gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
Customers and collectors
CLIENTS AND COLLECCIONISTS
Crepes & Waffles
Opain S.A., El Dorado Airport of Bogotá
Colombia Trade Exchange
Living National Treasure Museum, Yugawara, Japan.
PACIFIC SEA FOOD S.A.S.
Cosmos Hotels
City Bank
Leo Burnett
Terpel S.A.
Customers and collectors
CLIENTS AND COLLECCIONISTS
Crepes & Waffles
Opain S.A., El Dorado Airport of Bogotá
Colombia Trade Exchange
Living National Treasure Museum, Yugawara, Japan.
PACIFIC SEA FOOD S.A.S.
Cosmos Hotels
City Bank
Leo Burnett
Terpel S.A.
Hotel Marriot Medellin