Nadín Ospina (born May 16, 1960, in Bogotá) is a Colombian artist with significant international exposure.
From 1979 to 1982, he held the position of Professor of Fine Arts, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá.
In 1997, he was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in New York City.
Examples include Pre-Columbian style statues of U.S. characters Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Bart Simpson and Eric Cartman as well as two-dimensional portrayals of Danish Lego figures in modern Colombian contexts.
[2][4][5] Ospina reportedly was inspired to create the Pre-Columbian style statues after unknowingly buying fake Pre-Columbian pieces which led him to reflect on the idea of "untainted primitive Latin American culture".