Federico Uribe was born in Columbia in 1962. His works adopt a hybrid character that creates resistance to classification. Uribe is a conceptual artist resorting to the language of pop art, through the use of objects of daily life, but with a formal reference to the history and tradition of classical art. Uribe studied art at “Universidad de los Andes” in Bogata. In 1988, he left for New York to study for a master-of-fine-arts degree. It was the beginning of a journey that included years of studies and work in Cuba, Mexico, Russia, England and finally in Miami. In 1996 in Guadalajara, he started combing the street markets and picking up industrial Products and objects used in daily life, baby bottle nipples, plastic forks, screws etc. A new range of possibilities revealed themselves to him. Soon sculptures made of common goods celebrating and affirming the human presence became his focus.