Marcel Lombana
Marcel Lombana Piñeres is a Colombian painter and sculptor and is the brother of the artists Héctor Lombana and Tito Lombana.
Biography
Born in Santa Marta, Colombia, Lombana graduated with the "Group of 15" from the School of Fine Arts, Cartagena alongside artists Dario Morales and Alfredo Guerrero.At the start of his career, he worked in advertising and in set design for cinema in Medellín. He established himself as a set designer and lighting technician in the social clubs of Barranquilla during the annual carnival seasons, acting as the right-hand collaborator for choreographies by Sonia Osorio, Oscar Ochoa, Jaime Escobar, Gloria Peña, and Rosana Lignarolo.
Among his works as a sculptor, he created the monument to Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, located in the park of the same name in Barranquilla; the monument to physician Alejandro Giraldo in Montería; the Monument to the Legend of the Caimán Man in Plato, Magdalena; the Monument to Christ of Welcome in the Church of the Holy Cross, Ciudadela 20 de Julio in the Cathedral of the South; the Monument to the Crucified Jesus in Boyacá; as well as innovative sculptures and sculptural figures for companies and private collectors.
He has also served in artistic education, both as a professor and lecturer, in various educational institutions across Colombia.