Erika Diettes

Erika Diettes (b. 1978, Colombia) is a visual artist residing and working in Bogotá, Colombia. She predominantly works with photography in order to examine topics such as memory, pain, absence, and death. She has a Master in Anthropology from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá), and a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Communication from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá). She has written various essays about making art in times of war. Her photographic and essayist productions have been included in various books, newspapers, and journals. Her work is part of the permanent collection of diverse major museums and has been exhibited in the Museums for Modern Art of Bogotá, Cali, Medellín and Barranquilla (all four in Colombia), the National Museum of Colombia, the Museum for Modern Art in Santiago de Chile (Chile), Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (USA). www.erikadiettes.com