Loriana Espinel is a Colombian artist based in Houston. Her practice includes painting, photography, sculpture, film, and performance, and focuses on how visual languages, such as writing, mark-making, sound, and spatial organization, operate as shared human systems.
She received formal training at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá and has worked across Colombia, the United States, and Europe. Early collaborations with Theater of the Senses and later with a multimedia theater collective shaped her interest in embodied perception and the relationship between space, sound, and audience experience.
Espinel’s work often develops through long-term research and studio-based inquiry. Her large-scale sculptural project Anaconda, exhibited at the Cullen Sculpture Garden of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, integrated sculpture, sound, scent, and spatial immersion to explore how ecological and mythic references function within contemporary art contexts.
In recent years, Espinel has focused on calligraffiti, a hybrid visual method combining calligraphy, typography, and graffiti. Drawing from historical writing systems and early visual markings, she approaches writing as a visual structure rather than a readable text, working at scale through repetition and layering.
Across media, Espinel treats art-making as a research process, using form, structure, and visual language to activate shared frameworks rather than personal narrative.
Professional development program for artists focused on entrepreneurship and sustainable practice.
Grant supporting El Árbol de los Anhelos (I Have a Dream), commissioning four large canvases within a thirty-piece series on universal human rights.
Selected for a professional development program in entrepreneurship and sustainable art practice.
Commissioned by the University of Houston’s CMALS to create an immersive sculpture inspired by Amazonian mythology. First artist ever to exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Houston.
Invited juror for the selection of commissioned artists for MFAH’s Fall Festival in collaboration with ALMAAHH.
Commissioned to create a public sculpture inspired by Latin American mythology.
Interpret for asylum seekers and migrants in legal and community contexts. This experience informs a body of political and calligraphic work exploring displacement, language, and human rights.
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Sculpture
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Calligraffiti
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More Info about the Digital Boards Here
Organized by CMALS (Center for Mexican American and Latino/a Studies) of University of Houston.
Locations of the Portable, bilingual, and interactive digital Boards :
· Heritage Society , Houston
· MECA , Houston
· Hobby Airport , Houston
· Art Museum (Sugarland)
· Bush Airport, Houston
· CMALS , Houston
Sculpture
Calligraffiti
Latin Group Exhibition organized and presented at
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A multimedia theatre troupe formed by five multidisciplinary artists from the visual and performing arts.
- Project Love. Flick. Director
- Amongst Children. Flick Producer
- 1-Puntos de Fuga (Vanishing points) Multimedia Theater. Asst. Director
- 2-Puntos de Fuga. (Vanishing points) Multimedia Theater. Asst. Director
- El sueno de la razón produce monstruos. Multimedia Theater. Stage Manager
- El Entrecejo (The Brown) Multimedia Theater. Multimedia Operator.
- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Multimedia Theater. Asst. Director
- El Hilo de Ariadna (Ariane's Thread) Production Manager. Colombia, France, Wales, Spain
- Oráculos (Oracle). Production Manager.
- Feria del Tiempo Vivo. Prop and Design Manager
For detailed press features, visit my Press & Media Coverage here
2025 — “Feature: CW39 Houston – H-Town Live,” CW39 Houston, TV Broadcast
2024 — “Loriana Espinel: Navigating Worlds Through Art,” Intertwined Arts Blog, Online Feature
2024 — “Transformó las líneas ancestrales...,” Periódico del Meta, Print Feature
2024 — “Interview: Chiribiquete (Dance of Gestures),” Radio Nacional de Colombia, Broadcast