Eileen Köhler (b. 2003, Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, drawing, photography, cyanotype, and installation. Incorporating natural pigments and mixed media techniques, she creates layered atmospheric compositions marked by fluidity, transparency, and tonal depth. Her work is recognized for its visual resemblance to bodies of water and shifting organic formations.
Rooted in a contemplative practice, Eileen’s work examines the tension between interiority and contemporary overstimulation. Through intuition, spontaneity, and archetypal imagery, she investigates alternative ways of understanding reality beyond rational logic. Her works frequently engage the unconscious as a space through which identity and belonging can be examined. Influenced by philosophy, psychology, and esoteric traditions, her work balances intuitive gesture with material experimentation and symbolic resonance.
Her work has been presented in exhibitions including No necesita permiso at Alianza Francesa, Arte en Mayo at Fundación Rozas Botrán, the 38th Anniversary Exhibition at Galería El Attico and Museo Ixchel, Galería Abierta at Centro Cultural Municipal, and Puertas Abiertas al Arte at National Palace of Culture. Köhler’s work is held in private collections, Fundación Paiz, and the European Union Embassy in Guatemala.
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Resides and works in Guatemala City.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
No necesita permiso, Alianza Francesa, Guatemala, GT
2022
Umbral, Recording Box, Guatemala, GT
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2026
Arte en mayo, Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala, GT
38 aniversario, el attico Gallery, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala, GT
Galería Abierta, Centro Cultural Municipal, Guatemala, GT
Enamorados del arte, Forma Museum, El Salvador, SV
2025
Yo Robot, Centro Cultural Municipal, Guatemala, GT
Momentos, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Historical Center of Guatemala, Guatemala, GT
Latente, Fundación Sueños en Arte, Avia, Guatemala, GT
SANARTE, Fundación Paiz, Museo de los Niños, Guatemala, GT
Time and Memory, The Archive of Lost Things - Room 4, Arts To Hearts Project
Puertas Abiertas al Arte, Unión Europea, National Palace of Culture, Guatemala, GT
Arte Centenario, Club de Rotarios, Hotel Intercontinental, Guatemala, GT
Colectiva de 37 aniversario, El Áttico Gallery- Ixchel museum, Guatemala, GT
Corpografías, MUSA Gallery, Guatemala, GT
Plantas Nativas, Juan Carlos Castagnino Municipal Art Museum, Buenos Aires, AR
Galería Abierta, Centro Cultural Municipal, Guatemala, GT
2024
Latente, Fundación Sueños en Arte, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala, GT
ESPACIOS 2024, Ministry of Culture and Sports, CAOS gallery, Guatemala, GT
Mucho Gusto- Puertas abiertas al Arte, European Delegation, Guatemala, GT
Convergencia Artística- Mosaico Artístico festival, Mosaico cultural center, Guatemala, GT
Upcycling Art- II, French Alliance, Guatemala, GT
2023
ColeccionArte 2023, OSMOSIS gallery, Guatemala, GT
Visiones Juveniles- Puertas abiertas al Arte- European Delegation, Guatemala, GT
XI edición de Plástica Guatemalteca Contemporánea, National Palace of Culture, Guatemala, GT
Momentos, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario,Historical Center of Guatemala, GT
Right Love, Wrong Time, LARK Gallery, Guatemala, GT
12vo Salón de Miniaturas Galería Rafael Mora, Guatemala, GT
Velada artística, Rosa de Luxemburgo Gallery, Guatemala, GT
Galería Abierta 2023, Centro Cultural Municipal, Guatemala, GT
2019- 2022
Abstractos, Galería AK, Guatemala, GT
Entre Tiempo, Galería AK Guatemala, GT
Trazos Colectivos, Galería AK, Guatemala, GT
PUBLICATIONS
2026
Eileen Köhler: el arte de soltar el control, República, 24/04
2025
Solo Exhibition-No necesita permiso, Prensa Libre, 08/11
Interview, Prensa Libre- Día del niño, Latente Collective Exhibition, 30/09 Publication, Puertas Abiertas al arte. Unión Europea. Visiones Juveniles. P.31, 40, 41
Publication, 101 Art Book : Nature Edition. Arts To Hearts Project. P.33
Publication, Time And Memory Book. Arts To Hearts Project. P.14, 56, 57
2023
Publication, El Periódico- Cultura, 21/04. P.16
Book cover: Valeria Rosito Andreu. 2023. Right Love, Wrong Time
2021
Drawings for thesis: Marín. Oscar. 2021. Heine-Schubert. Oscar Marin Reyes, Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg
EDUCATION
2022-2025: Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with concentration in Visual Arts and Cultural Management at College at Francisco Marroquín University, Guatemala, GT
2025
Contemporary art diploma, imparted by Gabriel Rodríguez Pellecer, Municipal school of visual arts, Guatemala GT
What is Contemporary? imparted by Josseline Pinto, Tanta Dinamita, Guatemala, GT
2024
History of Guatemalan Visual Arts, 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries Universidad Popular, Guatemala, GT
The Cycle: Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations, University of Maryland, College Park
Arts and Heritage Management, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
2023
Arts and Culture Strategy, University of Pennsylvania and National Arts Strategies
