Fernando Velázquez

About

Fernando Velázquez is an artist, curator and educator. His practices are developed in the context of art, science and technology, with an interest in the mediation of perception by technical devices. He is particularly interested in topics such as creative process and transdisciplinarity, perception and visual anthropology, media archeology, expanded cinema and generative art. In his recent research, he has focused on Artificial Intelligence from a post colonial perspective.

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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
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