Carolina Sarria is a New York-based Colombian artist and menswear designer whose work exists at the intersection of tailoring, contemporary art, and cultural commentary.
She transforms familiar silhouettes through freehand illustration, painting, airbrush, embroidery, digital textile technologies, collage, and mixed-media experimentation, working from the language of classic menswear. Rather than treating these processes as surface decoration, they become embedded within the construction of each garment, allowing fashion and art to exist as one.
At the core of Sarria's practice is the act of deconstruction and juxtaposition. Opposing ideas are brought together to create new meaning: luxury and street culture, refinement and rebellion, handcraft and technology, tradition and disruption. Humor and sarcasm are recurring devices within her work, challenging accepted notions of taste, masculinity, and value while questioning the hierarchies that exist within fashion and society.
Each collection begins with a cultural observation rather than a trend. Clothing becomes a medium for examining identity, social behavior, and the visual language that shapes contemporary culture. Every garment functions as both a wearable object and an artwork, carrying the evidence of its own making through layered construction, painterly interventions, and material experimentation.
Rejecting perfection in favor of process, Sarria embraces craftsmanship as a form of authorship. Every piece is individually developed, preserving the gestures, imperfections, and decisions that reveal the human hand behind its construction.
“My work is an extension of who I am: a non-conformist. I imagine each collection as an opportunity to look at different social issues in a new light with each piece as a canvas; a unique work of art that champions individualistic expression.”
- Carolina Sarria
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Industry Honors
Carolina Sarria held a prestigious two-and-a-half-year licensing partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, where she created limited-edition fashion and mixed-media art pieces inspired by Warhol’s iconic work. This exclusive collaboration fused her raw, punk-glam aesthetic with the legacy of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century — resulting in a bold, art-meets-fashion collection that pushed creative boundaries.
The project earned Carolina a Vogue Italia cover in 2021, where she was named one of the Top 100 Best Influencers, as well as a Best Project of the Year nomination by the Artist Society Exhibition at the Fotografiska Museum, in collaboration with the Warhol Foundation.
Her collections are sold at Dover Street Market, and she continues to innovate across platforms — including a groundbreaking digital runway show inside Nintendo’s Animal Crossing, blending couture with interactive technology and redefining the future of fashion.