In the studio with artist María Berrío | Wallpaper*

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In the work of New York-based Colombian artist María Berrío, nothing is quite as it seems. Otherworldly tales are part myth, part memory, delicately rendered in watercolour on Japanese paper. Her paintings are unexpectedly rife with familiar and contemporary detailing, in a meeting of worlds real and imagined. It is a style that is reflective of Berrío herself. Growing up in Bogotá, she spent much of her time on a family farm, triggering the love of nature and storytelling she was to build on later. Beginning first by drawing large-scale works in charcoal – ‘it was a way of connecting me to the world,’ she says – Berrío became fascinated with Japanese paper, using it to create collages. In the physical and symbolic act of layering, collage makes a natural medium from which to explore the intersection of past and present. Wallpaper* visited Berrío's studio in New York for an in-depth story in our November Arts Issue. Find out more on wallpaper.com Film by: Aysia Marotta Interview by: Anna Fixsen, US Editor Article by: Hannah Silver, Arts & Culture Editor