SANTIAGO RIAÑO Colombian contemporary artist working across photography, painting, sculpture and installation
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Process

Wide view of the páramo landscape at La Cumbrera in the eastern mountains near Bogotá, Colombia.
Outdoor metal sculpture structure set among dense vegetation.
Trinity archival pigment print with three dark oval forms.
Handling botanical print material in the studio.
Detail of a yellow páramo flower held in a hand.
Flower petals in a mortar for natural dye preparation.
Collection of dried flowers arranged on a table.
Jars with red pigment mixtures prepared in the studio.
Glass jars containing plant dye mixtures.
Minerals and found materials arranged on wood.
Artist working among native páramo plants.
Moss-covered rock study from a mountain landscape.
Lichen-covered rock study collected from a mountain landscape.
Minerals and rocks arranged on a wooden worktable.
Hand crumbling earth material during the studio process.
Hands grinding dry earth pigment for an artwork.
Handmade artwork process in the studio.
Hand washing fiber material in a blue basin.
Hands mixing clay in a blue basin.
Hands shaping wet clay during a studio work process.
Artist shaping clay by hand in the studio.
Artist working with clay in the studio.
Hand pressing a pigment printing block in the studio.
Preparing a paper artwork on a studio table.
Hands sifting natural material through a frame.
Artist sifting materials in the studio.
Fired clay kiln opening glowing inside a handmade earthen structure.
Grid of small dye tests made with páramo materials.
Bamboo structure in a garden studio.
Bamboo studio interior with a worktable.
Studio table with paper, leaves, and working materials.
Artist documenting work on a phone in the studio.
Black pigment surface study on layered paper.
Artist examining a botanical print in the studio.
Applying cement to an artwork surface by hand.
Concrete slab-making process on the studio floor.
Series of concrete slabs arranged in the studio.
Artist welding metal mesh, with sparks around the work.
A metal frame being cut with an angle grinder, producing sparks.
Dark workshop space prepared for an installation.
Artist hammering a metal sculpture frame outdoors.
Concrete slab mounted on a metal support structure outdoors.
Hammer resting on concrete slabs during the studio process.
Cracked concrete artwork with botanical imagery embedded in its surface.
Weathered artwork tiles arranged on a studio floor.
Botanical print sheets and paper offcuts on a studio worktable.
Artist arranging botanical print panels on a studio table.
Large botanical artwork panels displayed outdoors.
Botanical artwork printed on fabric.
Artist sanding a large concrete panel in a studio.
Archival pigment print with a plant-like form.
Botanical artwork with leaf texture and pale pigment.
Peeled botanical artwork surface with layered pigments.
Studio worktable with materials under a lamp.
Botanical artworks installed on a concrete gallery wall.
Concrete exhibition corridor with artwork in the distance.
Empty exhibition space with installation lights.