About
Diana Benedetti is a Colombian painter working in magical realism. Born in Cartagena de Indias, she studied in Miami, and her work has traveled the world.
She trained in Fine Arts in Cartagena and continued at the University of Miami. She started with still lifes and bodegones, but over time her work became more authentic, more personal, more hers.
She paints three series: The Children, a statement about life and family; Colors of the Garden, small-format works full of color and joy; and Story of a Woman, intervened collages about women as force, not victim.
Her work has sold in Germany, Brazil, the United States, Central America, and Colombia. Each painting is an original oil on canvas, shipped worldwide and ready to live with.
Path
Her Path
Education, exhibitions and collectors. Six stops in Diana's journey, from Cartagena de Indias to collections in Europe and the Americas.
Bellas Artes University · 1985–1992
Fine arts training in Cartagena, Colombia. The technical foundation where Diana built her visual and symbolic language.
Artist Statement
My artwork is a handbook of suggestions to celebrate humanity and invite you to immerse in an ideal world full of happiness, positivism, spirituality, and love. They are pieces full of vibrant colors, textures and elements of everyday life, which are meant to stir emotions and thoughts.
My work is a bit of naive and yet profound, with a touch of irony and humor. I don't pretend to dictate the ultimate truth, but to insinuate ideas that may help improve the well being of the viewer. My goal is to motivate and propose a purpose-driven life, to help make this world better.
I like to dream, and dream big. Who can live without dreaming? Who can exist without purpose? As an artist, I want to tell a story and inspire. These are not mere decoration pieces, but works from the heart meant to make you reflect on your reality.
I invite you to take a look and be surprised. My pieces are full of exciting colors with textures and subtle messages that enrich their content. I look at the nostalgia of the past recognizing its importance, not thinking that it was always better, but using it as an example to improve our future.
As an artist, I feel the obligation and mission of using my talent to improve the life of those who see my work, by transmitting a message of life, love and positivism. Art should be a tool used to improve the world and not contribute with it to its downfall.