Emilia Azcárate: A Sculptural Approach to Painting Emilia Azcárate, born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1985, is a contemporary artist whose distinctive style blends abstraction and sculpture. Her work explores the intersection of materiality and form, challenging conventional notions of painting as solely a visual medium. Influenced by Minimalism and Conceptual Art, Azcárate’s practice centers on manipulating materials—primarily canvas—to cr…