PROFILE

I am a person who is passionate about transmitting stories, generating emotions and creating experiences.

Immersive design and expanded narratives are the explorations of my current work.  

 

Since 1999 I have worked as a Visual Artist, Actor, Director, Production designer, Graphic Designer and Architectural designer.

My career includes exhibitions, projects for theater, opera, musical concerts, film, television and Architectural design. 

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Founding member of the Bizarro Theatre group and a member of the R101 Theatre direction team since 2005. Director and producer of La Dinámica producciones (2010 - 2016). Director and producer of ROBUSTO STUDIO (2014 to present).

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CONSTELLATIONS, BOGOTÁ 10 MILLION STARS 

This was my most relevant project as general director and consisted of three major artistic events:

A live multidisciplinary show with 100 artists on stage, performed before 570,000 spectators in Bogotá's Plaza de Bolívar.

A Christmas fair with 127 stands and 144 live artistic activities, held at Plaza Cultural de la Santamaría in Bogotá, and the Cosmos App in which 33,400 citizens participated virtually. The project was carried out in Bogotá from the 14th to 23rd of December, 2023

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AWARDS

3rd place BRONZE MEDAL - DIGITAL EXPERIENCE - Cosmos App / IDÉA Awards, Quebec - Canada, 2024

1st place ARTISTIC DIRECTION - Navidad Bogotá  / Secretariat of Culture of Bogotá, 2023

1st place THEATRICAL CREATION - Aguafuertes / Ministry of Culture of Colombia, 2019

1st place MULTIDISCIPLINARY CREATION - Fe de erratas / IDARTES, Colombia, 2017 - 2018

2nd place MOST APPLAUDED PLAY - The Gessell Niklauss project / Kiosko Teatral, Colombia, 2014

1st place THEATRICAL CREATION - The Gessell Niklauss project / Ministry of Culture of Colombia, 2014​​​

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EXPERIENCE

I have worked with entities such as: Ministry of Culture of Colombia, Secretariat of Culture of Bogotá, IDARTES, RCN TV, Caracol TV, Teleset, Fox Telecolombia, Laberinto productions, Sphera Impacta productions, Iregular Digital Art Studio, among others.
I have worked with theaters such as: Teatro Nacional, Teatro R101, Mapa Teatro, Espacio Odeón, La maldita vanidad, Teatro Colón, Teatro Varasanta, Teatro La Barracuda Carmela, Taller de ópera de la Universidad Central, among others.​​

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EXHIBITIONS - Visual Arts

TRANZ REM - Collective exhibition, MAMBO Museum of Modern art of Bogotá, Colombia / 2009
EL NIÑO DIOS SON SON LOS PAPÁS - Collective exhibition, Bazar del artista oportunista - Bogotá, Colombia / 2008

MUESTRA LOCAL - Collective exhibition, Verarte Gallery - Villa de Leyva, Colombia / 2005

OFELIA Y EL SAUCE - Solo exhibition, Mas Cornadas Gallery - Madrid, Spain / 2002

THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Collective exhibition, Origen Gallery - Bogotá, Colombia / 2001

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EDUCATION

BA - Actors Training School of the Teatro Libre of Bogotá, Colombia.

BA - Superior Academy of Arts of Bogota (ASAB).
With studies at the Madrid School of Cinematography and Audiovisuals, Spain (ECAM).

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