Natalia
Mejía
Murillo
Natalia Mejía Murillo (b. Bogotá, Colombia) is a visual artist whose work explores the notions of territory, repetition, trace and time through correspondences between astronomy, cartography and archaeology. She holds an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, an MA in History and Theory of Art and a BFA from the National University of Colombia.
Mejía has been the recipient of awards including the Artistic Research Fellow at Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC (2025), 98th ANNUAL International Competition of The Print Center, Philadelphia (2023-2024), Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, Germany (2020) and Ministry of Culture of Colombia - Mexico (FONCA) (2017). She has also been awarded residencies at John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2025); Fire Station (Doha, Qatar, 2024-2025), Radio 28, (Mexico City, 2024), MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA, 2023), Curatorial Program for Research (New York, 2023), Tajo Taller and Saenger Galería (Mexico City, 2023), Ellis-Beauregard Foundation (Maine, 2022), Fundació Miró Mallorca and Casa de Velázquez (Madrid, Spain, 2021), Fundación CIEC - Centro Internacional de la Estampa Contemporánea (Betanzos, Spain, 2014), The Strzemioski Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Łódz, Poland, 2014) among others.
Mejía’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Recent exhibitions include D.D.D.D. Gallery (solo show, New York), Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (Mexico City), Art Latinou Gallery (Mexico City), Revolver Galería (New York), Smack Mellon (New York), Casa Zirio, (Bogotá), Islera (Mexico City), The Print Center (Philadelphia), A+D Architecture and Design Museum (Los Angeles), Museo Moralense de Arte Contemporáneo (Cuernavaca, México), Casa de Velázquez (Madrid, Spain), Kunstmuseum (Reutlingen, Germany), among others.