FELIPE CASTELBLANCO

Felipe Castelblanco is a Colombian-American interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose practice navigates the intersections of participatory art, political ecology, and new media.

He holds an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) and a Ph.D. from the Kunstuniversität Linz (Austria) and the Make/Sense Graduate School (Basel HGK). His doctoral research focused on epistemic justice in the Colombian Pan-Amazon region, reflecting his deep commitment to fostering social and environmental equity through art.

Felipe’s work has been featured in major international exhibitions, including the 2019 Quebec Biennial, Helmhaus Zurich (Switzerland), Seasons of Media at ZKM in Karlsruhe (Germany), and the Queens International at the Queens Museum in New York

1985 — Born in Bogotá, Colombia.

Education

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

Selected Exhibitions (Solo & Group)

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

Selected Film, Media & Participatory Festivals

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

Awards, Fellowships & Residencies

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 Education
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

Lectures / Visiting Artist

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

Academic Appointments

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