Maria Berrio at Praxis International Art

Young Columbian artist Maria Berrio envisions harmony between humans and nature in richly patterned Japanese paper collages that delight the senses. In this detail, a lush landscape is setting to a thoughtful folkloric character perfectly at home as human and monkey habitat merge. (On view at Praxis International Art in Chelsea through Oct 28th).

Maria Berrio, (detail of )The Demiurge, collage with Japanese paper and watercolor on canvas, 60 x 72 inches, 2016.

Maria Berrio in ‘All That Glitters’ at Rachel Uffner Gallery

Like a group of goddesses on Mount Olympus, Maria Berrio’s trio of milky-skinned mothers and their infants appear to lounge above the mortal realm in this collage by the New York-based Columbian artist. Accompanied by a menagerie of animals and framed by the constellations, Berrio exaults the mothers’ nurturing role. (On view on the Lower East Side in ‘All That Glitters’ at Rachel Uffner Gallery through August 2nd).

Maria Berrio, Nativity, Japanese paper on canvas, 48 x 60 inches, 2014.

Maria Berrio at Praxis International Art

Using colorfully printed Japanese paper, New York based Colombian artist Maria Berrio creates a collage homage to Gauguin’s ‘Ia Orana Maria,’ but lets nature take over in this imaginary garden bursting with flora and oversized fauna. (At Chelsea’s Praxis International Art through Oct 12th).  

Maria Berrio, El jardin de mi corazon, collage with Japanese paper and watercolor.