Collazo Art Studio

Miami-based artist Ileana Collazo is a very talented woman who is admired and loved by our artistic community in Miami and beyond. She is a pleasure to work with, her artwork is very popular with my buyers and collectors. We have had a lot of success showcasing and selling her artwork locally as well as internationally. I have worked with Ileana on numerous occasions to secure selling platforms for art exhibits and shows, her stunning floral pieces are always a hit. What makes my job as an art consultant even better is that she is an extremely reliable and dependable artist to work with.

Watching Ileana Collazo at work in her studio is akin to watching an alchemist creating magic. She sits in front of a blank canvas; a sheet of PBC board, Plexiglas, Mylar, Yupo, or rice paper; ransoms her tiny brushes and bottles of liquid acrylics and her colored pencils, and starts creating fantastic worlds of color shapes, and movement out of thin air. Ileana neither plans nor sketches; she dreams on surfaces. She has been labeled a colorist— with good reason—because her exquisite palette absorbs and dazzles the viewer without overwhelming the senses. Her other incredible gift is that of keeping her audience engaged in her work by controlling the movement of her wonderful invented universes so that the observer is kept in a mesmerizing hold, traveling through the surfaces; reluctant to walk away. Her Floral Fantasies and Abstracts Collections have color schemes to satisfy every taste and room décor—from the more formal black PBC board Night Gardens works, to the more informal Caribbean look of the Night and Day Gardens on Mylar and Yupo paper. Her color pencils on paper are a must for a very unusual contemporary look, and her special order hand-painted indoor/outdoor furniture and privacy screens, flower pots, and murals are every designer, decorator, and home or business owner’s dream when it comes to personalizing a space with the outmost sophistication and artistic flair (whether it be a private home, and office, a restaurant, or a hotel). The PBC board and Plexiglas privacy screens and Plexiglas coffee tables and sculptures (which can be lit from the bottom) are special gems that bring any room to life. The Night and Day Garden Collection on Mylar designs are wonderful as signature piece counter tops for a kitchen island or outdoor counter top that will be the talk of every guest in any private home, restaurant, or hotel. Ileana’s June to July 2013 solo exhibition at Kontempo Art Gallery in Miami, Florida was featured in the front page of Miami Art Guide online, Miami City Social, and half a dozen other local publications. Her work was chosen from a worldwide pool of over 600,000 artists as 1 of 100 artists exhibited in See.Me’s New York gallery “The Story of the Creative” group exhibition June through September 2013, and will be exhibited during See.Me’s “Creatives Rising, Art Takes New York” on a 42-foot screen in Time Square, at Sotheby’s, Christy’s, and a host of galleries, restaurants, and upscale stores in Manhattan during the month of October. As a fellow artist and personal friend, I have had the pleasure of seeing Ileana’s art rapidly evolve with every new piece she creates. Her art will prove as special an addition to any home or business as it is to her; and certainly something that will enrich any environment it is displayed in.

Unique artwork elevates room design. The body of painting and sketching by artist Ileana Collazo is truly a unique visual collection. Collazo's paintings are for room designs that require more than what the basic floral or static design can offer. The bright color combinations Collazo has created are stunning, and will provide designers with tremendous flexibility for pairing with many different room palettes. Working beyond basic canvas, Collazo's use of materials like mylar and plexiglass give otherwise ordinary paints an unusual flow. The result is pieces that are alive with unexpected runs and pools of merging color. Merging color is especially pronounced in the patterns painted on plexiglass (which provides designers with an opportunity to more thoroughly integrate sunlight or other room lighting into their design mix). I am most fond of the Collazo patterns that are unmistakably floral yet unlike any earthly plant life. Many of these images appear unteathered, floaty, and etherial. The shapes and lines are mesmerizing. That which is familiar in Collazo's patterns (petals, stamen, growth, sprouting, life, celebration) is what will allow this artwork to rest comfortably in any livable design; and that which is most unusual about these patterns is what will elevate any room design to a status that is fresh, unusual and more sophisticated. There is no mistaking that every piece has benefitted from the painstaking attention of an artist absorbed in her work. Yet, every piece exudes freedom and unconventionality. If your room design just needs some complementary color, you have more than enough choices for standard floral images. However, if you want to introduce vitality and interest to your design, then Collazo's work is worth a look.