Alejandro Schianchi

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He was born and lives in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Master's Degree in Technology and Aesthetics of Electronic Arts, Bachelor's Degree in Cinematography, and Computer Electronics Technician. Researcher in contemporary art and new technologies at the Dr. Norberto Griffa Research Institute in Art and Culture (IIAC, UNTREF). Director of the Master’s and Specialization Programs in Contemporary Art Curatorship (USAL). Undergraduate and graduate professor (UNTREF, UNSAM). His academic work has been presented at MIT (USA) and ISEA (Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts), among others.

He has published in Leonardo Electronic Almanac (USA), IEEE Computer Society (USA), Artnodes (Spain), Interartive (Spain), Virtual Worlds (France), and TEMAS of the National Academy of Fine Arts (Argentina), among others. He is the author of the books “The Error in Audiovisual Devices as an Aesthetic Possibility” and “Locative Virtual Art: Transgressing Space with Mobile Devices”.

He has served as a jury member for the UADE National Visual Arts Contest, the National Fund for the Arts’ Art and Technology Prize, and the ITAÚ Visual Arts Prize. A National Researcher categorized as Tier II in the Incentives Program of the National Ministry of Education, he directs accredited research on electronic and contemporary art. He is the Director of the Research and Development Group in Contemporary Argentine Art Studies (UNTREF).

His electronic and conceptual art has been exhibited in various national and international shows. He is the recipient of the Lucio Fontana Prize awarded by the Consulate General of Italy and a grant from the National Fund for the Arts.
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