Santiago reyes villaveces
Bogotá, Colombia 1986
Santiago’s work examines knowledge systems used to control and colonize nature. His work consists of drawings, installations (large-scale and site-specific), moving images, and sculptures. Santiago understands these formats as techniques to engage with systems of power and their contemporary materiality. His most recent projects take interest in today’s colonization of space, reflecting on the limits of extractivism and the survival of life-forms—within and beyond our planet.
Education
2015-2017/ MA in Sculpture Royal College of Art, London, UK. Abraaj RCA innovation Scholarship 2015/2017. Distinction.
2004–2009/ Bachelor in Fine Arts, with emphasis in Visual Arts, art theory and history, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. Distinction.
2007-2008/ Academic exchange programme Universidad de São Paulo, Escuela de Comunicações e Arte. São Paulo, Brazil.
Awards - Scholarships
2022/ Grant “Baluarte de Santa Catalina Intervention”, Ministry of Culture Colombia, with Daniel Villegas.
2022/ Acción Cultural Española Mobility Scholarship, in duo with alfonso borragán.
2020/ Production Grant. Side Effects, Museum of Modern Art Bogota. Colombia. In collaboration with Ilona Jurkonytė
2020/ Lithuanian Cultural Council Grant for moving image. In collaboration with Ilona Jurkonytė
2020/ Research Grant, Museum in a Liminal State, The Centre for Experimental Museology, V—A—C Foundation Moscow. In collaboration with Ilona Jurkonytė
2019/ Matteo Olivero Award, Saluzzo, Italy
2019/ Mobility Scholarship Cultural Ministry, Colombia
2017/ Academiae Selection, Youth Art Biennale, Bressanone, Italy.
2017/ Dissertation Distinction “Thinking Pins” Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2015/ Abraaj Royal College of Art innovation Scholarship 2015—2017.
2013/ New Names 2013, Banco de la República. Bogota, Colombia.
2008/ Guillermo Wiedemann Scholarship, Universidad de los Andes.
2008/ Uniandinos Scholarship base on academic performance.
2007/ Uniandinos Scholarship base on academic performance.
Solo shows
2023 (upcoming)/ Mitochondria, Alessandro Casciaro gallery. Bolzano, Italy.
2023/ Graft, Instituto de Vision. New York, United States of America.
2022/ Acoustic Fossil, Baluarte de Santa Catalina. In collaboration with Daniel Villegas. Cartagena, Colombia.
2022/ Ciaula discovers the Moon, Ncontemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2022/ Cosmic Sympathy, Casanova Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2021/ Arabidopsis Thaliana, Museum of Modern Art Bogota
In collaboration with Ilona Jurkonytė. Curated by Eugenio Viola. Bogota, Colombia.
2020—2021/ Untitled –2020, Ncontemporary Gallery—Madragoa Gallery, Milan. Italy.
2020/ Spirt Level, Ncontemporary Gallery, Milan. Italy.
2019/ Goodwill Moon Rock, Bogota Planetarium, Colombia.
2019/ Volta Basel (duo Show), Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
2019/ Harp, Matteo Olivero Award, Sacristy of the Church of Sant’Ignazio, Saluzzo, Italy (Permanent work)
2019/ Lo bravo y lo manso, Instituo de Visión Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
2018/ Patria Boba, Artnueve Gallery. Curated by Jesus Alcaide. Murcia, Spain.
2017/ Frieze 2017 Focus section, Instituto de Visión Gallery. London, UK.
2017/ Arch, Academiae Youth art Biennale award, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, Bolzano, Italy.
2017/ Brujitas, Degree Show Royal College of Art, London, UK
2017/ Solo Show ArtDubai, Gallerie MLF| Marie-Laure Fleisch, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2016/ Artissima 2016, Gallerie MLF| Marie-Laure Fleisch. Duo show with Alice Cattaneo, Turin, Italy.
2016/ Reside, Gallerie MLF/ Marie-Laure Fleisch, curated by Eugenio Viola, Brussels, Belgium.
2015/ Solo Show ArteBa 2015, Instituto de Visión Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015/ Contramuro (duo show with Marlon de Azambuja), Instituto de Visión Gallery. Bogota, Colombia.
2014/ Traino, Cavallerizza Reale of Turin. Turin, Italy.
2014/ Repertory, Spazio In primo Luogo Santiago Reyes Michelangelo Pistoletto. Turin, Italy.
2012/ El año pasado (Last Year), Valenzuela Klenner Gallery. Bogota, Colombia.
2009/ Monumetria Project (DELENGUAAMANO Group). Pinacoteca de Estado de São Paulo. Curated by Ivo Mesquita. São Paulo, Brazil.
2009/ Acervo, Degree show. Andes University. Bogota, Colombia.
2006/ Art IN Theory, Project room. Andes University. Bogota, Colombia.
Group shows
2023/ Altenatura, Museum of Modern Art Pereira, Colombia.
2022/ Un paisaje nunca es inocente, Instituto de Visión Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2021/ Vienna Contemporary, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
2020-2021/ Artissima Unplugged, Galleria d’Arte Moderna Torino, Turin, Italy.
2020/ The Short laded, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London. (Online Show)
2020/ Art Bologna, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery. Bologna, Italy
2020/ Isolation, Marie Laure Fleisch Gallery. Brussels, on-line-Artsy-Artland.
2019/ Bucarolito, with Alfonso Borragán Emerson Dorsch, Miami, United States of America
2019/ Cielos, Salón Comunal, Bogotá, Colombia.
2019/El huésped, Museo de antropología de Murcia, España.
2019/On the ground, between or in the sky, Koksijde, Belgica.
2018/ Dos pájaros de un solo tiro, (Con Néstor Gutiérrez) Bogotá, Colombia.
2018/ Island, Consulado General de Colombia, Londonres, Reino Unido.
2018/Estudios abiertos Cooperartes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2018/ArBo Instituto de Vision, Bogotá, Colombia.
2018/Traces Ecrites, Galería MLF| Marie-Laure Fleisch. Bruselas, Bélgica.
2018/Patria Boba, Air Antwerp. Antwerp, Bélgica.
2018/ArtBrussels, Galería MLF| Marie-Laure Fleisch. Bruselas, Bélgica.
2018/Nós Ninguém. Galería Nacasanova. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
2017/Otium – Corruption and the Dash,
Nápoles, IT
2017/ArtVerona. Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, Verona, IT
2017/ G80, Ncontemporary, Túrin, Italia.
2017/Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, benefit auction 2017, Belgium.
2017/ Liste Art Fair, Instituto de Visión Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
2017/ Art Montecarlo, Gallerie MLF| Marie-Laure Fleisch, Monaco
2016/ Youth art Biennale Academiae 2016. “Throwing Balls in the Air”, Fortezza, Alto Adige, Italia.
2016/Dialogues on the Threshold, Crypt Gallery, London, UK.
2016/Borders are for crossing, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, UK.
2016/ WIP show, Royal College of art, London, UK
2016/Bless the space, Jaime Gili studio, London, UK.
2015/ Monochrome Undone, Space Sayago Paradon. Irvine California, EEUU.
2015/ Material Art Fair. Galería Instituto de Visión. México DF.
2015/Intervenciones. Museo de arte y cultura Colsubsidio. Bogotá, Colombia.
2015/ Material Art Fair. Galería Instituto de Visión. México DF.
2014/ Traces (Rastreando Indicios), Museo de Arquitectura Leopoldo Rother, Bogotá, Colombia.
2014/Nós Ninguém. Galería Nacasanova. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
2014/Nueva biografía productiva 2014 Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá Chapinero. Bogotá, Colombia.
2013/Desequilibrio y movilidad, Nuevos nombres 2013 Banco de la República. Bogotá, Colmbia.
2013/ 43 Salón (Inter)nacional de Artistas, Ministerio de Cultura. Medellín, Colombia.
2013/ ArteBA 2013, La agencia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2013/ Contra Escambos. Experiências Imaginativas nos Trópicos, Espaço Fonte, Recife, Brasil (Participando con el grupo DELENGUAAMANO).
2013/ Horizontal, galería La Central, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012/ Panel, Artecámar, Feria de Arte de Bogotá Artbo, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012/ 5º Premio Arte Joven Colsanitas Embajada de España, galería La Central, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012/ Comunes no corrientes, Sotáno Treintacuaerentacinco, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011/ Fundición, Feria La Otra. Bogotá, Colombia.
2011/ Suamóx, edificio intervenido. Carrera 19- 92, Bogotá, Colombia.
2010/ Omnívoro, Ficciones y Fantasías, Galería el Museo. (Participando con el grupo DELENGUAAMANO). Bogotá, Colombia.
2009/Omnívoro, Artecámar, Feria de Arte de Bogotá, Artbo (Participando con el grupo DELENGUAAMANO), Bogotá, Colombia.
2008-2009/ 41 Salón Nacional de Artistas, Ministerio de Cultura. Cali, Colombia.
2008/Jarra, Artecámar, Feria de Arte de Bogotá, Artbo (Participando con el grupo DELENGUAAMANO), Bogotá, Colombia.
2007-2008/ Salón Regional de artistas Zona Centro, Ministerio de Cultura. Tunja-Bogotá, Colombia.
2007/ CAP 07, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brasil.
Residencies
2023/ Timișoara European Capital of Cultural, Project coordinated curator Martina Muzi. Timișoara, Romania.
2022/ Silo arte y latitud rural, Resende, Brazil.
2020-2021/ The Centre for Experimental Museology, V—A—C Foundation, Moscow (Virtual).
2019/ Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2019/ Emerson Dorsch residency, Miami, United States of America.
2019/ Casa panda residency, Ambalema, Colombia. (Mentor)
2018/ Global Youth Cultural Forum, Jeju, South Korea.
2018/ Cooperartes Residency Bogotá, Ministry of Culture Colombia.
2018/ Air residency, Antwerp, Belgium
2017/ 80121 Residency, Naples, Italy.
2017/ Academiae Selection, Bolzano, Italy
2017/ Tashkeel Residency, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2016/ Youth Art Biennale residency, Bressanone, Italy.
2016/ La Fragua Artist Residency, Cordoba, Spain.
2016/ Cavalerizza Reale residency, Turin, Italy
2015/ Unidee, Cittadellarte Pistoletto Foundation, Biella Italy. (Mentor)
2014/ Residency Cittadellarte Pistoletto Foundation Resó-Network, Biella Italy.
Publications
2023/ Jarman Rebecca.“Before and After? Temporalities of Disaster – e-flux Journal #135.”
2023/ Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia, and Juan Ledezma. Remains – Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction. Berlin, 2023.
2022 – suspended) “Negative Gravity” co-writter Ilona Jurkonytė. V—A—C Foundation Moscow.
2019/ Dan Flavin. Espacio y luz, Space and Light Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Editorial Planeta, Colombia
2019/ El huésped convergencias discursivas en el museo, José Javier Aliaga Cárceles, Isabel Durante Asensio, Editores: Tres Fronteras, 2019.
2016/ Fajardo-Hill, C. & Palacios, C. (2016) Monochrome Undone. RM/Sayago & Pardon.
2016/ Throwing Balls in the Air: Academiæ 2016 Published September 13, 2016. Mousse Publiching Italy. Cápitulo Santiago Reyes Villaveces
2015/ Working Geographies Published September 2015. Mousse Publiching Italy. Cápitulo Santiago Reyes Villaveces
2015/ Caro is or isn’t (Santiago Reyes Villaveces and Eugenio Valdez Editors). Minister of culture Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. ISBN 978-958-753-172-5
2014/ The Wolf, Anecdotes about my Workshops on creativity, Caro Antonio (Santiago Reyes Villaveces Editor), Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami. ISBN 978-958-46-3549-5
2010/ Antes de Cuiaba, Antonio Caro (Graphic editor: Santiago Reyes Villaveces). Casas Riegner Gallery. ISBN 9789589959305
2009/ Monumetria, DELENGUAAMANO (Gilberto Mariotti, Néstor Gutiérrez and Santiago Reyes). Pinacoteca de Estado de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. ISBN 978-85-99117-12-5
Teaching
2023/ Concordia Field school Bogotá Colombia, cotutor with Ricardo Dal Farra.
2023 –ongoing/ Lecturer professor, “Final Project Seminar”, “Studio 6”. Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia
2020 – 2022/ Lecturer professor, “Final Project Workshop”, “Studio 6” and “Final project Tutor”. Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia
2018/ Visiting lecture, HFG Offenbach University. Offenbach, Germany. Dr. Susanne Winterling
2016-2017/ Teaching experience, University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts. London, United Kingdom
2016-2017/ Teaching experience, University of Westminster. London, United Kingdom
2015/ Unidee, Cittadellarte Pistoletto Foundation, Biela, Italy. (Mentor)
2013-2015/ Lecturer professor undergraduate and graduate, “Infographics”, “Writings and mediations” and “Transmedia workshop”, Universidad Javeriana, Communications Faculty, Bogota, Colombia.
2013-2014/ Lecturer professor, “Visual Narratives”, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogota, Colombia.
2010-2013/ Lecturer professor, “Visual Culture”, La Salle College, Bogota, Colombia.
2009/ Lecturer professor, “History of Contemporary art”, “History of modern art”, Taller 5, Bogota, Colombia.
Reseñas
Suburdinación, Guillermo Vanegas, 2012
Un mirada difusa, Nicolás Jaramillo, 2012
Delenguaamano Collective, Julia Buenaventura, ArtNexus #73 Jun/Aug 2009
Vacio y Fantasmagoría, Guillermo Vanegas, 2007