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Fernando Velázquez
Born in Montevideo-Uruguay, 1970.
Live and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Education
. Doctorate candidate - Puc University - São Paulo, Brazil.
. MA in Fashion, Art and Culture – Fashion School, Senac University – São Paulo, Brazil.
. Online/offline Video and Digital Technologies – post graduation course - Mecad Mídia Center – Barcelona, Spain.
. Degree in Multimidia Design - Communication and Arts School, Senac University – São Paulo, Brazil.
. European Mobile Lab for Interactive Media Artists – University of Athens (Greece), University of Applied Arts Vienna (Áustria) & University of Lapland (Finland), 2008-2009.
Solo exhibitions
. Arc Gallery – Usina do Gasómetro – Porto Alegre – Brazil - 2009
. Sao Paolo Cultural Center – annual exhibitions program – Sao Paolo - 2008
. Uruguayan Zero - Centro MEC - Montevideo-Uruguay - Curated by Ezequiel Steinman - 2008
. MARP Museum of Contemporary Art – Sao Paulo - 2007
. Lauro Gomes Gallery, Sao Paolo - 2003
. Brazilian Central Bank Gallery - Sao Paulo - 2000
. Alicia Goyena Gallery – Montevideo- Uruguay – 1996
Selected Group exhibitions
. 7th Mercosul Biennal, Porto Alegre – 2009
. 5th Vento Sul Biennal, Curitiba – Vídeos de artista [Curated by F. Cocchiaralle e Tom Lisboa] - 2009
. FILE, São Paulo - 2009
. Carlos Carvalho Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009
. Carpe Diem Cultural Center, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009
. New Gazes – Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid - 2009
. Thessaloniki Biennal, Greece – 2009
. Machine – Museu de Arte de Ribeirâo Preto – 2009 [curated by Evandro Nicolau e Ségio Bonilha]
. The dissonant place / Torre Malakoff, Recife, Brasil - 2009 [curated by L. Bambozzi & C. Diniz]
. 8º Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Manizales, Colombia - 2009
. First Terminal Short Video Festival / Austin Peay State University / Clarksville, TN, USA - 2009
. IP-portraits / Flickr Channel do Instituto Sergio Motta
. Algorithmia / Root Division Gallery / San Francisco, EUA - 2009
. FAD – Digital Art International Festival / Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 2009
. FILE Hipersonica Screening Rio 09 / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 2009
. Nokiatrens – Sao Paolo - 2008
. Artemov – Mobile Media International Art Festival
. 2008 Culturas – Madrid – Spain – 2008
. Madeira Biennial –Madeira Island – Portugal - 2008
. FILE – Hipersonica – Sao Paolo – 2008
. Assim´Tri4 2008, Lima, Peru – 2008
. ALICIA | AICILA Digital Identities, Bogota, Colombia – 2008
. Optica Festival in the "Nuit Blanche”, Cervantes Institute, Paris, França - 2008
. Nature, the gaze of the artist – MAC IBIRAPUERA – Curated by Katia Canton SP – 2008
. 36 Contemporary Art Show of Santo André - Sao Paolo - 2008
. Curator of Motomix Festival – Sao Paolo, 2007
. Óptica – Gijón Internacional Video Festival, Spain - 2007
. Florence Antonio Gallery at Sao Paulo School, Sao Paolo – 2007
. FIVU 07 – Internacional Videodance Festival - Spain Cultural Center in Montevideo, Uruguay – 2007
. Warp . Arquitecture University School, Montevidéu, Uruguai – 2007
. Men at work. Florence Antonio Gallery, Sao Paolo - 2007
. 3th Pocket Films Festival – Pompidou Center – Paris – 2007
. SP ARTE –Oeste Gallery - International Art Fair – Sao Paolo – 2007
. Bahia Mobile Film Festival – Salvador, Brazil - 2007
. Amsterdam Film Experience – Amsterdam - 2006
. Motomix Art Festival - Sao Paolo - 2006.
. Art.Mov – Mobile Media Festival – Belo Horizonte – Brazil – 2006
. Oeste Gallery - Sao Paolo – 2006
. MARP - Museum of Contemporary Art – Sao Paulo - 2006
. MAC – Contemporary Art Museum – Sao Paolo - 2006
. EyeTEASers: mobile Video iPod Art Event, Vancouver, Canadá – 2006
. Mobicapping: mobile Image Capture in the New Century, Mobicapping.com - EUA – 2006
. FILE – Electronic Language International Festival – Sao Paolo – 2005
. Flexible Bits – MIS - Image and Sound Museum, São Paulo - 2005
. 33 Contemporary Art Show of Santo André - Sao Paolo - 2005
. Public.exe: Public Execution @ MACCSI.ORG, Exit Art, New York, 2004
. VI Digital Art Show - Habana, Cuba – 2004
. VI Pirelli Digital Art Show - Caracas, Venezuela - 2003
. Projection Cities – Madrid, Spain and Bogotá, Colombia – 2003
Awards and distinctions
. 8th Sergio Motta Award - Sao Paulo - Brazil - 2009
. Vida Artificial 11.0 - Madrid – Spain - 2008
. 2008 Culturas – Madrid – Spain – 2008
. 7 International image festival - Special mention of the jury - Manizales, Colombia - 2008
. Bahia Mobile Film Festival Prize – Salvador, Brazil - 2007
. Acquisition Prize at MARP Museum of Contemporary Art – Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paolo – 2006
. PAC – State of São Paulo Government prize for art and technologies development project - 2006
. Specialization Course fellowship by Unesco – 2006
. MA course fellowship by Capes (Brazilian Government institution) – 2005
. Academic Research fellowship by Capes (Brazilian Government Institution) – 2004