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Clarita Liepolt: Multifaceted Artist & Visionary

Clarita Liepolt is a multifaceted artist whose creative expression converges technical precision with emotional depth. Born from a lifetime of exploration, her art weaves industrial technology, education, and public administration expertise with her passion for art.

Education & Background
Industrial Technology (Licenciado), Colombia – Education (MA), Colombia – Public Administration (MPA), New York City

Artistic Journey
Through photography, painting, sculpture, and mixed media, Clarita navigates the spectrum of human representation, objective reality, and abstraction. Her artwork reflects her resilience, joy, and fascination with the world’s beauty and complexity, inviting viewers to contemplate and connect.

Artistic Experience & Explorations
• Artist & Freelance – International exhibitions and collections
• Art Students League of New York (1998-Present). Courses and Workshops: Sculpture, Mixed Media, Wax-Painting
• Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC (1990) – Developed expertise in photography
• Participated in art workshops at esteemed art institutions in Colombia and USA

Aqua Alta – Driftwood 

Artist Statement

  • "Art is my language, through which I perceive, feel, and express the world's beauty and complexity. Through photography, sculpture, and mixed media, I celebrate life's resilience and joy; transforming a wide range of materials – from natural and industrial to traditional art supplies – into thought-provoking art that explores the intersection of sustainability, beauty, and emotion. My artwork navigates the spectrum of human representation, objective reality, and abstraction."

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2022-2024 | SJAC Exhibition - Gallery Max New York
  • 2022-2024 | WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center) Brooklyn, NY4
  • 1998-2024 | Group Exbibition - Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery - The Art Students League, New York, NY
  • 2022 | Luxembourg Annual International Art Prize - 2022 Submission
  • 2022 | Tenri Cultural Instituto of New York, SJAC 2022 Group Exhibition, New York, NY
  • 2021 | ASL – ChaShaMa, Search Light, Exhibition Outreach, New York, NY
  • 2013-2016 | Lincoln Towers, Works by Clarita Liepolt - New York, NY
  • 2011 | Manhattan Borough President Scott M Stringer, ASL Staff Exhibition, New York, NY
  • 2009 | Manhattan Borough President Scott M Stringer, Small Works, New York, NY
  • 2002 | Centro Cívico Colombiano, Semana Cultural Colombiana, New York, NY.
  • 2000 | Centro Odontológico Club Rialto – Impresiones Colombianas, Pereira, Colombia - Solo Exhibition
  • 1998 | The Paterson Museum, 6th Annual Exhibition of Hispanic Painters and Sculptors - Paterson, NJ
  • 1998 | General Consulate of Colombia Art Gallery, International Woman’s Day - New York, NY
  • 1998-2000 | Ward Nasse Gallery, Permanent Exhibition - New York, NY
  • 1997 | Volapuk - Varios Momentos – Several Moments - Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
  • 1996 | Ibero - Americanishes Institut Preussischer Kulturbesitz - Kolumbianische Impressionen – Berlin, Germany - Solo Exhibition
  • 1994 | Art Students League, Drawing contest Exhibition - New York, NY
  • 1993-1994 | Jung Lee Gallery – Platinum Palatium Photography - New York, NY
  • 1993 | Diana Carulli Gallery, Artists in New York - New York, NY
  • 1993 | Salmagundi – Watercolor Exhibition, New York, NY
exhibition
All as one force Inclusive Future Work Well NYC Exh 2021
Exhibit WEA-min
Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, 1996 - Solo Exhibition
9-2 OPening-Berlin Exhibit-min

Publications

  • 2020 | Durst Residential's creative Photo Challenge Facebook - Winner prize October 19, 2020 Shape & Space - and winner of the week August 24, 2020 - Stormy Night in New Jersey
  • 2013 | The Art Students League of New York 2013 - 2014 Catalog, Student Artwork Selected by Instructor, pag.105
  • 2007 | ARTFORUM, Summer Preview May 2007, Ward - Nasse Gallery, Ad design, pag. 395
  • 2007 | ARTFORUM, Summer Preview May 2007, Ward - Nasse Gallery, Ad design, pag. 395
  • 1992 | MetroSource, Restaurants Villa Amalfi Photo - publicity, Autumn/ Winter 1992, pag. 25
  • 1999 | Belleayre Music Festival 8th Annual Summer Concert Series Catalog – Catskill, NY - Cover Photo
  • 1998 | Actividades del Consulado de Colombia en New York - Impacto Latín News, Del 18 al 24 de febrero
  • 1998 | Profiled in “La Esencia Femenina se toma el Consulado Colombiano”, published by La Patria, Mar 30 – Apr 3 1998