Fernando Velázquez
Fernando Velázquez is an artist, curator, and educator exploring the intersection of technology, perception, and relationships through art, science, and ancestral epistemologies. His diverse practice spans installations, site-specific works, objects, videos, and audiovisual performances. Velázquez holds a Master's degree in Fashion, Art, and Culture, and postgraduate degrees in Video and On and Off-line Technologies, as well as Contemporary Cultural Management. His work has been featured in exhibitions including Mundo de Redes (Centre Pompidou, France, 2022), The Matter of Photography in the Americas (Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, USA, 2018), and the Mercosul Biennial (Brazil, 2009). He has been honored with awards such as the Funds for Culture (Uruguay, 2019), the Sergio Motta Award for Art and Technology (Brazil, 2009), and the Artificial Life Prize (Spain, 2008), and has held residencies at Ircam/Pompidou and MC93 (Paris). From 2015 to 2018, he served as curator and artistic director of Red Bull Station, and currently teaches Contemporary Art and Audiovisual at FAAP/Uol.