Johanna Calle

Johanna Calle

Colombian(1965)

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Johanna Calle is a Colombian artist based in Bogotá whose practice centers on drawing, printmaking, and works on paper that critically engage with themes of violence, displacement, land rights, and political conflict in Colombia. She is known for her meticulous works that incorporate text, cartographic imagery, and legal or bureaucratic documents transformed into intricate visual narratives about social and human rights issues. Calle has gained significant international recognition for her ability to fuse conceptual rigor with delicate, labor-intensive mark-making to bear witness to political trauma and systemic injustice.

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