
Felipe Castelblanco
Felipe Castelblanco es un artista y cineasta interdisciplinar colombo-estadounidense cuya práctica navega las intersecciones entre el arte participativo, la ecología política y los nuevos medios.
Tiene un MFA de la Universidad Carnegie Mellon (EE. UU.) y un doctorado de la Kunstuniversität Linz (Austria) y la Make/Sense Graduate School (Basel HGK). Su investigación doctoral se centró en la justicia epistémica en la Panamazonía colombiana, reflejo de su compromiso profundo con la equidad social y ambiental a través del arte.
El trabajo de Felipe se ha presentado en importantes exposiciones internacionales: en 2025 en el Haus For Media Art de Oldenburgo, Helmhaus Zurich (Suiza), Seasons of Media en el ZKM de Karlsruhe (Alemania), y la Queens International en el Queens Museum de Nueva York
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1985 — Nacido en Bogotá, Colombia.
Educación
- 2022 — Postdoctoral Candidate
- 2017–2022 — ECAM (European Center for Art and Media Based Research), FHNW HGK Basel / University of the Arts Linz
- 2010–2013 — MFA (MA), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
- 2012 — Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan
- 2003–2008 — BFA Visual Arts, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá
Exposiciones Seleccionadas (Individuales y Colectivas)
- 2026 — Upcoming. wildpalms. Dusseldorf
- 2025 — Counter Territories (solo), Medien Haus Oldenburg
- 2025 — Unter Pflanzen, Museum Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg
- 2024 — Territorios de Agua (solo), IDAARTES, Museo del Banco de la República, Bogotá
- 2023 — Weather Engines, Laboral Gijón
- 2023 — Cartographies of the Unseen (solo), Ars Electronica, Linz
- 2023 — On Animals, wildpalms, Düsseldorf (DC Open)
- 2023 — Parlament der Pflanzen II, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
- 2023 — Ayenan Water Territories, Videonale 19, Bonn
- 2023 — International Art Award Taoyuan, Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
- 2023 — The Change in the Patterns, wildpalms
- 2022 — Weather Engines, Onassis Foundation
- 2022 — La sombra en la Oscuridad, Bodega Confama, Medellín
- 2020 — Cartographies of the Unseen (solo), Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
- 2020 — Té de Bogotá, wildpalms
- 2019 — Driftless, La Bande Vidéo Gallery, Quebec Biennial
- 2018 — ERIAZO: Art Practices from Residual Spaces, Kasko Gallery, Basel
- 2018 — Antisistémicas, Cámara de Comercio Gallery, Bogotá
- 2018 — PANCH Network Performances, Liste Art Fair, Basel
- 2017 — DAIry, Meieriet Kultur Senter, Leknes
- 2016 — Queens International, Queens Museum, New York
- 2016 — Prisma Series, Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
- 2016 — At Home in the World, 516 Gallery, Albuquerque
- 2015 — We Out Here, Royal Academy Schools, London
- 2015 — The People’s Island, Negros Museum, Bacolod
- 2014 — We Paint Houses Project, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia
- 2013 — The Foreigner (with Jon Rubin), San Diego Museum of Art
- 2008 — Project Sujeto / No / sujeto, Galeria Valenzuela Klenner, Bogotá
- 2007 — Salón ARTECAMARA, ARTBO, Bogotá
- 2009 — Museo de Venecia, National Salon of Artists, Cali
Cine, Medios y Festivales Participativos Seleccionados
- 2019 — 4×4 Days of Motion Festival, Prague
- 2017 — Mote Gallery & Royal Academy America, New York
- 2016 — Prospect Art Festival, CEC Arts Link, St. Petersburg
- 2016 — Drifters II, Play Festival & CAT Cologne
- 2015 — Drifters II Special Screening, Detroit Studios, Stockholm
- 2013 — Drifters (with Jody Wood), FIVAC Festival, Camagüey
- 2012 — We Paint Houses, Open Engagement Conference, Portland
- 2011 — DREAM ACTS: Sueños en Vilo, Faces of Migration CMU Film Festival, Pittsburgh
- 2006 — Festival VIART, Caracas
- 2005 — Festival ARTRÓNICA, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá
Premios, Becas y Residencias
- 2023 — Taoyuan International Art Award, Taiwan
- 2019 — Artist in Residence, Rauschenberg Foundation, Florida
- 2016 — Juror, National Endowment for the Arts Grants Panel
- 2015 — Artist Fellowship Award, Kala Institute, Berkeley
- 2015 — International AIR, Kunstvarteret, Lofoten
- 2015 — Visiting Artist, IntraGalactita Collective & Detroit Studios, Stockholm
- 2014 — Starr Fellowship, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 2014 — Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant
- 2014 — American Arts Incubator Cultural Emissary, ZERO1 / US Department of Educación
- 2014 — Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Fishers Island
- 2013 — Fergus Family Post-MFA Fellowship, Ohio State University
- 2013–2014 — Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown
- 2013 — Honorable Mention, CAA Professional Development Fellowship
- 2012 — Skowhegan Participation Grant
- 2012 — Seed Award Grant, Sprout Fund, Pittsburgh
- 2011 — Tough Art Residency Award, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
- 2007 — Promising Young Artist, ARTECAMARA / ARTBO
- 2006 — National Award, Artistic and Cultural Merit, La Bienal de Venecia de Bogotá
Conferencias / Artista Invitado
- 2017 — Artist Talk, Central Saint Martins, London
- 2017 — Lecture Series Guest, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
- 2017 — CAA Annual Conference Panelist, New York
- 2016 — Lecture: Borderless TV, Akademie der Künste der Welt, Cologne
- 2016 — Artist Talk, Prospect Art Festival, St. Petersburg
- 2016 — Artist Talk, San Francisco Art Institute
- 2015 — Artist Talk, Creative Time Summit, Venice Biennale
- 2015 — Lecture & Workshop: Politics of the Archive, Tate Modern Summer School
- 2015 — Artist Talk & Workshop, South London Gallery
- 2015 — Artist Talk, Green Papaya Projects, Manila
- 2015 — Artist Talk, Kavelbåg School of Art, Lofoten
- 2014 — Artist Talk, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 2014 — Guest Speaker, Columbus College of Art and Design
- 2014 — Lecture: Art and Science Affinities, Ohio State University
- 2013 — Panelist, New Media Art and Emerging Technologies, FIVAC
- 2013 — Guest Speaker, Helmut Projects Gallery, San Diego
Nombramientos Académicos
- 2017 — Visiting Research Fellow / Artist in Residence, Goldsmiths University of London
- 2016 — Guest Mentor, MFA Program, Drury University
- 2015 — Starr Fellow / Visiting Artist, Royal Academy of Arts
- 2014 — Fergus Post-MFA Fellow and Visiting Instructor, Ohio State University
- 2014 — Artist Educator, Andy Warhol Museum (2010–2014)
- 2013 — Sculpture Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University
Proyectos Curatoriales / Plataformas
- 2016 — Founder, Borderless TV Migrant Storytelling and Media Collective
- 2015 — Founder & Artistic Director, The Para-Site School
- 2013 — Founder & Artistic Director, Mote Gallery
- 2012 — Member, THE DRIFT Collective
- 2008 — Co-founder, VISIVA Foundation
- 2004–2009 — Production Assistant, La Bienal de Venecia de Bogotá
Colecciones Públicas
KALA Art Institute, Berkeley
City of Cologne Public Art Lending Collection
Royal Academy of Arts Library and Archives, London
Royal Academy of Arts / Newton Investment Artist Commission
Obra Seleccionada
Actualidad
Felipe Castelblanco at Kornhausforum - Felipe Castelblanco is participating in the group exhibition Was wäre wenn… Vom Spekulieren, Hoffen und Handeln für die Zukunft, on view at the Kornhausforum in Bern Exposiciones con wildpalms
To Produce the Sound of Failing Stones
17 de mayo – 30 de junio, 2024
14 de marzo – 22 de agosto, 2020
