Yvonne Estrada
Yvonne Estrada was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. New York has been her main residence for four decades.
Yvonne’s work is process oriented and her approach is intuitive. She states: “My process like automatic writing, emerges in the flow of stream of consciousness, it is also a form of meditation where intellect and the desire to control is better left out of the studio. I’m interested in the poetics of abstraction and synthesis””
She works in several pieces, having works around in different states of development. Some pieces take a very long time to develop, because of much intricate detail and layering that happens over time. Other more rare pieces happen quickly, as she calls them “one or two breaths”, pieces that celebrate her love for pure gesture and the immediacy of calligraphy, one of her main sources of inspiration. Her work fluctuates between this dynamic of economy and bounty. Nature with its forms and movement, geometry, music, dance and poetry are also worth mentioning as important influences.
In regard of her choice of working almost monochromatically with heavily pigmented ultramarine blue for about a decade: It started initially with her attraction with pre digital copies of architectural drawings, yet indigo and other blues have been present in her work on paper or canvas for a long time. Ultramarine however, with its electric, bewitching hue has taken over unapologetically and has been pivotal in the development of her language.
Yvonne Estrada has been drawing for as long as she can remember. Started art school in Bogotá at age 17 and continued studies in New York while being the recipient of several scholarships and grants.
She has shown at Jason McCoy Gallery, Von Lintel Gallery, The Rotunda Gallery / BRIC among others. She has been the recipient of The Joan Mitchel Foundation Painters Grant, The NY Foundation for the Arts Painters Grant, The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Grant among others.
Her work is included in The JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey Collection, The Dian Woodner Collection, J. P. Morgan, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, The Art Students League, New York, and many private collections in the US, Europe and South America.
LD24 -19Blue, Watercolor, gouache, graphite, plumb line on paper, 61 x 41 inches
MD416-18Blue, Watercolor, gouache on Spanish handmade paper, 25 7/8 x 19 3/4 inches
MD424-20Blue, Watercolor, gouache, graphite on Spanish handmade paper, 25 3/8 x 19 3/4 inches
MD413-17Blue, Watercolor, goauche, graphite on paper, 26 1/8 x 20 inches
MD423-19Blue, Watercolor, gouache on Spanish handmade paper, 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches
426-21Blue, Watercolor, gouache on Spanish handmade paper, 25 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches
#446-19Blue, Watercolor, gouache, graphite on Spanish hand made paper, 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches