Fernando Velázquez
Born in Montevideo-Uruguay, 1970. Live and work in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Education
. Post graduation degree - Cultural Management. Itau Cultural/Singularidades, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2019
. MA in Fashion, Culture and Art - Fashion School, Senac University - Sao Paolo, Brazil - 2007
. Post graduation degree - Online/offline Video and Digital Technologies, Mecad Media Center - Barcelona, Spain - 2006
. Degree in Multimedia Design - Communication and Arts Department, Senac University - Sao Paolo, Brazil - 2006
. European Mobile Lab - University of Athens, University of Applied Arts Vienna ) & University of Lapland, 2008-2009
. Architecture school - Uruguay - 1991-1996. (Without completion)
. University School of Music - Uruguay - 1990-1993. (Without completion)
Selected Solo shows
. Oma Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil, 2022
. Zipper Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2021
. Bossa Gallery, Miami, EUA, 2015
. Museum of Contemporary Art, Goiânia, Brazil, 2014
. EAC – Contemporary Art Space, Montevideo, Uruguay - 2011
. Naustruch, Sabadell, Spain – 2011 / with the support of the Sao Paulo Bienalle
. Video Works, Parque das Ruinas, Rio de Janeiro - 2010
. Sao Paulo Cultural Center, annual exhibitions program , Sao Paulo - 2008
. Alicia Goyena Gallery – Montevideo, Uruguay - 1996
Selected Group exhibitions
. Réseaux-Mondes (Worlds of networks), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2022 [curated by David Quilles Guilló]
. 16th International Print Triennale Graphica Creativa 2022, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, 2022
. Coleção Sartori, MARGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2022 [curated by Paulo Herkenhoff]
. 59 National Visual Arts Award, EAC, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2020
. Executable Cinema, UFES Art Gallery, Vitória, Brazil [group show curated by Gabriel Menotti]
. Voltaje art and technology Festival, Centro Textura, Bogota, Colombia, 2018 [curated by Carmen Gil Vrolijk]
. Silent Presence, Pair Gallery, Miami, EUA, 2018
. The Matter of Photography in the Americas. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford-CA, USA, 2018
. In Sonora, Madrid, Spain, 2018
. Aparelhamento, Ocupação Funarte, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2016
. Overview, The Willem II Fabriek, Hertogenbosch, Holland - 2016
. 23 Premio Internacional de Gráfica Máximo Ramos, Centro Torrente Ballester, A Coruña, Spain - 2014
. Mindscapes, Casa Tomada, Mexico-DF, Mexico - 2014
. Visiones Sonoras, CMAS, Morelia, Mexico - 2014
. Puntos de Pintura, Centro Torrente Ballester, Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain - 2014[curated by: Sara Donoso]
. Museu Afro Brazil, Parque do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2014
. Reinventando o Mundo, Museu da Vale, Vitória-ES, Brazil [curated by: F. Pedroso e J. Espinho] - 2013
. IV Mostra 3M de Arte Digitial, Instituto Tomie Othake, Sao Paulo, Brazil [curated by G. Domschke] - 2013
. VideoBrazil, Sesc Pompéia, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2013
. IV Continuum, Centro Cultural dos Correios, Recife, Brazil - 2013
. Visual Rhythm, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder - CO, USA - 2012
. Ciberfest, Cyland Art Media Lab, St. Petesburg, Russia - 2012
. Currents 2012, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA - 2012 [Curated by: M. Amster & F. Ragano]
. Live Herring ‘11, Jyväskylä Art Museum Gallery, Jyväskylä, Finland – 2011
. Boîte Invaliden, Invaliden1 Gallery, Berlin, Germany - 2011 curated by: Paulo Reis and Josué Mattos
. Dérapage, Centre de Design de L ́Uqam, Montréal, Canada - 2011
. Arte.Mov - MAM - Museum of Modern Art - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - 2010
. ARTECH 2010 - 5th International Conference of Digital Arts, Guimarães, Portugal - 2010
. Carlos Carvalho Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal - 2009
. New gazes, Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain - 2009
. 2008 Culturas, Madrid, Spain - 2008 . Madeira Biennial, Madeira Island, Portugal - 2008
. Nature, the gaze of the artist - Museum of contemporary art, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2008 [Curated by Katia Canton]
. 36 Contemporary Art Show of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2008
. Flexible Bits, MIS - Image and Sound Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2005
Bienniails
. The Bienal of the moving image, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020 [curated by Gabriela Golder]
. Cerveira Biennial, Cerveira, Portugal, 2011, 2017, 2022
. Cibergeographies, La Paz Biennale - Bolivia - 2016 [curated by: Gustavo Romano]
. Artificial Emotion Biennale, Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2012
. WRO Biennale, WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland – 2011
. 7th Mercosur biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil - 2009
. 5th Vento Sul biennial, Curitiba, Brazil - 2009
. Thessaloniki Biennial, Greece - 2009
Selected Festivals
. Fulldome Festival, Bogota Planetary, Bogotá, Colombia, 2019
. Function, Mallorca Electronic and Digital Art Festival, Mallorca, Spain, 2019
. Nido Festival de Artes Vivas, Campo Abierto, Rivera, Uruguay, site-spcific, 2018 [curated by Tamara Cubas]
. IMMERSPHERE, Internacional Fulldome Festival, Brasilia, Brazil, 2017
. Loop Festival, Barcelona, Spain (program curated by L. Bambozzi and program curated by B. Held) - 2015
. Hong Kong Internantional Mobile Film Awards, Hong Kong - 2015
. Festival Multiplicidade, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [curated by de Batman Zavarese] - 2013, 2015, 2019
. Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Camaguey, Cuba - 2013 [Curated by Miguel Petchkovsky]
. FIVA - Festival Internacional de Video Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 2013
. N Minutes Video Art Festival, CITIC Square, Shangai, China - 2012
. Mapping Festival, Geneva, Switzerland - 2011
. on_off, Itaú Cultual, Sao Paolo - 2011, 2015 [commisioned works]
. Live Performers Meeting, Rome, Italy - 2011
. Optica Festival in the “Nuit Blanche”, Paris, France - 2008
. 3th Pocket Films Festival, Pompidou, Paris, France - 2007
. FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Selected Residencies
. IRCAM / Centre Pompidou - with Qudus Onikeku, 2022
. coMciência, Museu de Minas e Metal, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, 2021
. MC 93, Paris, França, 2019
. CCN Cretail, Paris, França, 2019
. Conexão Samambaia, CCUFG, Goiânia, Brasil, 2016
Selected Awards and distinctions
. Parque das Esculturas, Vitória-ES, Brazil, 2021
. Proac Lab. Sao Paulo, 2021
. Lumen Prize short list -2020
. National grants for culture, Montevideo, Uruguay - 2019
. I video art Festival. Cada de Américas. Madrid, Spain - 2018
. PAC - State of Sao Paolo Government prize for artist book publication, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2013
. Acquired work, Bienal de Cerveira, Lisbon, Portugal - 2011
. Brazilian Contemporary Art Program, Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation, Brazil - 2010
. 8th Sergio Motta Art and Technology award, Brazil, 2009
. Vida Artificial 11.0 support- Madrid - Spain - 2008
. 2008 Culturas - Madrid - Spain - 2008
. Acquisition Prize at MARP Museum of Contemporary Art - Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo - 2006
. Specialization Course fellowship by Unesco - 2006
. MA course fellowship by Capes (Brazilian Government institution) – 2005
. Academic Research fellowship by Capes (Brazilian Government Institution) – 2004
Public Collections
. EAC - Contemporary art space, Montevideo, Uruguay
. Luis Seoane Foundation - A Corunha, Spain
. Cerveira’s Biennial Foundation - Cerveira, Portugal
. Collection of the city of Sao Paolo - Sao Paolo, Brazil
. MAC - Contemporary Art Museum of Goiás, Goiania, Goias, Brazil
. MARGS, Museum of Art of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
. MARP - Museum of Art of Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
. CCUFG - Museum of the Cultural Center of the Federal University of Goias, Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
Selected Books and writing
. Velázquez, Fernando. To be multimedia profession creativity. Senac: Sao Paulo, 2020
. Velázquez, Fernando. Noise, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2015
. Velázquez Fernando, Leão Lucia. Mindscapes. Zipper Galeria: Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2012. ISBN 978-85-66065-00-8
. Velázquez, F., Bastos, M.; Barro, D. & Ferran, B.. Velázquez. Dardo: Santiago, Espanha, 2012. ISBN 9788492772-285
. Dardo Magazine # 25, seção portfolio, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2015
. Neural Magazine #49, seção news, Italy, 2014. ISSN: 2037-108X
. Select Magazine #21, seção portfolio, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2014
. Ateliê Fidalga no Paço das Artes. Governo do Estado de Sao Paulo e Paço das Artes: Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2012. ISBN 978-85-60919-14-7
. Carboneras, J., de France, E., Malissianou, M., Lalou. M. & Velázquez, F.. Oracle. Leonardo Journal, Volume 43, Issue 5, 2010. The Mit Press Journals: Cambridge - MA, USA, 2010. ISSN 0024094X
As Curator
. Motomix Festival - Cinemateca, Sao Paulo, 2007
. Adrenalina - Red Bull Station, Sao Paulo, 2015
. Periscopio - Estou a caminho!, Montevideo, Uruguay
. From 2014 to 2018 was the curator and artistic director of Red Bull Station Cultural Center in Sao Paulo