Camilo Palacio.
Palmira, July 14th, 1986
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Artist Statement
Electronic arts represent a digital extension of the narrative of my work and materialize a space in which artificial landscapes are created and reproduced.
I have a marked interest in the aesthetic relationships between the natural and the artificial, this is the main reason that drives me to feel the need to carry out my artistic practice.
My artistic language revolves around a particular theme: The aesthetics of artificial landscapes. From a young age, I have been interconnected and surrounded by technology, These experiences have allowed me to question the naturalistic and linear views about the ecology of the living, leading me to contemplate the existence of a world beyond the human, which incorporates aspects such as virtuality, technology, science, art, and forms of relationship with humans and non-humans. The interpretation of the structure, form, material, and function of these artificial ecologies present in isolated and unknown biospheres in our environment, have determined the appearance of my artistic pieces.
Having a multidisciplinary approach allows me to connect representational media such as painting, sculpture, and object art with digital and electronic practices such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. My artwork is not limited to the confines of the museum or gallery, as it comes into contact with the public sphere through the development of public art pieces and projects involving art education and social phenomena.
Electronic arts represent a digital extension of the narrative of my work and materialize a space in which artificial landscapes are created and reproduced.
Bio
Professional in Graphic Design, graduated from Institución Universitaria del Valle Bellas Artes - Cali, with 8 years of experience in the development of artistic projects focused on technology and user experience, augmented reality and virtual reality workshops, animation, digital illustration, and public art.
He was the designer of the official logo symbol of the "World Games Cali - 2013", a project developed with the support of the Fondo Mixto para la Promoción del Deporte (Cali). His dedication to the processes of public art, illustration, and new technologies, has allowed him to develop artistic projects for public and private entities, and brands such as Secretaría de Cultura de Palmira, Universidad Icesi, Fundación Centro Cultural Colombo Americano, Centro Cultural Comfandi, Corporación Cultural Urbanarte, United States Embassy (Bogotá), Meridian International (United States), Virgin Mobile and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
He has exhibited his artwork at the Mapping Festival (Genève), Corferias (Bogotá), Museo la Tertulia (Cali), Humberto Hernández and Nelson Garcés Vernaza art galleries (Cali) and Guillermo Barney Materón Cultural Center (Palmira), He was also a guest artist and participated in events such as the II International Biennial of Muralism and Public Art of Cali, Mural Arts Program (Cali), the SOFA (Leisure and fantasy lounge- Bogotá) and Hoy es Diseño (Cali).
In the pedagogical area, he was a university instructor of the Urban Graphics course at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Palmira), he has also collaborated in the development of cultural pedagogical projects involving vulnerable communities in the city of Cali and Palmira, in the company of the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), the Centro Cultural Colombo Americano and the Corporación Tecnocentro Cultural - Somos Pacífico.
Currently, he works as a 3D designer at the Center for Visual Immersion (CVI) of the University of Geneva and teaches in the area of Advertising Informatics at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana based in the city of Palmira and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Media Design at the Haute école d'art et de design in Geneva - Switzerland.
Academic Background
2022 -
2024
Master of Arts HES-SO in Design, major in Media Design
HEAD – Genève, Haute école d'art et de design. Genève, Switzerland.
Research project: Artificial Landscapes in the Field of Public Art
2016
Diploma in Design & Development of Video Games
Universidad Javeriana. Cali, Colombia.
2015
Art & Marketing Course "Promotion of the Artist in the Art Market"
NODE Center. Berlin, Alemania.
Recognitions and Awards
2023
Winner of the support and mentoring program in innovation and entrepreneurship of the Institución Universitaria del Valle - Bellas Artes: Incubarte. Cali, Colombia.
Group Exhibitions
2016
"Question of Faith, Question of Force: Local Representations of the Star Wars Imaginary", Humberto Hernández Art Gallery, Cali, Colombia. May 4 - June 3.
Selected Projects & Commissions
2023
Amerindian Typographic Specimens, generative typographic animation projected on 360° screen, Audiovisual immersive installation sponsored by public and private entities of the Canton of Geneva. Syllepse of 360° immersive experiences of the United Nations Garden, Geneva, Switzerland.
2018
Sound Alterers, temporary interactive installation. Boulevard of the Trinidad neighborhood, Palmira, Colombia.
2015
2014
Mural Arts Program, mural (collective), public art project sponsored by the Centro Cultural Colombo Americano, the U.S. Embassy in Colombia, and Meridian International Center. Centro Cultural Colombo Americano South Headquarters. Cali, Colombia.
Geometric anatomy, mural, II International Biennial of Muralism & Public Art of Cali, public art project sponsored by the Alcaldía de Cali and Fundiberarte. Unidad Deportiva transportation station, Cali, Colombia.
Empty Spaces, campaign " With me there is no trafficking", temporary installation (collective), public art project sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Boulevard del Río, Cali, Colombia.
2013
Geometry and Fragmentation, mural, public art project sponsored by Virgin Mobile with the support of Cartel Urbano (Bogotá). Centenario neighborhood, Cali, Colombia.
Afro-Fusion, mural, Visual Attack Arts Festival, public art project sponsored by the Centro Cultural Colombo Americano with the support of the Centro Cultural Comfandi and the Alianza Francesa of Cali. Centro Cultural Colombo Americano North Headquarters. Cali, Colombia.
2010
Rana Colosal, logo or distinctive sign of the Cali 2013 World Games, corporate identity project sponsored by the Fondo Mixto para la Promoción del Deporte, el Desarrollo Integral y la Gestión Social and the International World Games Association (IWGA). Cali, Colombia.
2016
Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design
Institución Universitaria del Valle Bellas Artes. Cali, Colombia.
2020
Symbiosis, interactive mural, Festival de Artes Ricardo Nieto, public art project sponsored by Secretaría de Cultura de Palmira. Boulevard of the Trinidad neighborhood, Palmira, Colombia.
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2021
Initium (Protosubjectivities on the rise), interactive installation with augmented reality components, Festival de Artes Ricardo Nieto, public art project sponsored by the Secretaría de Cultura de Palmira. Convention Center, Palmira, Colombia.
2022
Malagana Shamanic Flight (Representations of the spiritual Prehispanic world), interactive installation with augmented reality components, public art project sponsored by the Secretaría de Cultura de Palmira. Convention Center, Palmira, Colombia.
2017
First place category N°1, Quiero Emprender, the fifth version of the entrepreneurship contest "Mi Región Emprende" Red de Emprendimiento i+. Palmira, Colombia.