Biography of contemporary artist Rosana Auqué
🎈this is my sanctuary,
where everything can happen,
where I feel my most authentic self.
My certainty and my relief,
my place to meditate,
where I feel I am most in control but also where I lose it completely.
Everything that I am I leave it here 🎈
Artist Statement
I create art to awaken joy, beauty, and hope. My work is driven by the belief that art has the power to inspire, unite, and remind us of our vitality, resilience, and capacity for love. At the core of my creative expression is the balloon, a symbol of lightness, freedom, and possibility. To me, the balloon represents more than just an object—it is a metaphor for the human spirit, floating effortlessly above life’s challenges, reminding us that beauty, happiness, and connection are always within reach.
My art is playful, yet deeply meaningful. It is pop in its color, its energy, and its celebration of life. Through vivid hues, bold forms, and uplifting compositions, I strive to create an atmosphere of warmth, positivity, and joy. Each piece is an invitation to feel something deeply—to believe in the extraordinary and to embrace the innocence and freedom that we often lose sight of as adults. My work creates not just an emotional connection but a sense of community, forging powerful bonds between people and evoking a shared experience of love and unity.
Collaboration plays a significant role in my journey, whether it’s reimagining the Lady Dior bag, working with brands like Loewe and Hermes, or creating silk scarves that merge fashion and fine art. These collaborations allow me to share my vision with a wider audience while simultaneously blurring the boundaries between art, fashion, and culture. In every project, I seek to bring people together—uniting them through the universal language of beauty.
The balloons in my work are more than mere decoration; they are vessels of hope and resilience. I want my balloons to inspire others to rise above the mundane, to soar higher, and to live fully. My mantra, “Let’s fly forever together,” captures this essence—the idea that beauty, love, and art can elevate us all and unite us in ways that transcend our differences.
I am constantly seeking new ways to push the boundaries of my art, whether through large-scale installations or by integrating my work into everyday objects. My ultimate goal is to create art that transforms spaces, lives, and communities—work that is not only visually beautiful but also emotionally resonant, leaving an enduring impact on anyone who encounters it.
Art, for me, is not just a career; it is a mission to spread beauty, positivity, love, and connection to the world. And in this pursuit, I invite you to join me. For now, let’s fly, together.
Rosana Auque
Rosana Margarita Auqué is a prominent contemporary artist of Italo-Colombian descent who has left a profound mark on the worlds of art and fashion. Born with an innate sensitivity for artistic expression, she began painting at the age of eleven, developing a unique style early on that fuses nature with spirituality.
Her work, widely recognized for its symbolic approach, incorporates elements such as skies, flowers, and balloons, representing deep concepts of joy, vulnerability, connection, and transcendence. Auqué uses these motifs to explore the relationship between humans and their surroundings, creating a dialogue between the earthly and the celestial.
Nicknamed “The Balloon Girl,” her work has been described as a celebration of freedom and creative expression. She has successfully combined her passion for art and fashion, collaborating on projects that redefine these disciplines. This innovative approach has earned her international recognition, with mentions in publications like Forbes and Vogue, which highlight her as one of the most influential figures in the contemporary art scene in Italy and beyond.
Throughout her career, Auqué has exhibited in cities such as New York, Milan, Santa Marta, and Miami, participating in prestigious events like the Venice Biennale. Her work stands out not only for its visual beauty but also for the emotional and philosophical depth it conveys, inviting viewers to reflect on the connection between art, nature, and spirituality.
Rosana Auqué represents a new generation of artists who transcend cultural and artistic boundaries, carrying a message of hope, connection, and transformation.
the endocosm of the balloon: Rosana Auqué.
a thin margin of elastic material is all that separates the inside of a balloon from what is outside. In the same way, human matter: flesh, words, places, feelings, separate our perception from that of social reality and the world. Our filters largely differentiate us from each other and unite us more than we would like to admit.
Rosana Margarita Auqué, an emerging artist of colombian origin, is strongly convinced that these distinctions, in contact with the elastic fabric of art, gradually fade away in a playful dialectic, to the point that, inside the balloons, her peculiar trait, she is convinced that there is not so much air but soul.
what is the soul in the end if not the game between the inner and outer cosmos? And Rosana’s is warm, overwhelming, fiery, as is her “sanctuary”, the dimension that is produced around her in the form of the works she gives birth to. Rosana is certainly formal in construction, yes, but this is hidden beneath blended and enveloping colors, a structure like that of the world that does not reveal itself unless you look for it. a rational elegance for sure but one that does not extinguish the artistic desire to involve the world with the most unregulated and Dionysian convivial pleasure. Rosana’s joy is a joy at all costs. a balloon that doesn’t want to burst.
Riccardo Malaspina
to know Rosana means carrying a ray of sunshine in one´s life.
the enthusiasm with which she faces every new day is palpable in each and every one of her paintings.
the pursuit of beauty that distinguishes her art work can be found in the endless assorment of colors with which she portrays nature.
her distinctive flowers, of different dimensions, create harmony, and her skies allude to a spiritual journey, ever present in one’s life.
may you see the artist in her, and may you discern the bliss she emanates.
joy is a gift of nature and Rosana manages to depict it so gracefully.
Antonia Bonacina
Chairwoman Bonacina 1889