Combining painting, drawing, sculpture, and writing, Daniel Correa Mejía (b. 1986) deftly mines imagery from his own subconscious to mythologize the landscape of his interior world. His highly symbolic figures personify various emotional states, becoming one with their scenery as contemporary society fades away and sacred, primordial knowledge is uncovered. Juxtaposing rich ultramarine with vibrant red on rough jute canvas, Correa Mejía invokes the complimentary nature of masculine and feminine energies to summon the divine power of contrasting forces, simultaneously grappling with the process of grief and loss, rediscovering sanctuary within the power of the human imagination and the interconnectivity of our shared planet. The artist was born in Medellín, Colombia and currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. His solo exhibitions include Soy el dueño de mi casa, P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Cuando el depredador está lejos: los pájaros canta, Maureen Paley at Studio M, London, UK; Lucrecia, mor charpentier, Paris, FR; Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY; Amor y Agua, Public Gallery, London, UK; and Die Klarheit, Colombian Embassy, Berlin, Germany. His work has been included in group exhibitions at mor charpentier, Bogotá, Colombia; Maureen Paley, London, UK; P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Kunstverein Meissen, Meissen, DE; Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia; Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil, and New York, NY; Pony Royal, Berlin, Germany; Fortnight Institute, New York, NY; and Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany, among others. His work has been featured in articles in Juxtapoz, Art Viewer, and Artnet, among others. A solo exhibition of new work by Correa Mejía is currently on view at mor charpentier in Bogotá, Colombia.
Daniel Correa Mejía
b. 1986, Medellín, Colombia
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Si dos partículas se unieran por un tiempo…, mor charpentier, Bogotá, Colombia
Cuando el depredador está lejos: los pájaros cantan, Maureen Paley at Studio M, London, UK
2023
Soy el dueño de mi casa, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
Lucrecia, mor charpentier, Paris, France
2021
Amor y Agua, Public Gallery, London, UK
2020
Soy Hombre: Duro Poco y Es Enorme La Noche, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
2015
Die Klarheit, Colombian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
LGBTQIA+ Stories, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (forthcoming)
Ghost Image, Galerie Judin, Berlin
Licked by the Waves, Museum More, Gorssel, Netherlands
agua(s), mor charpentier, Bogotá, Columbia
Les Enchanées no.2, frontviews, Berlin
2023
Contra/retrato, mor charpentier, Bogotá, Colombia
Outer view, inner world, Maureen Paley at Morena Di Luna, Hove, UK
When the firebird flies, Kunstverein Meissen, Meissen, Germany
2022
Our Land Just Like a Dream, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakesh, Morocco
Cuerpos en gravedad, mor charpentier, Bogotá, Colombia
Life in an Ivory Tower, curated by Jack Siebert, New York, NY
I’m Not Your Mother, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2021
Days of Heartbreak, curated by Nicola Petek, Pony Royal, Berlin, Germany
Terra Nostra, mor charpentier, Bogotá, Colombia
Feldmalerei, organized by Jana Jedermann, Rohlstorf, Germany
Night Watch, Winter Street Gallery, Edgartown, MA
Male Nudes: a salon from 1800 to 2021, Mendes Wood SM, São Paulo, Brazil
El Camino más Largo, Museum of Modern Art, Medellīn, Colombia
2020
Winter Solstice, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
Mind So Fast, Body So Slow, Lukas Trobert, Berlin Weekly, Berlin, Germany
Landscapes of the South, Mendes Wood DM, New York, NY
2019
Zuhause, Pony Royal, Berlin, Germany
Zwei Alter: Jung, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
2018
Abrazos, Pony Royal, Berlin, Germany
Off Beat aus der Klasse Leiko Ikemura, Schafenster, Berlin, Germany
Anonymous Drawings, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
2016
Tù & Yo, Pony Royal, Berlin, Germany
Über Farbe und Form hunaus, Leuchtturm, Berlin, Germany
2015
Deltal5, Waterwork Falkenstein, Hamburg, Germany
Klasse Leiko Ikemura, Rundgang, UdK, Berlin, Germany
A Place Never Found, Pony Royal, Berlin, Germany
Selected Bibliography
2024
Diljk, Maite van. “Licked by the Waves,” W Books, Zwolle, 2024.
2023
Petek, Nicola E. “When the Firebird Flies.” Druckerei Heenemann, Berlin, 2023.
2021
Petek, Nicola E. “Days of Heartbreak,” Druckerei Heenemann, Berlin, 2021.
2020
Mejía, Daniel Correa. “Daniel Correa Mejía | Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche,” Fortnight Institute, New York, 2020.