CURRENT

Coordinator of the Binational artistic PhD program. HfK - University of the Arts Bremen. (Germany)

Teaching Algorithmic Thinking at the University of Los Andes (Col)

Researcher at Critical Instruments - Research project led by Prof. Dennis P Paul at HfK Bremen. (Ger)

AWARD: Honorable Mention - Frese-Design-Award 2022.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2020/22 - Student Assistant of the Binational artistic PhD program. HfK - University of the Arts Bremen. (Germany)

2019/22 - Assistant of the Reading Circle and editor of publications. HfK - University of the Arts Bremen. (Germany) Master's program in Arts, Digital Media

2017/18 - Creative Director, Designer, Developer at the Interactive Laboratory. Critertec SAS, Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

2014/16 - Interactive Designer. Panoramika SAS, Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

2016 - Media Arts workshops based on Arduino, Pure Data, Processing and Ab live. ARTTEC Festival Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

Since 2012 - Composer, Playwright, Lead voice, Visual and costume designer. LA PULPA, Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

2007/14 - Composer, Bassist, Playwright, Visual and costume designer. RESINA LALA, Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

2013 - Web Creative Director, Digital Strategist. PRECISE ENGAGEMENT SAS, Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

2012 - Media Arts Speaker, talks about design in Interactive media. IDENTITY SCHOOL OF DIGITAL ARTS, Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

2022 - Master of Arts (M.A.) Digital Media HfK - University of the Arts Bremen. (Ger) Link to Thesis

2018/21 - Scholarship by the DAAD German Academic Exchange Service.
Study Scholarships for Foreign Graduates in the Fields of Fine Art, Film, Design/Visual Communication and Film.

2012 - Industrial Designer / Faculty of Arts. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota D.C. (Col)

2011 Design In Interactive Media Course.
Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá D.C. (Col) With Prof. Hernando Barragán.

2010 -Diploma in Independent Band Management. BOGOTA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Col)

2008 - 4th Exchange Semester Industrial Design. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C. (Col)

2006 - Graduate of the REFOUS SCHOOL. Bogotá D.C./ Cota (Col)

1994/2002 - Latin American Traditional Music Studies at ESCUELA NUEVA CULTURA

ART SELECTED & EXHIBITIONS

2022 - Curatorial assistance of HALBE HALBE.

2022 - INACT Festival des Arts Mutants (Strasbourg, Fr) - Performance - The paradoxial Mtyh…

2022 - The Paradoxical Myth of the Crazed Jaguar and Nene - Master thesis performance at Schwankhalle Theater Bremen

2021 - Nene del Solar - Performance / Lecture at Salon Digital HfK - Bremen

2021 - Bodies of Resonance - Performance / Installation at Schwankhalle Theater Bremen

2021 - Nene del Solar y sus Máquinas Tropicales - Performance at Domshof Open Space

2020/21 - Art Residency at the Schwankhalle Theater Bremen To develop a performance at the theater.

Oct 2020 - Sound performance JD Set for the online semesterbegrüßung. HfK - Hochschule für Künste Bremen.

Aug 2020 - Sound composition for audiovisual installation - Angel Eyes Academy of Fine Arts Munich and Blitz Club Museuminsel 1

Jan 2020 - Exhibition - Mythopoesis - Analysis of Bremen's identity as a city - At Sphere/Circa 106, Center for International Research and Collaborative Art. (Bremen)

Dec 2019 - Interactive projections for dance-theater piece – Spektrum - Cooperation with the dance company of the Theater Bremen and the company Urbanscreen

Nov 2019 - Event Performance – Bailongo Anti-Exotic - together with Tremendo Parche Latino Bremen at the Kultur im Bunker (Bremen).

Apr 2019 - Exhibition - Raw Data Material Narration - Development of an electronic musical instrument exhibited in the Künstlerhaus Güterbahnhof (Bremen)

Feb 2019 - Performance - Karneval der Nervösen Together with the students of Raphael Sbrzesny at the University of the Arts Bremen

2017 - City Hall Pavilion at the Bogota Book Fair Design of experiences with augmented reality, virtual reality / interactive physical design.

2016 - Digital Graffiti in Bogotá's birthday - Mapping show.

2015 - Interactive wall at The Budweiser laboratory.

2015 - TEMPORAL - Interactive installation at ARTTEC FESTIVAL representation of the world winds.

MUSIC FESTIVALS AND TOURS

2017 - Yotetoko Tour. 8 concerts of LA PULPA In three asian cities: Tokyo-Japan, Seoul-Korea, Beijing-China

2016 - Day Day Up Chinese TV program. An invitation to LA PULPA. To show the project of Music made with fruits.

2016 - Chinazo Tour 6 Concerts of LA PULPA in China (Beijing - Shanghai - Changsha)

2014 - FIMU FESTIVAL Belfort (FRANCE). 3 concerts of LA PULPA

2014 - SXSW South By Southwest Austin Texas (USA). 3 Showcases of LA PULPA.

2013 - Lollapalooza (CHILE). Invitation to RESINA LALA

2012 - Rock al Parque Bogotá (Colombia). Invitation to RESINA LALA

2012 - Colombia al Parque Bogotá (Colombia). Invitation to LA PULPA

2012 - Festival Estereo Picnic Bogotá (Colombia). Invitation to RESINA LALA

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