About
Natalia Ordoñez
In my practice of intuitive collage, I explore the invisible fractures left by the disconnection between humans and nature. Through a process that blends instinct, visual gathering, and manual assembly, my work proposes an emotional archaeology of what has been lost: fragmented landscapes, dismembered bodies, and decontextualized organic textures that evoke an interrupted sense of belonging.
Far from following a linear narrative, my work emerges as a sensory response to a world that has prioritized productivity over natural rhythm. The collage technique, with its discontinuous, open-ended nature becomes the ideal medium to examine what is missing. Each cut is an intuitive, silent decision: a form of listening, a tentative gesture toward reconnection.
I aim to highlight the traces left behind when our bond with the essential begins to fade. In this sense, my collages function as visual rituals, where fragmentation is not a symbol of rupture but of potential: the possibility to look again, to feel again, to belong again.
“In an effort to step away from routine and reconnect with a more instinctive rhythm, I returned to my artistic practice after several years of distance. Art has always been present in my life, shaped by a family of artists, with a ceramicist mother and a music composer father, I grew up surrounded by creative expression.
Since an early age, I explored various mediums including ceramics, sculpture, drawing, music, and writing, often as a complement to my studies in linguistics, where structure, melody, and context held their own kind of poetry. While pursuing my degree, I continued to engage with ceramics and later studied sculpture for two years, expanding my material vocabulary.
Collage has been a recurring and intuitive practice throughout my life. It began with the simple act of collecting images that resonated with me and gradually evolved into something deeper. Without a set plan, only instinct, this latest body of work emerged through spontaneous selection and assembly. For me, collage is meditative and grounding: a quiet, ongoing ritual of observation, response, and self-exploration.”
