LORIANA ESPINEL
Visual Artist
Research-based practice working at large scale through calligraffiti, installation, and text as image.
art@lorianaespinel.com | 832 298 2433 | lorianaespinel.com | Houston, TX
El Árbol de los Anhelos ~ Codex of Human Rights (2025–Present)
Research-driven long-term project composed of 30 large-scale illuminated works dedicated to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Developed through calligraffiti as a text-based monumental practice.
Phase I (five works) completed and exhibited in December 2025.
Currently in development and funding phase.
Solo Exhibitions
Chiribiquete
Consulate of Colombia, Houston | 2025–Present
El Árbol de los Anhelos: Codex of Human Rights (Phase I — First 5 Illuminations)
Art & Projects | 2025
Chiribiquete: A Calligraffiti Exploration of Colombian Symbols
Sabine Street Studios, Sawyer Yards | 2024
Research & Programs
Selected Participant ~ FORMA, 1st Cycle
Escuela Experimental de Arte (EAT), Bogotá, Colombia (online / hybrid) | 2026
Selected Participant ~ Artist INC
Fresh Arts, Houston (in person) | 2025
Selected Projects & Commissions
Anaconda ~ Public Sculpture / Immersive Installation
Second version commissioned by University of Houston CMALS
Installed at Children’s Museum of Houston | 2025
Presented at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston | 2025
First version- n Selected Artist “Myths and Leyendas” Fall Festival
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) & ALMAAHH | 2024
Juried selection
Awards & Grants
Grant ~ Colombia in the World (Diaspora Program)
Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Knowledge of Colombia | 2025
Recognition ~ Programa de Apoyo al Arte Colombiano
Consulate of Colombia in Houston | 2025
Ongoing / Permanent Exhibitions
I Am an Artist
Latino cARTographies Digital Boards, Houston | 2019–Present
Organized by CMALS, University of Houston
Selected Group Exhibitions
Anaconda
MFAH Fall Festival | 2024
Axis
ELC Fine Art Gallery | 2024
Beauty in Abstract
BROUHAHAART Online Exhibition | 2024
Stories of a Workforce
Houston Public Library | 2014
White Tree
Lawndale Art Center, The Big Show | 2014
Kyte
Jomar Gallery, Houston | 2012
All Is Well: Series Kings
Talento Bilingue de Houston | 2011
White
Fundación Social Art Gallery, Bogotá | 1993
Muerte
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Conceptual Art Show, Bogotá | 1991
Interdisciplinary & Theater Practice
Absolute Art Productions ~ Ángeles Romero Multimedia Theater Troupe
Multimedia theater collaboration | 2013–2020
Teatro de los Sentidos ~ Enrique Vargas Theater Troupe
Production and design roles | 1991–1998
Professional Experience
Immigration Process Interpreter | Present
Facilitating communication for asylum seekers in legal contexts. This sustained engagement with displacement, testimony, and human rights informs my research-based calligraphic and monumental practice.
Print Publications
Stories of a Workforce | 2015
Killing Me Softly With Your Rights | 2012
Houston Is | 2007
Memberships
Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
Visual Artist Association
Houston Calligraphy Guild
Visual Arts Alliance
Press & Media
CW39 Houston ~ H-Town Live | 2025
Intertwined Arts Blog | 2024
Periódico del Meta | 2024
Radio Nacional de Colombia | 2024
Education
BA Visual Arts
Universidad de los Andes | 1999