Interview with Federico Uribe

              Caribbean Diaspora Oral History Collection
Interview with Frederico Uribe
Miami, FL, January 20, 2016
Interview asm0344000012 Interviewed by Julio Estorino Recorded by Javier Carrion Outline by Reymond Sanchez Length: 00:36:31
Interview with Federico Uribe, a Colombian artist who now works in Miami. His artwork focuses mainly on taking everyday objects and intertwining or “recycling” them in imaginative ways. In this interview, he discusses his upbringing in Columbia, his experiences in various Latin American countries such as Mexico, the process of creation, and his life-long passion for art. He also talks about the amount of time he spends in his studio and his experiences living all over the world.
This interview forms part of the Caribbean Diaspora Oral History Collection of the University of Miami Libraries Special Collections.
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INTERVIEW OUTLINE
- 00:00:10: Introduction
- 00:00:30: Tell me about where you born and how was your family
- 00:00:59: What did your parents do and how was your childhood?
- 00:01:37: What did you study?
- 00:01:55: Did you discover your passion for art at an early age?
- 00:02:34: How did you decide that one day, this is what you were going to do?
- 00:03:15: Who guided you in your beginnings as an artist?
- 00:04:20: Tell me about your experiences in England, Mexico, Cuba.
- 00:05:22: How was Cuba different from the rest?
- 00:06:21: Where and why did you decide to move to the United States?
- 00:08:14: Living in so many different places, how did that impact your work and your personal life?
- 00:12:50: Did paintings help you with your life?
- 00:13:29: Were you painting only on canvas?
- 00:14:00: How did you go from painting to transforming everyday objects into works of art?
- 00:15:56: What materials do you mostly work with for your art?
- 00:17:03: So for example, with the project with bullets, you are trying to make an object of death about life?
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- 00:18:14: Explain to me how the process of inspiration to completion works for you?
- 00:22:34: How were you new forms of art received by the public?
- 00:24:01: Are you happy with the level of appreciation that your art has now?
- 00:25:00: Have you had any exhibitions?
- 00:26:09: Are there any artists that you admire, whether they are old or new?
- 00:27:27: What is next for you? Do you sell yourself going back to canvas and paintbrushes?
- 00:29:00: Whether you like it or not, years from now somebody will be standing in front of your work and wonder who you were. Is there anything you want people to know?
- 00:32:26: Is there anything that you would like to add?
- 00:33:42: As a Hispanic artist is there anything that you would like to say to other young Hispanic artists?
- 00:36:31: END OF INTERVIEW