La vida en color | Life in color

september 2025

pop-up art exhibition at Bell Works Chicagoland in collaboration with Artist, Cristina Colunga

exhibition statement

I am drawn to the beauty and colorful aspects of life. Even in difficult times, beautiful color surrounds us as a reminder to live life to the fullest. My connection to family, tradition, Mexican culture, and femininity is my inspiration for this collection of works. Our experiences of sorrow, learning, connection, everything that forms our being is a complex and colorful collection of moments. Moments that can be interpreted in different ways by each of us.

This sense of complexity and beauty also lives in the design of Bell Works, where Mexican modernism is woven throughout the public spaces. Lead Designer and Creative Director Paola Zamudio draws inspiration from artists Josef and Anni Albers, whose love of color and travels through Latin America shine in through their work. Their legacy—rooted in a respect for indigenous craftsmanship, geometric abstraction, and the balance between tradition and modernity—resonates in the spaces found here.