Francisco Camacho Herrera

Born 1979 in Bogotá, Colombia Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Francisco Camacho Herrera’s practice takes a deliberately political stance, operating at the nexus between social activism and participatory art. Using art as a platform for social change, Camacho’s works achieve real-world outcomes that impact communities in original and inventive ways. Identifying the objective of his work as imagining a future society, Camacho Herrera has noted, ‘It is important that as an artist I have an autonomy and flexibility to generate images depicting the problematic of social space, comment on what we are lacking in the present and show what the future might look like.’ Camacho’s practice is invested in evaluating current issues, anticipating future implications and generating creative and provocative responses.