Curioso Payaso is a Bolivian-American multi-media artist, working primarily with ceramics. Curioso obtained their master’s in neuroscience at George Washington University in 2022. Currently, they create in a community studio in Material Things and a private studio in DC.
Throughout their life, Curioso created art in private, taking private art lessons and attending community college art courses. In 2024, Curioso was selected to be apart of the online exhibits “Life and Death” curated by Gallerium and “Existence: Birth, Life, and Death” curated ExibiZone. In 2025, Curioso was apart of a BIPOC artist exhibition, titled “Connections”.
Up until I was 21 years, I had a tumultuous on and off again relationship with my art. At 21 years old, I shed the self-doubt that I experienced during creating. I no longer view art as an endeavor that must be perfect, rather as an experiment. My artworks are a deliberate exploration of the medium (ceramics, digital illustrations, or watercolor and oil paint) intended to broaden not only my perspective, but also that of the viewer.
My scientific background inspires me to evoke balance throughout my artworks. Through contrasting colors, variety of tactile and smooth surfaces, and movement, I encapsulate the unity of opposites theory. Human existence is filled with paradoxical situations, my creations highlight that our “reality” is based on perspective.