Lina Dorado

• Name — Lina Dorado • Birth Name — Lina Isabel Dorado • Born — 2 April 1975 • Birthplace — Bogotá, Colombia, South America • Occupation — Artist, filmmaker • Years Active — 1994–present

Born in Bogotá she attended a screenwriting seminar at 16 years old with the writer and producer Juana Uribe and landed a job writing for television as part of the creative writing team behind the TV series "De Pies a Cabeza", that went on to write many T.V hits including Colombia's Betty la Fea (Now the American comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty). Dorado entered the B.A program in Fine Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where she was awarded for three consecutive terms the academic recognition matricula de honor (gaining top marks in her class with the right to free registration the following year). Dorado then moved to London earning a BA(Hons.) degree in Fine Arts specialized in Film and Video at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. With a First Class Honours degree from Central Saint Martins, Dorado applied to the graduate film program at Columbia University in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2006 earning an MFA in film directing.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, she is the daughter of actor and screenwriter Humberto Dorado and painter Maria Moran. She worked alongside contemporary artist Luis Cantillo for over ten years they claim to "continue to comment and participate in each others endeavors" but each of them currently pursues their own individual work while admitting that their career "continues to be informed and influenced by their extraordinary artistic collaboration". Dorado lives in New York city with her long-term partner, whom she married in 2011.

• 2005 – Viper Video and New Media Festival, Basel, Switzerland • 2005 – Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA • 2005 – Independents Film Festival, Tampa, Florida, USA • 2005 – 2 AM (Dos Alrededor de la Montaña), Alliance Française, Bogotá, Colombia (solo) • 2004 – Doble Vista, Galería Diners, Bogotá, Colombia (solo) • 2004 – Field of depth, Latin Collector, New York • 2004 – Urbes Interiores, Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia • 2004 – A deux, Web Project, Forum de l’Image, Toulouse, Francia • 2004 – Errancias, Centro Cultural Comfandi, Cali, Colombia • 2003 – Afuera, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia (solo) • 2003 – Errancias, Valenzuela y Klenner Arte Contemporaneo, Bogotá, Colombia • 2003 – Still Life / Naturaleza Muerta, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia • 2003 – V Bienal de Venecia Bogotá, Centro Comunal Venecia, Bogotá, Colombia • 2003 – Solo Dibujo, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia • 2003 – 16 FilmWinter, Stuttgart, Alemania • 2002 – Airborne, Midlanda KonstHall, Timra, Suecia • 2002 – File 2002, Instituição Cultural Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil • 2002 – EntreCasa, Galeria SantaFe, Bogotá, Colombia • 2002 – Portatil, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia • 2001 – What we did on our holidays, Hastings Museum of Art, Inglaterra • 2001 – Travellers’ Tales InIVA, Londres, Inglaterra • 2001 – Mobil Art, Gallery Rocket, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan • 2000 – A.U.R.E.L.S. Galerie d'Aurel, Francia • 2000 – Transito, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia • 2000 – Wigs, Diamonds and a Frozen Turkey, W.i.s.h. Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra • 1999 – X-hibit 99, London Institute Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra • 1999 – Barclays Drawing Award, Northampton, Inglaterra • 1999 – Walk, Lambeth Walk, Londres, Inglaterra • 1999 – Dislocation, Notting Hill Arts Club, Londres, Inglaterra • 1998 – Emergencia, Museo de Arte de La Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia • 1997 – 2nd Portobello Film & Video Festival, Londres, Inglaterra

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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Institutional cataloguing adds that lina Dorado is recorded with the occupation photographer. It is also recorded that lina Dorado is recorded as a citizen of United States. It is also recorded that lina Dorado is recorded with the gender female. Born on 2 April 1975.

Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia Museum of Modern Art (Colección libros de artista), Nueva York, EU Whitney Museum of American Art (Colección libros de artista), Nueva York, EU