Madrid, 1985.
Andrés Pachón
She received academic training in Contemporary Art (Grau de Belles Arts, UCM – CES Felipe II, 2008; Màster Teoria i Pràctica de l’Art Contemporani, UCM, 2009) and in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Màster d’Antropologia Social i Cultural, Universitat de Coimbra). , 2019). In the present, visual practice is focused on the construction of the colonial imagination through the use of photographic archives in anthropology and ethnography. In this context, he will develop his work through collaborations with institutions such as the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris, the National Museum of Anthropology in Madrid and the Photographic Archive of the Museum of Art of Lima (MALI) in Peru. The sixth visual work reflects on the construction of connection through photography, establishing relationships between the practices of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the current uses of technology, as is the case of the latest research on sociotechnical activity in Computer Vision Systems.
The seventh work has been exhibited in individual exhibitions, in locations with the National Museum of Anthropology of Madrid and the Center d’Art of Alcobendas. The artist has also collaborated in most collectives with “Colonia Apocrifa” at MUSAC; “Reencontres Internationales. New cinema and contemporary art 2014” at Gaîté Lyrique – Palais de Tokyo, in Paris; i “VIVA Collections on Tour 2013”, to the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid. He has participated in international events such as ARCOmadrid 2014, Art15 London, Volta 11 de Basel and Estampa 2016 and 2018 in Madrid.
During these years he has received different awards and scholarships, such as the Leonardo Fundació BBVA Scholarship for Cultural Researchers and Creators in 2019, the Community Visual Arts Scholarship of Madrid in 2017 or Transvisiones 2015, he developed a residency at the Image Center in Limas, Peru. . The seventh work is in various international collections, such as Col·lecció Pilar Citoler (Madrid), Col·lecció Jozami (Argentina) or Col·lecció Museu CA2M (Madrid).
The seventh work “Tropologies II” will win the 9th edition of the ARCO-BEEP Electronic Art Prize
Work to the col·lecció: Tropologies II
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Tropologies II, 2014
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