“I am an abstract expressionist creating contemporary art, who flirts with a symbolic hyperrealism that transcends congruence and rationality.” Adriana was born in Colombia. In her own words: I started painting since I was a child, I took different drawing, painting and sculpting lessons throughout the years, until I sold my first piece at the age of 16. I kept painting and participating in art shows, primarily for small charities. In my late twenties I was invited to participate in a more serious/professional setting where I was lucky to be at at the first Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002 with one painting. My paintings and drawings are the reflection of a constant inner search that seeks to escape the illusion of fear. I try to see myself in others; I attempt to feel their pain and experience their joy as if they were a part of my own existence. I look for the common emotions that make us human, trying to capture the irrationality that drives the way we live above an eternal tension of the soul. I am passionate about ART as an engine that creates a continuous pendulum oscillating between two worlds: the micro and the macro cosmos. The two series are born simultaneously, unexpectedly -like life itself. They appear whenever they need to take form. The first series as an expression on my macrocosm is named "Infatuation". It is pure abstract, like a dance between color and texture. Mostly using large formats, I appease an obsession with filling the blank; a need to meld birth and death, light and darkness, rough and smooth. The other series called "Oneiric Precision" represents my microcosm. It is a return to childhood as the garden where we play throughout our life. A pop of color over the black and white realistic pencil drawings highlights the main theme of each piece. Some of the small format images are inspired by a few 20th century devotion-centered photographers. I aim to transform the viewer’s experience through a purpose and into a reality as a quest of chasing the present. I am thankful for having a natural way to meditate through brushes, pencils and paint, while creating tangible emotions that come to me as pure serendipity.