Luz Ángela Lizarazo was born in Bogotá in 1966, and studied Art at the University of Los Andes and the Paris School of Fine Arts. Following her time in the French capital she traveled to Madrid, where she lived for a period of ten years. During this phase of her career, she came into contact with contemporary art, enabling her to explore an endless amount of resources and themes. In the Spanish capital she studied jewelry making, in addition to being taught ceramics in Bogotá.