Liliana Angulo Cortés
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Liliana Angulo Cortés | |
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 Cortés in 2024 | |
| Born | Astrid Liliana Angulo Cortés[1] 1974 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Died | 21 February 2026 (aged 51) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupations | Visual artist, activist, academic |
Astrid Liliana Angulo Cortés (1974 – 21 February 2026) was a Colombian visual artist with a degree in sculpture from the National University of Colombia, an MFA from the University of Illinois (Chicago) and a Master’s in Anthropology from the University of Los Andes (Colombia).[2] Through her artistic practice, she uses the lens of gender, race, and identity to explore representations of the black woman in contemporary culture.[3]
Angulo Cortés was inclined toward art education ever since she began her secondary studies. As a Professor of Studio Arts and a practising artist, Cortés researched and reflected for over 20 years on the Afro-descendant experience, as well as the lack of debate surrounding the images and stereotypes that have been built around Afro-descendant identity.[4]
She concurrently developed her work as a visual artist, her work as a teacher and also as an advocate for memory and art from the Afro-Colombian community.[5] From 2004 to 2007, she worked as a teacher at the National University of Colombia, and at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá. She worked as a visual and plastic arts consultant for various cultural foundations. In 2014, she held the position of Secretary of Culture, Recreation and Sports for the city of Bogotá.[6] In 2015, she founded the Afro-Colombian artist collective Agua Turbia.[7] Currently, Liliana Angulo Cortés is the Deputy Director of the Arts of the District Institute of the Arts for Bogotá.[8] She has organized several curatorial endeavors and given numerous lectures at artistic institutions both nationally and internationally.[9][10][11]
Cortés died on 21 February 2026 in Bogotá, at the age of 51.[12][13]
