Born in 1989, Puerto Boyacá, Colombia. Lives and works in London, UK.

Douglas Cantor’s paintings are an exploration of diaspora identity and the transfiguration of culture through the experience of the immigrant. His work reflects the ways in which his culture and identity have mutated through his experience as a Latino immigrant to the UK, questioning what it means to belong neither here nor there, navigating the discrepancies between contrasting realities and the fragmentation of lived experience. This dual condition—familiar to many immigrants—simultaneously strengthens and dilutes one’s connection to origins, shaping a sense of identity rooted in displacement.

Cantor’s newest artwork, Dallas Paloma, contains repeating motifs that infuse his work with personal meaning. The pigeon, or paloma in Spanish, appears in both physical form and in writing, becoming a conceptual and sentimental vessel through which the artist expresses his evolving identity.