Alejandro Escobar

I am a multidisciplinary artist with 17 years of experience exploring and redefining the boundaries of visual representation. My practice navigates the intersection of traditional fine art techniques and cutting-edge digital technologies.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, I integrate painting and sculpture with photogrammetry, 3D modelling, animation, virtual reality, and, more recently, generative AI.

There is a presence, an entity that visits me unannounced and unexpectedly. It whispers to my eyes, telling them tales about places and things trapped inside images.

I draw inspiration from my life experiences and thoughts, Sometimes, I use visual references produced either by capturing moments with a camera or by using an AI generative model, in all of my pieces. depicting my painting directly from memory and imagination

To uncover what lies within, I model, stretch, carve, dig, and sculpt these images, guided mainly by intuition. The resulting extruded forms retain a raw, primitive essence while depicting fragments of my memory and imagination.

Education
-Portrait workshop- Master Luca Indraccolo – London, UK – 2023
-Foundation Course – London Fine Art Studios -London, UK – 2023
-Master in Fine Art Digital – University of The Arts London – London, UK 2015 – 2017
-Painting lessons – Art Students League, Master Costa Vavagiakis – New York, USA 2013
-Drawing lessons – El Castillo Museum, Master Oscar Jaramillo – Medellín, Colombia – 2012 – 2013.

Selected exhibitions

-October 2024 Collective exhibition, Art in the Age of AI, 54 The Gallery. London, UK
-October 2024 Collective exhibition, Technicians Exhibition, London College of Communication. London, UK
-August 2024 Collective exhibition, BTA Art Prize 2024. Virtual Exhibition
-July 2024 Collective exhibition, Green and Stone Gallery. London, UK

-May 2018 Collective exhibition, International Image Festival. Manizales, Colombia.
-April 2018 Collective exhibition, Drawn Beyond- Wimbledon College of Arts. London, UK
-Oct 2017 Solo show, META-IMAGES – Colombian consulate. London, UK
-Apr 2017 Collective exhibition, Xhibit – Art Bermondsey Project Space. London, UK
-Feb 2017 Collective exhibition, Tate Exchange Program, Tate Modern. London, UK
-Jul 2016 Collective exhibition- Lubomirov / Angus-Huges Gallery. London, UK
-Jul 2016 MA Interim exhibition, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
-Mar 2015 Solo exhibition “usted no sabe quién soy yo”. Medellín, Colombia
-Nov 2014 Collective exhibition, Ptro Jose Luis Arroyavea Library. Medellín, Colombia
-Oct 2014 Collective exhibition, Museum of Modern Art. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
-Jul 2014 Solo exhibition, Envigado’s mayoralty. Envigado, Colombia
-May 2014 Collective exhibition, La Barquereña Cultural House. Sabaneta, Colombia
-Nov 2013 Collective exhibition, El Castillo Museum. Medellín, Colombia
-Sep 2013 Solo exhibition, Déjà vu Boutique. NYC, USA
-Sep 2013 Collective exhibition, EAFIT University. Medellín, Colombia
-Sep 2013 Collective exhibition, SNACK MEDELLIN. Medellín, Colombia
-Nov 2012 Collective exhibition, El Castillo Museum. Medellín, Colombia
-Nov 2011 Collective exhibition, El Castillo Museum. Medellín, Colombia
-Oct 2011 Collective exhibition, Third Biennale of Plastic Arts. Medellín, Colombia
-Aug 2011 Collective exhibition, ITM educational institution. Medellín, Colombia
-Mar 2011 Collective exhibition, Plazarte – Medellín, Colombia
-Oct 2010 Collective exhibition, Visual arts salon Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia

Fairs

– November 2024 Wimbledon Art Fair – London, UK
– May 2024 Wimbledon Art Fair – London, UK

– November 2023 Wimbledon Art Fair – London, UK

Awards/ Grants

-Jun 2017 Artist of the Year award, ARTS SU Societies awards – UAL. London, UK
-Oct 2010 Second place award, self-taught category, Visual Arts Salon. Medellín, Colombia.

Residencies

-Mar 2018 Exploratorio – Explora Park. Medellín, Colombia
-Apr 2017 Wimbledon College of Arts. London, UK

Interviews / Articles

-Jun 2015 Interview Teleantioquia news
-Jun 2015 Interview Telemedellín news
Feb 2014 Interview Las dos orillas
Oct 2013 EAFIT University

Publications

-Sep 2017 Interartive Magazine – Challenging the flatness of the image
-Nov 2015 Interartive Magazine – Mestizaje Físico Digitala