Mariana Gómez
La Dualidad No Existe (Duality doesn’t exist) is grounded in a simple yet radical premise: separation is an illusion. In this work, the female figure multiplies endlessly—not as duplication, but as expansion. Each body is the same body, each presence part of a continuous field. Rather than affirming individuality as isolation, the work proposes existence as interconnection: a living network where every form reflects the others.
The piece draws from both ancestral spiritual traditions and contemporary perspectives in neuroscience that understand consciousness as non-fragmented and shared. From this perspective, oppositions such as self/other, body/spirit, inner/outer dissolve. What remains is relation. The feminine body becomes a visual language through which unity is embodied, felt, and remembered. If a miracle were to happen tonight and peace existed when we woke up tomorrow, this work suggests that peace would arise from the collapse of duality. Peace would not be the result of negotiation between opposing sides, but the recognition that there is no true “other” to confront. La Dualidad No Existe imagines peace as an internal shift in perception: the moment when difference is no longer read as threat, when empathy replaces domination, and when the boundaries that sustain violence lose their meaning. In this sense, peace is not imposed—it is remembered.
Mariana Gómez is a multidisciplinary Colombian artist whose practice explores the body, intimacy, and emotion of the feminine as symbolic and spiritual portals. Her work challenges patriarchal structures by reclaiming what has historically been silenced—women’s bodies, rituals, emotions, and stories—transforming them into spaces of visibility, resilience, and connection. She works with painting, embroidery, sculpture, and installation, often using color as living energy, thread as a connective force, and fabric as a second skin. Gómez holds an MFA from Pratt Institute (New York) and a BFA in Painting from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá). Her work has been exhibited internationally in cities such as New York, Bogotá, Tokyo, and London, and presented at art fairs including Affordable Art Fair, Zona MACO, Drawing Room, BARCÚ, and START ART. She is the founder of DAMA, an art platform based in Bogotá dedicated to amplifying women artists, and co-director of Obras en Calle, a public-art initiative that transforms advertising billboards into spaces for collective reflection.
“La Dualidad No Existe”, embroidery on canvas (60x60cm)