Juan Pablo Pacheco works as a researcher, artist, and educator. With a background in film, cultural studies, and media arts, his research intertwines political ecology and technological infrastructures through new materialities, poetic imagination, and contemporary ritual. His practice encompasses writing, video and sound installations, sound walks and guided meditations, edible projects, and participatory pedagogies. He has taught at the Javeriana and Andes Universities in Bogotá, the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, and Elisava Madrid. He curated the public program at Plataforma Bogotá (2017–2019) and Espacio Odeón (2019–2022) and directed a seminar series on water ecologies at the Institute for Postnatural Studies (2025–2026). His work has been presented in exhibitions, seminars, and conferences at museums, biennials, and independent venues.
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EDUCATION
2021Master of Arts (MA) in Media Arts Cultures. Aalborg University (Denmark)
2016Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio Art. San Francisco Art Institute (USA)
2014Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Film and Cultural Studies. Connecticut College (USA)
TEACHING & CURATORIAL WORK
2024—2026Adjunct Professor. Elisava Madrid (Spain)
2023Adjunct Professor. Royal Academy of Art of The Hague, KABK (The Netherlands)
2017—2022Adjunct Professor. Visual Arts Department. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
2022Adjunct Professor. Digital Narratives Department. Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
2019—2022Curator of Public Programs. Espacio Odeón (Colombia)
2017—2019Co-Curator of Public Programs. Plataforma Bogotá (Colombia)
2016—2019Co-Curator and Assessor. ArtBox Digital (Senegal)
2015—2016Archivist and Audiovisual Producer. Ohlone Profiles Project (USA)
RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2026Environment Residency. Matadero Madrid (Spain)
2025Traveling and production grant. Acción Cultural Española (Spain)
Exhibitions grant. Ministry of Cultures (Colombia)
VOLT residency. Bergen (Norway)
Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen residency (Germany)
Todo por la Praxis residency. Madrid (Spain)
Maremeo with Salmastra residency. Catania (Italy)
2024NOTAR residency with Marina Monsónís. Reina Sofía Museum, hablarenarte and Fundación Carasso. Madrid (Spain)
Dear Neighbor residency with Mariana Murcia. Hordaland Kunstsenter Bergen (Norway)
2023Panel on Planetary Thinking fellowship. Justus Liebig University (Germany)
Jan Van Eyck academie residency (The Netherlands)
2021PACT Zollverein JUNCTIONS 21 reisdency (Germany)
2020Summer School residency with laagencia at RIB (The Netherlands)
2019Erasmus Joint Masters full scholarship (Denmark, Austria & Poland)
2014COLFUTURO and PROIMÁGENES full scholarship for MFA (Colombia)
EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2026Fishy Business: Hydromorphologies and Wetware. Curated by Lisa Jäger and Carmen Lael Hines. WAF Gallery for Klima Biennale (Austria)
2025Fotosíntesis: Festival Internacional de Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología. Curated by Gabriela Munguía and Catalina Toro. Parque Explora Medellín (Colombia)
Escuela de Telepatía Húmeda. Curated by MSD (Daniela Gutiérrez-González & Sebastián Mira). Espacio Odeón (Colombia)
Momentum 15 Biennial. Curated by Morten Søndergaard. Galleri F 15 (Norway)
COERK conference. Curated by Anne Szefer-Karlsen in collaboration with VOLT Bergen (Norway)
2024L'Oceà Parla. With the Institute for Postnatural Studies. Disseny Hub Barcelona (Spain)
Manifesta 15 Barcelona. With the Institute for Postnatural Studies (Spain)
Mitos, Mutaciones, Mutualismos. Curated by Maite Borjabad. Intermediae Matadero (Spain)
2023Re-Fest. Curated by Culture Hub and Idartes. La MaMa (USA)
Urgency Intensive. Curated by Bruno Alves de Almeida and Giulia Bellinetti. Jan van Eyck academie (The Netherlands)
Ultradependent Public School with escuela de garaje. Curated by Jeanne van Heeswijk and Clara Balaguer. BAK (The Netherlands)
2022Tecnologías húmedas. Curated for the Festival Internacional de la Imagen. Planetario de Bogotá (Colombia)
Digilogue Summit. Zorlu Performing Arts Center (Turkey)
Fracaso. Curated by Iñaki Chávarri Urrutia. ARTBO sede Chapinero. Bogotá (Colombia)
Oceans as archives. Curated by Kristie Flannery, Renisa Mawani and Mikki Stelder. U of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Possibles. International Symposium on Electronic Arts ISEA. Barcelona (Spain)
2021JUNCTIONS21: Urgent Translations. PACT Zollverein in Essen (Germany)
Artifacts. Curated by Barbara S. Krulik and Mildred Durán. Galería Casa Hoffman (Colombia)
Waters of Change. Disappearing Dialogues Collective and Media Art South Asia (India+UK)
Interespecies. Festival Internacional de la Imagen de Manizales (Colombia)
Tecnodiversidad. Curated by Juaniko Moreno and 陳天琢 (Chen Tian Qi). Galería Santa Fe (Colombia/China)
Armonogramas. Experimental music album curated by Jorge Barco, edited by Eter Lab (Colombia)
2020Escaleras Futuras. Curated by MSD. Galería Santa Fe (Colombia)
Sensoria. Curated by Juan Covelli and Juan Cortés for ARTBO (Colombia)
Escuela de Garaje vol. Fermentation, with laagencia. Rib Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Videolimbo. Curated by Isabel Sondarraguer. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (México)
2019Artificial Nature. Internet Moon Gallery. Curated by Juan Covelli for The Wrong Biennale (online)
Artecámara. ARTBO. Curated by Helena Producciones (Colombia)
Cibercorporalidades. Curated by Felipe César Londoño. Alianza Francesa (Colombia)
The Glass Room Bogotá. Curated by Juan Pablo García-Sossa. Estación Terrena (Colombia)
2018Debes seguir. No puedo seguir. Seguiré. Curated by Alejandra Sarria. Espacio Odeón (Colombia)
Most Things Happens When I'm Asleep, with laagencia. Artspace (New Zealand)
Nuevos Nombres. Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia. Banco de la República (Colombia)
Future Perfect. Curated by Nadav Assor. Hygienic Art Gallery (USA)
2017Transacciones informales. Curated by Manuela Besada Lombana. Cinemateca Distrital (Colombia)
Lluvia de Sobres. Cámara de Comercio de Kennedy (Colombia)
2016I Banal de Arquitectura. CAMPO (Colombia)
Cloud Archives. Residence/SF (USA)
Encounters: Portraits and Identity. Embark Gallery (USA)
2015Crank! Southern Exposure (USA)
Paranoia. Diego Rivera Gallery (USA)