Juan Pablo Velasco

Bogota, cundinamarca, Colombia

About Juan Pablo Velasco

Art was always there, although I tried to go elsewhere I always came back, until I decided to stay, I was born in Bucaramanga (Colombia) and I am an artist and a self-taught photographer. My work is a necessity to adjust the world to what I feel, it comes from the subjectivity of my photographs which are enriched by mixing them, being carried sometimes by instinct. Nowadays, with digital cameras and editing software it is much easier to create good images, and I feel that I have to go further. My work evolves through three different paths: Conceptual, which is not random but a specific quest around an idea; Aesthetic, where I try to say more with less elements, fighting against my baroque instinct; and finally the Material, where different supplies can help me explore photography beyond its 2D. My projects come when I realize certain themes are constant and I go in depth on them, which helps me to get to know myself better and to expand my practice.

Education:

Degree: Social Communication (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Certification Program in advertisement photography (Centro de Pensamiento Creativo)

Events:

Awards
Hall of Young Art Colsanitas 2009 (preselected)
Best of Fotomaratón 2006 (preselected)

Publications
Fotográfica Bogotá. Constructed Photography Book 2015
BacaniKa Magazine 2012

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibition:
2017 False Paradises. Foundation Museum Grau, Bogotá
2013 Infinite Cities. Cero Galería, Bogotá
2009 Among virgins and gardens, Chamber of Commerce, Bogotá

Collective Exhibition:
2016 Bogotá Walking. Library Julio Mario Santodomingo, Bogotá
2015 Opening. Galería Fundación Jeymar. Subachoque
2015 Fotográfica Bogotá, Cero Galería, Bogotá
2014 Fragments of city, Sincronía, Bogotá
2013 La ausencia y la fotografia. Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma
2011 Photo5, Fundación Cardio Infantil, Bogotá
2010 XV Neighborhood Venice Biennial, Bogotá
2010 Friends, Galería La Cometa, Bogotá
2010 Movilízate, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá
2009 Hall of Young Art Colsanitas, Galería La Cometa
2006 Best of Fotomaratón, Bogotá