Antonia Caicedo Holguín Antonia Caicedo Holguín (b. 1997, Cali, Colombia) is a London-based painter whose figurative work reclaims emotional sensibility as a vital force in contemporary art. Working across intimate to monumental scales, she explores the psychological architecture of memory, intimacy, and diasporic belonging, examining how bodies inhabit and are shaped by familial, cultural, and emotional spaces.
Her practice is committed to building images where feeling is foundational, not ornamental: emotions are embedded in color, composition, and spatial tension, producing works that are both tender and charged. Rejecting superficial expression, Caicedo Holguín’s paintings resist easy narrative or catharsis, inviting sustained reflection on proximity, absence, and relational complexity.
Rooted in Latin American legacies and shaped by transnational experience, her work offers a nuanced meditation on identity, memory, and the spaces we carry with us. Holding an MA from the Slade School of Fine Art (UCL), she has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions in London, Seoul, and Barranquilla. Recent group shows include Isabel Sullivan Gallery (New York) and Art Miami. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Art Newspaper, and Yale University Radio’s Museum of Non-Visible Art.
Her practice is committed to building images where feeling is foundational, not ornamental: emotions are embedded in color, composition, and spatial tension, producing works that are both tender and charged. Rejecting superficial expression, Caicedo Holguín’s paintings resist easy narrative or catharsis, inviting sustained reflection on proximity, absence, and relational complexity.
Rooted in Latin American legacies and shaped by transnational experience, her work offers a nuanced meditation on identity, memory, and the spaces we carry with us. Holding an MA from the Slade School of Fine Art (UCL), she has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions in London, Seoul, and Barranquilla. Recent group shows include Isabel Sullivan Gallery (New York) and Art Miami. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Art Newspaper, and Yale University Radio’s Museum of Non-Visible Art.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 — Uplifted, Incubator, London, UK
2024 — This Seat is Taken, LKIF Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021 — Before and After Coffee, Galería de la Aduana, Barranquilla, Colombia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 — Mind to Hand: A Drawing Show, Incubator, London, UK
2024 — I Was Carefree, Green & Golden, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, New York, USA
2024 — Phantasmagoria, LBF Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
2023 — Postgraduate Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2022 — Life in Colour, The Room London Gallery, London, UK
ART FAIRS
2024 — Art Miami Fair, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, Miami, USA
AWARDS / GRANTS
2023 — The Olive Award, London, UK
2023 — The Cass Art Prize, London, UK
2023 — The Sarabande Foundation Award, London, UK
2022 — Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award, London, UK
2021 — Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montréal, Canada
SELECTED PRESS
2025 — Interview with Brainard Carey, Yale University Radio / WYBCX
2024 — Forbes: “Three Women Painters Engage in Robust Dialogue at Group Exhibition” by Natasha Gural
2024 — The Art Newspaper: “Slade to Zaria — I commissioned an artist for the first time…” by Dr. Chibundu Onuzo
2024 — La República: “La artista colombiana que presenta sus obras en galerías de Londres y Nueva York”
2024 — KIAF Seoul Insights (Korean International Art Fair)
2023 — The Art Newspaper: “Who are the stars of tomorrow? Four of my favourite artists from the Slade...” by Dr. Chibundu Onuzo
2023 — Featured guest on The Art Newspaper podcast, episode 250 — Roundtable on visual arts and heritage challenges
2021 — Las 2 Orillas: “Antes y después de un café” by Miguel Iriarte
EDUCATION
2023 — MA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2020 — BA(Hons) Fine Art, Bath School of Art and Design, Bath, UK
2016-2017 — Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2015-2016 — New York Studio School, New York City, USA
2024 — Uplifted, Incubator, London, UK
2024 — This Seat is Taken, LKIF Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021 — Before and After Coffee, Galería de la Aduana, Barranquilla, Colombia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 — Mind to Hand: A Drawing Show, Incubator, London, UK
2024 — I Was Carefree, Green & Golden, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, New York, USA
2024 — Phantasmagoria, LBF Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
2023 — Postgraduate Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2022 — Life in Colour, The Room London Gallery, London, UK
ART FAIRS
2024 — Art Miami Fair, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, Miami, USA
AWARDS / GRANTS
2023 — The Olive Award, London, UK
2023 — The Cass Art Prize, London, UK
2023 — The Sarabande Foundation Award, London, UK
2022 — Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award, London, UK
2021 — Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montréal, Canada
SELECTED PRESS
2025 — Interview with Brainard Carey, Yale University Radio / WYBCX
2024 — Forbes: “Three Women Painters Engage in Robust Dialogue at Group Exhibition” by Natasha Gural
2024 — The Art Newspaper: “Slade to Zaria — I commissioned an artist for the first time…” by Dr. Chibundu Onuzo
2024 — La República: “La artista colombiana que presenta sus obras en galerías de Londres y Nueva York”
2024 — KIAF Seoul Insights (Korean International Art Fair)
2023 — The Art Newspaper: “Who are the stars of tomorrow? Four of my favourite artists from the Slade...” by Dr. Chibundu Onuzo
2023 — Featured guest on The Art Newspaper podcast, episode 250 — Roundtable on visual arts and heritage challenges
2021 — Las 2 Orillas: “Antes y después de un café” by Miguel Iriarte
EDUCATION
2023 — MA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2020 — BA(Hons) Fine Art, Bath School of Art and Design, Bath, UK
2016-2017 — Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2015-2016 — New York Studio School, New York City, USA