About
MAKER, ARTIST, RESEARCHER
Exhibitions
2024 「Weaving Garments」39th Faculty Research Works Exhibition. (Bunka Gakuen University P. 8) Tokyo.
2022 「Cyanotypes」37th Faculty Research Works Exhibition (Bunka Gakuen University P. 9) Tokyo.
2018 92 VERSION SOEN AWARD FASHION SHOW Tokyo.
2018 BFGU FASHION SHOW 2018 Bunka Graduate University, Tokyo.
2013 BIKEFRIENDLY, SANTA ROSA Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá. Colombia
2012 SILHOUANGE Fashion Show. Bogotá International Fashion week. Colombia.
2007 “France 2007 in Colombia” Gallery Mondo, Bogotá. Colombia.
2007 “VI Artist’s Book Fair”, Espacio Ecléctico Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2006 National University of Colombia / Colectivo TRANSHILVÁN, Bogotá.
2004 Interuniversity Arts Collective group “Migraciones”, Bogotá, Colombia.
Claudia Arana is an artist from the National University of Colombia, where she worked in the Artistic Residence Program before relocating to Japan in 2015. She earned a Master's Degree in Fashion Design from Bunka Fashion Graduate University and has been actively involved in the Master's Degree program at Bunka Gakuen University since 2018. Currently undergoing in a PhD program at Kyoto Institute of Technology, her research focuses on sustainability and explores alternative methods of designing clothes, as well as delving into fashion education for sustainable futures.
Publications/Conferences
2025 Nishimura, Y., Arana, C., Rockell, K., Mitsuhiro, K. (2025). Fish Skin, Community Branding, and the Ainu of Hokkaido. In: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (19):2025.3 Komazawa University, P. 1-32.
This article is part of the research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, 2024 fiscal year, “Research on Fish Skin and Sustainability in the Fashion Industry” (Grant Number 24K15466).
2024 Arana, C. (2024). Building Sustainable Futures through Collective Action in the Fashion Industry. In: Franco, I.B., Mehreen, S.U., Joshi, A. (eds) Gender Aspects of Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore.
2021 Conference, Women Sustainability Forum 2021 “Approaches towards sustainable fashion practices. ” 11, 2021.
2021 Arana, C.「Rediscovering Japanese hemp culture as a design practice for sustainable fashion.」持続可能なファッションに向けたデザイン実践～日本のヘンプ物質文化の再発見. Journal of Bunka Gakuen University and Bunka Gakuen Junior Collegue 52. 文化学園大学・文化学園大学短期大学部紀要第52集(2021). March 2021.
2020 Arana, C. Franco, I., Joshi, A., Sedhai, J. Chapter 15, SDG 15 Life on Land. In: Franco I., Chatterji T., Derbyshire E., Tracey J. (eds) Actioning the Global Goals for Local Impact. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore.
2019 Arana, C. El cáñamo en Japón como una alternativa textil sostenible en la industria de la moda. Colfuturo, La Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República , pp.1-9, 2019
Find the full article here.
2019 e-foro Exceptional Women in Sustainability (eWisely) 2020
Rescatando el cáñamo en Japón como una alternativa textil sostenible en la industria de la moda. (Japanese hemp as a sustainable alternative for the fashion Industry.)
2018「Fashion Designer’s Practices & Theories」Transboundary Fashion Seminar 5.1 文化学園大学 国際交流センター英語によるグローバル・ファッションセミナー
2018 Conference Flowers in Fashion Design, Embassy of Colombia, Tokyo, Japan.
2008 Fashion and Film, Faculty of Film and Television, National University of Colombia, Bogotá.