Juan Pablo Echeverri, an artist from Bogota, Colombia, undertook a three-month residency at Site, during which he developed new work including a video diary and a series of self-portraits taken every day in a photobooth.
Juan’s work has been based around his ever-changing appearance documented through daily photography. The residency at Site Gallery enabled Juan to broaden the boundaries of his work, taking more risks with his self-portraiture and resulted in Diva’s Life an exhibition curated at Site Gallery 13-27 January 2007. His work strongly explores identity, gender and a unique response to popular culture, culminating in video diaries. His quest for a representation of a diva has not only changed Juan’s direction and method of working it has also affected those who met, worked and viewed his journey.