Natalia Gallego Sanchez
Natalia Gallego Sánchez (1992), also known as Gleo, is a street artist known for her large vibrant murals that often depict mythical creatures and yellow glowing eyes.[1]
Biography
[edit]Natalia Gallego Sánchez was born in 1992 in Cali, Colombia.[1] She began experimenting with street art at seventeen years old. Although she started with depictions of sea creatures, she has since transitioned into painting large mystical beings.[1]
Art
[edit]In 2022, Gleo painted one of the largest murals in the Netherlands titled, Flower Woman in the Window.[2] The mural was inspired by Ambrosius Bosschaert's Vase of Flowers in a Window. It was painted over the course of twenty-one days.[2]
In 2018, she participated in the Horizontes Mural Project and painted El Sueño Original on a large grain elevator in Wichita, Kansas.[3] The mural was created in an effort to unite the two historically Black and Latinx neighborhoods that the elevator separates.[3] At 50,000 square feet, it broke the record for the largest acrylic mural by a single artist.[4]
In 2016, Gleo did an exhibition titled Origo.[5] Unlike her typical street art, this exhibition included a myriad of art forms such as art on canvas, sculpture, and intervened objects.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GLEO". I Support Street Art. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b "Gleo: Mauritshuis Mural Opposite Moerwijk Station". www.mauritshuis.nl. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b "To Paint A Mural: Horizontes Project Helps North Wichitans See In Color". KMUW. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Mural by a Single Artist: world record in Wichita, Kansas". www.worldrecordacademy.org. 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b González Delgadillo, Daniel (2016-01-28). "La Jornada: Los rasgos de la cultura precolombina se reflejan en el street art de la creadora Gleo". Jornada (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-08.