From Bogotá, Colombia.
Lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia.
EDUCATION
2019 Curate/Create - Conversations about curatorial practice, FLORA ars+natura Foundation, Bogotá.
2018- 2017 Fellow, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
2017 MFA in Art, California Institute of the Arts -CalArts, Valencia, California.
2007 Bachelor of Visual Arts. Universidad Distrital – Academia Superior de Artes de Bogotá.
TEACHING
2023 Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts- BFA, Universidad de los Andes.
Class taught: Experimental Painting- Advanced workshop.
Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts- BFA, Faculty of Creation (FacCrea), Universidad del Rosario,
Bogotá.
Class taught:
> Painting fundamentals for everyone, elective course.
> Experimental Painting, elective complementary course.
2023 - 2022 Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts- BFA, Faculty of Creation (FacCrea), Universidad del Rosario,
Bogotá.
Class taught:
> Unpainting. Representation in Art I: Painting, III Semester.
> Means of Representation in Art, Architecture and Design I, I Semester.
2022 Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts- BFA, Universidad de los Andes.
Class taught: Workshop Emphasis: Painting - Space.
2022 – 2021 Adjunct Faculty, Art & Design faculty - BFA, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá.
Class taught: Finding the painting, Plastic Workshop II, Painting Module, III Semester.
2022 – 2019 Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts- BFA, Faculty of Creation and Communication, Universidad El Bosque,
Bogotá.
Classes taught:
> What painting for?, Experimental painting, Bidimensional IV, IV Semester.
> Reading the line, Drawing and text, Drawing V, VI Semester.
2022 - 2021 > Making Impossible, Projects II. II Semester.
2020 Invited Professor, Thinking about Art, Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá.
2018 Invited Professor, Art and Pedagogy Module, Espejos y Cartografías, Ministerio de Cultura y
Fundación Arteria, Manizales, Caldas.
2017 Invited Professor, Creation Laboratories, Banco de la República, Honda, Tolima.
2015 Invited Professor, Creation Laboratories, Banco de la República, Barranquilla, Atlántico.
2014 Adjunct Faculty, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá. A class given to the Faculty of Marketing
and Advertising and the Faculty of Graphic Design.
Classes taught:
> Introduction to photography and video, elective course.
> Drawing and Illustration I, elective course.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 > We were close, Painting project with Tupac Cruz as Aurora Rampante, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá.
2020 > Nothing Felt, Video installation with Tupac Cruz as Aurora Rampante, R E D M I A M I - Idartes,
Bogotá.
> Questions about identity, In Situ installation, Curated by Daniel Santiago Salguero, El Dorado
space, Bogotá.
2019 > Paused Relay, Cámara de Comercio - Sede Chapinero, Bogotá.
2017 > Unfollow Me Morning Star, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts -CalArts, Valencia,
California.
> Deja de Seguirme Estrella Mañanera [Unfollow Me Morning Star], Museo de Arte de Medellín,
Colombia.
2016 > Cruise Control Runs Remote, Mid-Res Exhibition, L Shape Gallery, California Institute of the Art -
CalArts,Valencia, California.
2015 > Home & Away. In Situ installation, 7 de Agosto, Bogotá, Colombia.
2014 > La fabricación de los hechos [The fabrication of facts]. Galería Jenny Vilá, Cali, Colombia.
2013 > Viaje sentimental [Sentimental journey]. Kunst -& Kurhaus Katana e.V, Nürnberg, Germany.
> La vida, el universo y todo lo demás [Life, the universe and everything else] Galería Valenzuela
& Klenner, Bogotá.
2012 > R E M A K E. Alianza Francesa, Bogotá.
> Un llamamiento fallido [A call that failed]. Galería La Trampa, México D.F / M I A M I Gallery,
Bogotá.
2011 > El lugar de las cosas que nunca aprendí II [The place of things I never learned II]. Lugar a
dudas, Cali.
2010 > Arte político decorativo [Political Decorative Art]. Galería Christopher Paschall, Bogotá.
2009 > El lugar de las cosas que nunca aprendí [The place of things I never learned]. Centro Colombo -
Americano, Bogotá.
2008 > Estructuras modulares para la transformación del mundo [Modular Structures for World
Transformation].
Lado B - Arte Consultores, Bogotá.
2007 > Hambre Deluxe [Hunger Deluxe]. Galería Santa Fe (Sala Alterna), Bogotá.
2006 > Menufactura [Menufacture]. El Bodegón (Contemporary art and social life), Bogotá.
2005 > Estamos Fritos [We’re done for]. Sala Alterna Galería M.A.R, Bogotá.
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
2023 > Brujas & Beatos: invocación de herejes y reincidentes, exaltación de la locura y la
renunciación,[Witches and Blesseds: invocation of heretics and recidivists, exaltation of
madness and renunciation], Madrastra Space, curated by Erika Montoya and Carlos Bonil, Bogotá.
> Apunte,[Note], Casa Hoffman, curated by María Adelaida Samper and William Contreras Alfonso,
Bogotá.
2022 > Rojo: Construir de nuevo un mundo, una exploración en complicidad, [Red: Build again
a world, an exploration in complicity], Collaborative project at Giovanni Vargas’ XI Premio
Luis Caballero exhibition, Bogotá.
> Piratería Sentimental III;Con sabor, Apartamento, Curated by Humberto Junca, Bogotá.
2021 > Polisombra,(with Tupac Cruz and Gabriel Mejía Abad),SKETCH Gallery, Bogotá.
> Rejected. Painting yesterday, today and tomorrow. Jenny Vilá Gallery, Cali.
2020 > Ontrafelingen, Parce Art Projects. Curated by Laura Peña and Jolien Verdoodt, Gent, Belgium.
> Other Places, Art Fair exhibition, online exhibition.
2019 > Common Territory - New additions to the M.A.M.M Collection, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín,
Medellín.
2018 > Todo lo tengo,todo me falta [I have everything, everything is missing], Artecámara Pavillion,
curated by Carolina Ponce de León, Corferias, Bogotá.
> Grande Superficie [Large surface], Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Curated by Paola Peña, Sede
Chapinero, Bogotá.
> Scroll(Painting/Film screening series), The REEF L.A, Los Angeles, California.
2017 > Dysfunctional Formulas of Love, The Box Gallery, for Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Getty
Foundation),curated by Corazón del Sol and Victor Albarracín, Los Angeles, California.
> Shadow Box, AR Projects, Los Ángeles, California.
> Clothing Optional, Night Gallery, curated by Sohrab Mohebbi, Los Ángeles, California.
2016 > Need A Show For This Title, California Institute of the Arts -CalArts, D301 Gallery, Valencia,
California.
> The Group Show: MFA 2 Mid-Res Group Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts - Cal Arts, D300
Gallery, Valencia, California.
2015 > Home & Away, Fell House, curated by Ivan Smith, Wakefield, United Kingdom.
2014 > La vuelta a Colombia [The tour of Colombia]. Itinerant show, curated by Si nos pagan boys,
Colombia.
> Terrícola [Earthling]. Museo de Arte de Pereira, curated by Helena Producciones, Pereira,
Colombia.
> Quieren dinero, [They want money], Galería de la facultad de bellas artes - Universidad del
Atlántico, curated by La Usurpadora(María Isabel Rueda & Mario Llanos), Barranquilla.
> La materia degenerada [Degenerate matter], curated by Carlos Bonil, Espacio El Parche, Bogotá.
> Textos visibles, audibles y legibles 2004-2014 [Visible, audible and legible texts 2004-2014].
Galería Santa Fe, Bogotá.
> ¡Qué bonito![How pretty!], Academia Superior de Artes de Bogotá, curated by Henry Palacios,
Bogota.
2013 > Saber Desconocer. 43 Salón(inter)Nacional de artistas, curated by Mariángela Mendez, Museo de
Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
> El azote del culo [The scourge of ass]. Espacio La Quincena, Bogotá.
> “Nueva”: Nueva pintura colombiana [‘New’: New Colombian painting]. Museo la Tertulia, curated by
Juan Sebastián, Ramírez, Cali.
> Revolución & simulacro [Revolution & simulacra]. Museo la Tertulia, curated by Juan Sebastián
Ramírez, Cali.
2012 > Manimal. The Warehouse Art, curated by Si nos pagan boys, Bogotá.
> Navidad de navidades [Christmas’ Christmas]. L.A galeria. Bogotá.
2011 > Intentos para un mundo perfecto. [Attempts at a perfect world]. Salón de Arte BBVA –Nuevos Nombres
Banco de la República. Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, curated by Carlos Betancourt, Bogotá.
> Analogies. Now Contemporary Art, curated by Sandra Montenegro, Miami.
2009 > Franquicia pirata [Pirate Franchise] (Klassenkämpfe: Víctor Albarracín & Lorena Espitia).
Collaborative project at Carlos Amorales’ Nuevos Ricos exhibition. Kunsthalle Fridericianum,
Kassel, Germany.
> Salón de Arte Bidimensional. Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá.
> ArtBo – Artecámara Pavillion, curated by María Iovino, Corferias, Bogotá.
> Casa de citas [Date House]. Museo de Antioquia, Medellín.
> Piratería sentimental [Sentimental Piracy].La Residencia, curated by Humberto Junca, Bogotá.
2008 > Ciertas cosas, cosas ciertas [Some things, certain things]. Lado B - Arte Consultores, Bogotá.
> Salón de Arte Joven Colsanitas. International Art Fair of Bogotá. Corferias, Bogotá.
> Siguiente por favor. [Next please]. Galería Nueveochenta, Bogotá.
2007 > Inoxidable Neopop [Rustproof Neopop]. Galería Santa Fe, Bogotá.
> Por pintar [For the sake of painting]. Galería Cu4rto Nivel, Bogotá.
2006 > II Salón de Arte Joven El Nogal. Club El Nogal, Bogotá.
> Salón de Arte Digital. Fundación Gilberto Alzáte Avendaño, Bogotá.
> El marco es lo que vale [The frame is what counts]. El Bodegón(contemporary art and social life),
Bogotá.
2005 > VIII Salón de Estudiantes ASAB. Galería ASAB, Bogotá.
> Desearía que estuvieras aquí [Wish you were here], curated by Michele Faguet, Espacio la Rebeca,
Bogotá.
2004 > Sin formato [Format-less]. Ministerio de Cultura, itinerant show.
PRIZES AND RESIDENCIES
2019 Grant - Residecy, Escuela Flora, Bogotá.
2018 Prize, Artecámara seccion, Bogotá.
2018 - 2017 Scholarship - Residency, Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany.
2015 Scholarship for International post-graduate studies abroad, Jóvenes Talentos Grant, Bank of
the Republic, Colombia.
2013 Residency, Kunst & Kurhaus Katana e.V, Nürnberg, Germany.
2012 Prize, Nuevas Propuestas 2012 - Alianza Francesa, Bogotá.
2012 Residency, FONCA, México D.F.
2011 Mention, Salón de Arte Bidimensional, Bogotá.
2009 Mention, Salón de Arte Bidimensional, Bogotá.
2008 1st. Prize, Salón de Arte Joven Colsanitas, Bogotá.
2007 Residency as part of El Bodegón collective at MDE 07, Medellín, Colombia
2006 1st. Prize, II Salón de Pintura Joven Club el Nogal, Bogotá.
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
2018 Diacritics Volume 46 Number 2: Collective Temporalities: Decolonial Perspectives.
2014 Pequeña biblioteca - Arte colombiano del siglo XXI[Small library-Colombian art of the XXI
century]. Bogotá. Revista Matera #10/11: Masacote. Bogotá.
OTHER PROJECTS
2022 - 2016 Bass player and singer for Aurora Rampante, Los Ángeles- Bogotá.
2018 - 2017 Coordination of the project, selection and assistant of the teachers, Escuela incierta
[Uncertain School], Lugar a Dudas, Cali.
2015 - 2012 Bass player for Las Ruinas Telepáticas and Montón Volador, Bogotá.
2012 - 2010 Part of the curatorial committee for a project of temporary occupation of art spaces, La Parte
Maldita, Bogotá.
2009 – 2005 Member of the independent space El Bodegón (Contemporary Art - Social Life), Bogotá.
2006 - 2004 Editorial board member, Editora Chunga, Bogotá.
2006 - 2003 Member of the cultural management group FRIX2713, Bogotá.
2004 Founding member of the independent publisher Cara de Perro, Bogotá.