2021 NEWS

OUR VIDEO "GARDEN FOR THE EVERLIVING (Nicolás Rico, Juan Alonso) WILL BE PART OF THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE" 23 INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHOW OF BOGOTÁ ", October 25 to November 1.

MY ONE-MINUTE VIDEO "METAMORPHOSIS" IS PRESENTED AT THE "IBRIDA. INTERMEDIAL ART FESTIVAL" on September 24, 25, 26, Forli, Italy.

THE OPEN CALL FOR "VIDEOGRAMA². INTERNATIONAL VIDEOART FESTIVAL 2021" IS OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20. Festival organized by the Patasola Collective (Ximena Velásquez, Yomayra Puentes-Rivera and Juan Alonso. It can be applied here. (This project is carried out thanks to a Santa Fé Gallery Network Grant of Idartes)

THE FIRST PROGRAM OF THE VIDEOGRAM FESTIVAL, "STORIES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD", A CURATORSHIP BY DIEGO PIÑEROS GARCÍA, IS SCREENED ON THE FACADE OF THE SANTA FE GALLERY, ON AUGUST 27 AT 7PM. (This project is carried out thanks to a Santa Fé de Idartes Gallery Network Grant).

THE EXHIBITION "PHOTOGRAPH PRIZE. THE MARKET SQUARES OF BOGOTÁ'S DOWTOWN" IS PRESENTED IN THE BICENTENNIAL PARK FROM AUGUST 6 TO SEPTEMBER 19. Contest of which I was a jury.

OUR BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" IN THE INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL SAMPLE "DOUBLE POR AQUÍ". In "Cuarto Plegable Store". Book by Malevo Editores (David Cortés and Juan Alonso ". July 31 and August 1.

MY PROJECT "LANDS OF FREEDOM" IS PRESENTED IN "THE LIVING. JAVERIANA VISUAL ARTS SALOON" FROM AUGUST 13 TO DECEMBER 18. Sample online.

MY PROJECT "NUMINA" WAS THE WINNER OF THE PLAPF MAGAZINE CALL TO BE PART OF ITS NEXT PRINTED PUBLICATION.

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP "DIGITAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY" THAT I WILL GIVE WITH THE BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF IPIALES on July 12, 19, 21, 23, 26 from 2:30 to 5:30. It's free, online, and certified if you attend all sessions. More information in: https://www.banrepcultural.org/ipiales/actividad/fotografia-digital-y-fotografia-experimental

OUR VIDEO "GARDEN FOR THE EVERLIVING" IS PRESENTED BETWEEN MAY 25 AND 30 IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE "INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FORUM", in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Video made with Nicolás Rico.

THE PREMIERE OF OUR VIDEO "GARDEN FOR THE EVERLIVING" WILL BE AT hARTslane Gallery, London, UK, on ​​May 7th and 8th, as part of the "Video Words" curatorial project of the Magmart International Video Art Festival. Video made with Nicolás Rico.

MY ONE-MINUTE VIDEO "METAMORPHOSIS" WILL BE PROJECTED AT "COSMIX. EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL" on April 24 and 25 at 51 avenue Faidherbe à Montreuil, Paris, France.

"XIV NATIONAL YOUNG ART SALON" WILL BE PRESENTED AT SANTA FE GALLERY. From March 13 to May 2, event of which María Sol Barón, Yhonathan Virgüez and I were jurors, Bogotá, Colombia.

OUR VIDEO "GARDEN FOR THE EVERLIVING" (Nicolás Rico + Juan Alonso) WILL BE PART OF THE CURATORIAL PROJECT "VIDEO WORDS" OF THE MAGMART INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, Naples, Italy, an itinerant project around the world that will feature a printed publication. More information at: http://videowords.altervista.org/

COURSE "ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, Creative tools in the photographic production", starts at February 28, Continous Education Direction and Faculty of Arts, Javeriana University.
More information: https://educacionvirtual.javeriana.edu.co/arte-y-fotografia

2020 NEWS

OUR BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" (Malevo Editores) AT "DOUBLE HERE: INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL SHOW" at El Cuarto Plegable, Cra 18 No 39b-69, Bogotá, December 18 and 19, 10am to 6pm.

OUR VIDEO "FOCÃRIS" (Nicolás Rico, Juan Alonso) AT THE "V INTERNACIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL OF MANIZALES", Manizales, Colombia, online exhibition here: https://bellas-artes.vr-360-tour.com/e/fsIBdZ73IEE/e

OUR VIDEO "FOCÃRIS" (Nicolás Rico, Juan Alonso) AT THE "V INTERNACIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL OF MANIZALES", Manizales, Colombia, online exhibition here: https://bellas-artes.vr-360-tour.com/e/fsIBdZ73IEE/e

MY VIDEO "METAMORPHOSIS" AT THE "INTERMEDIACIONES. VIDEOART AND EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO SHOW". Online. October 19 to 25. Colombia.

MY VIDEO "METAMORPHOSIS" AT THE "INTERMEDIACIONES. VIDEOART AND EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO SHOW". Online. October 19 to 25. Colombia

COURSE "ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, Creative tools in the photographic production", October 8th to November14th, Continous Education Direction and Faculty of Arts, Javeriana University.
More information: https://educacionvirtual.javeriana.edu.co/arte-y-fotografia

COURSE "BASIC DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY", February 25th to June 9th, Continous Education Direction and Faculty of Arts, Javeriana University.

2019 NEWS

VIDEO "VORACITY" (Nelly Barreto, Juan Alonso) AT THE EXHIBITION "THE SOUP IS DELICIOUS", Project Hall, Art Department, University of los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

INTERVIEW ABOUT MY ART PROJECT "LANDS OF FREEDOM" BY ALEJANDRA CARDONA, UN RADIO. Complete Interview (in Spanish): http://unradio.unal.edu.co/nc/detalle/cat/la-voz-de-las-imagenes/article/juan-carlos-alonso-tierras-de-libertad.html

Documentary "THE LAST CRAFTSMEN OF LIGHT" (Ivan Sierra, Juan Alonso) NOW ONLINE: www.vimeo.com/78780290

"FOTODRAMAS" at the "IV LECTURE FAIR OF MONTERÍA", October 15th to 20th, Montería, Colombia.

MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSE (MOOC) "PHOTOSHOP: A TOOL FOR INNOVATING PRESENTATIONS", Javeriana X, Continuous Education Direction and Faculty of Arts, Javeriana University. Complete free Course at this link: https://www.edx.org/course/photoshop-una-herramienta-para-presentaciones-in-2

MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSE (MOOC) "PHOTOSHOP: A TOOL FOR INNOVATING PRESENTATIONS", Javeriana X, Continuous Education Direction and Faculty of Arts, Javeriana University. Complete free Course at this link: https://www.edx.org/course/photoshop-una-herramienta-para-presentaciones-in-2

"FOTODRAMAS" at the "15 CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR OF BOGOTÁ - ARTBO", Artist Book Section, "Aquí y Allá" Stand, Curator: Zully Sotelo, September 19 to 22, CORFERIAS, Bogotá, Colombia.

"FOTODRAMAS" at the "15 CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR OF BOGOTÁ - ARTBO", Artist Book Section, "Aquí y Allá" Stand, Curator: Zully Sotelo, September 19 to 22, CORFERIAS, Bogotá, Colombia.

"FOTODRAMAS" at the "13th BOOK AND CULTURE PARTY" OF MEDELLÍN, "¡Buena Impresión!" Stand, Independent Editorials Hall, September 6th to 15th, Medellín, Colombia.

EXHIBITION "IDENTITIES". El Nogal Gallery. Exhibition of Santiago Forero and Juan Alonso, curator: Carlos García, June 12th to July 4th, Bogotá, Colombia.

EXHIBITION "IDENTITIES". El Nogal Gallery. Exhibition of Santiago Forero and Juan Alonso, curator: Carlos García, June 12th to July 4th, Bogotá, Colombia

LAUNCH AND TALK OF THE BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR OF SANTA MARTA, FILSMAR, Roque Morelli Hall, University of Magdalena, May 25th, Santa Marta, Colombia.

LAUNCH AND TALK OF THE BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" AT "ESPACIO ODEÓN", Tuesday 7, 6pm. Talk with 4 of the authors: Guillermo Santos, Pablo Adarme, Manuel Kalmanovitz, Fernando Domínguez, Sylvana Castro. Malevo Editores (Juan Alonso, David Cortés).

LAUNCH AND TALK OF THE BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" AT "ESPACIO ODEÓN", Tuesday 7, 6pm. Talk with 4 of the authors: Guillermo Santos, Pablo Adarme, Manuel Kalmanovitz, Fernando Domínguez, Sylvana Castro. Malevo Editores (Juan Alonso, David Cortés).

TALK OF THE BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR. Norte de Santander Stand. Talk with 4 of the authors: Diana Rodríguez, Laura Escobar, Mariam Abrajim, Luisa Restrepo. Malevo Editores (Juan Alonso, David Cortés).

TALK OF THE BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR. Norte de Santander Stand. Talk with 4 of the authors: Diana Rodríguez, Laura Escobar, Mariam Abrajim, Luisa Restrepo. Malevo Editores (Juan Alonso, David Cortés).

LAUNCH AND TALK OF THE BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR. FILBo Emprende Stand. Talk with 4 of the authors: Manu Mojito, Alex Arce, Diana Londoño, Ivan Sierra, Sylvana Casro. Malevo Editores (Juan Alonso, David Cortés).

LAUNCH AND TALK OF THE BOOK "FOTODRAMAS" AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR. FILBo Emprende Stand. Talk with 4 of the authors: Manu Mojito, Alex Arce, Diana Londoño, Ivan Sierra, Sylvana Casro. Malevo Editores (Juan Alonso, David Cortés).

Exhibition "Option Photo 1" for the Colombo American Center, March 28 to May 4. Event made by the Photography Area, Art Department, University of los Andes (Santiago Forero, Guillermo Santos, Clemencia Poveda, Beatríz Grau, Alejandro Sánchez, Viki Ospina, Juan Alonso).

"Digital Photography Class". "Photography: Body, Space and Vision Programm", Experimental School of Arts and Humanity", Arts and Humanity Faculty, University of los Andes.

"LANDS OF FREEDOM" at the exhibition "BORDER", Estudio 74, Bogotá, Colombia, 2019.

Pre Registration at the Summer Workshops at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Info: fotojuank@gmail.com

"DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY" Course, that I will teach at the Continous Education Programm, Javeriana University.

OPEN CALL to students of the Photography Option of University of los Andes for an exhibition at the Colombo American Center, Bogotá. Cultural event organized by the Photography Area, Art Department, University of los Andes: Santiago Forero, Guillermo Santos, Clemencia Poveda, Alejandro Sánchez, Beatriz Grau, Viki Ospina, Juan Alonso.

2018 NEWS

VIDEO MAPPING "MEDITATIONS" (Juan Alonso, Ximena Velásquez) AT THE EXHIBITION "ASSONANT", Bolívar House, December 12th, 2018 to January 5th, 2019, Bogotá, Colombia.

VIDEO MAPPING "MEDITATIONS" (Juan Alonso, Ximena Velásquez) AT THE EXHIBITION "ASSONANT", Bolívar House, December 12th, 2018 to January 5th, 2019, Bogotá, Colombia.

CURATOR FOR THE EXHIBITION "FAÇADES" FOR THE "XX ART BIENNIAL OF CERVEIRA" IN REPRESENTATION OF JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANDES", Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal, August 10th to September 23th.

VIDEO "COLOMBIA" (Juan Alonso, Nicolás Rico) AT THE "IV PALMIRA VIDEOART FESTIVAL", Materón Theatre, Palmira, Colombia

HONOUR MENTION FOR THE DOCUMENTARY "THE LAST CRAFTSMEN OF LIGHT" (Juan Alonso, Ivan Sierra", "Acknowledgments of short and long films of fiction, documentary and animation for their dissemination in public libraries", Culture Ministry, Colombia.

VIDEO "FOCÃRIS" (Juan Alonso, Nicolás Rico" AT THE PROGRAMM "CITIES-POL(E)IS, "ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL, Aristoteles High School, Athens, Greece, September 30th.

INTERVIEW FOR THE PROGRAM "FRACTAL: HOW IS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA IN COLOMBIA?", CANAL 13. Complete program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=791&v=4l-QaVe-GBs

VIDEO "FOCÃRIS" (Juan Alonso, Nicolás Rico) AT THE VIDEOART MIDEN FESTIVAL, Kalamata, Greece, July 5-7.

VIDEOS "COLOMBIA" AND "TABLEAUX VIVANTS" (Juan Alonso, Nicolás Rico" AT THE "FAENZA VIDEOART SHOW", Bogotá Theatre, May 19th, Bogotá, Colombia.

PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT "FOCÃRIS" AT THE EXHIBITION "GALLERY TO OPEN SKIES", Sin Título Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.

DRAWING PROJECT "NOTE BOOK" AT THE EXHIBITION "VIII BIENNIAL OF TEACHERS OF THE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT", Exhibition Hall, Arts Faculty, Javeriana University, March 20th to April 3rd, Bogotá, Colombia.

DRAWING PROJECT "NOTE BOOK" AT THE EXHIBITION "VIII BIENNIAL OF TEACHERS OF THE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT", Exhibition Hall, Arts Faculty, Javeriana University, March 20th to April 3rd, Bogotá, Colombia.

2017 NEWS

PRE-INSCRIPTIONS FOR THE SUMMER WORKSHOPS IN ART AND DESIGN OF THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS

"THE LAST CRAFTSMEN OF LIGHT" PROJECTED IN THE PROGRAMM "FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLOMBIA", FUNDADORES HALL, MEXICO THEATRE, November 17th, 4:30 pm!

YOU CAN SEE THE BEST WORKS OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS AT JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANDES!
www.flickr.com/fotografiaexperimental

"TABLEAUX VIVANTS" (Juan Alonso + Nicolás Rico) III PRIZE AT THE "II PALMIRA VIDEOART FESTIVAL", Palmira, Colombia, 2017.

"YOU ARE WHAT WE WERE, YOU SHALL BE WHAT WE ARE" (Juan Alonso + Nicolás Rico) AT THE II PALMIRA VIDEOART FESTIVAL, Palmira, Colombia, 2017.

"YOU ARE WHAT WE WERE, YOU SHALL BE WHAT WE ARE" AND "MORIANA" (Juan Alonso + Nicolás Rico) WILL BE PRESENTED AT "MAGMART. INTERNATIONAL VIDEOART FESTIVAL", AT SCUGNIZZO LIBERATO, November 11th, 18:00, WHERE THEY WILL BE PART OF THE VIDEOART COLLECTION OF "CASORIA CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM", Naples, Italy.

THE VIDEO "GREEN RIBBON" OF "ECLISE ZORRAL" (Juan Carlos Moreno, María Lucía Arbeláez, Juan Alonso) WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE EXHIBITION "PIRACY CANNON SHOTS" at the Colombo American Center, Bogotá, November 9th to December 2nd.

"VIDEOGRAMA 2015. ITINERANT SHOW" WILL BE AT THE "II CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL OF MANIZALES" AT "CINESPIRAL", Manizales, Colombia, November 10th, 8 PM.

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES "CASTLES IN THE SKY" WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE "II CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL OF MANIZALES"AT "L'ÉTOILE HALL" OF THE" COLOMBO FRENCH ALLIANCE", November 6th to 11th, Manizales, Colombia.

THE VIDEO "FOCÃRIS" (Juan Alonso, Nicolás Rico" WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE "II CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL OF MANIZALES"AT "ROGELIO SALMONA CULTURAL CENTER", November 10th, 7pm, Manizales, Colombia.

"COLOMBIA" (Juan Alonso, Nicolás Rico) WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE "9th CALI INTERNATINAL FILM FESTIVAL", Cali, Colombia, November 12th, 8pm.

THE VIDEO "LANDS OF FREEDOM" WILL BE PRESENTED AT " INTERMEDIACIONES. IV VIDEOART AND EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO SHOW", Museum of Modern Art of Medellín and Platohedro, Medellín, Colombia, October 3rd to 6th.

THE VIDEO "COLOMBIA" (Juan Alonso, Nicolás Rico) WILL BE PRESENTED AT "16 INTERNATIONAL IMAGE FESTIVAL. III Intermediaciones Itinerant Show", Manizales, Colombia, June 16th and 17th.

"COPIES" EXHIBITION, which I was the curator for the Old Mutual Cultural Center Gallery. Opening: June 15th, Bogotá.

VIDEO "FOCÃRIS" AT THE "13 ATHENS DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL", GREECE MAY 18 TO 21.

VIDEO "COLOMBIA" AT "SPEKTRUM BERLIN: DARK TECHNOLOGY DARK WEB", GERMANY, APRIL 21 TO 23.

VIDEO "YOU ARE WHAT WE WERE, YOU SHALL BE WHAT WE ARE" AT THE "9th INTERNATIONAL VIDEOART FESTIVAL OF CAMAGÜEY", CUBA, APRIL 4 TO 9.

ARTICLE "THE DEEP DREAM OF PHOTOGRAPHY" AT "IMAGO MAGAZINE No 5", Fine Arts University Instutute, Cali, Colombia.

SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROJECT "CASTLES IN THE SKY" AT ASAB EXHIBITION HALL, MARCH 17th, 1pm, Bogotá.

PROJECT "CASTLES IN THE SKY" AT THE EXHIBITION "SOCIAL MANIFESTATIONS" CURATED BY FERNANDO PERTUZ, ASAB Exhibition Hall, March 9 to 21, Bogotá.

INTERVIEW FOR THE "ARTISTS AT THE COLLECTION" SERIES. Contemporary Art Museum of Bogotá. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpDvpIPxwUE

2016 NEWS

INVITED TO SEE THE BEST WORKS OF MY STUDENTS OF THE JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY AND LOS ANDES UNIVERSITY: www.flickr.com/fotografiaexperimental

"LANDS OF FREEDOM" will be presented at Jaime Isidoro Artist House, Biennial of Cerveira Foundation, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal, October 29th, 9 to 23 pm!

"THE LINE. GALICIAN VIDEO ART SHOW" will be presented at Jaime Isidoro Artist House, Biennial of Cerveira Foundation, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal, October 29th, 9 to 23 pm!

Public Show of the projects made at the 4th fase of the Artistic Residence of the Biennial of Cerveira 2016.

"THE BRIDGE", SELECTED PROJECT FOR THE "ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES 2016", CERVEIRA BIENNIAL, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal.

"THE LAST TRIP OF LENIN", Project by Patasola Collective (Ximena Velásquez, María Lucía Arbeláez, Juan Alonso) was invited to represent Colombia at "VIII Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art", Tashkent, Uzbekistan, October 2016.

"TABLEAUX VIVANTS" AND "COLOMBIA" (Juan Alonso + Nicolás Rico) at the Official Selection of "Intermediaciones. Video Art and Experimental Video Show", Museum of Modern Art of Medellín Theater, and Cámara de Comercio, Medellín, Colombia., 2016.

PROJECTION AND SPEAKING OF THE DOCUMENTARY "THE LAST CRAFTSMEN OF LIGHT" at "Embrión. Audiovisual Festival", Los Fundadores Theater, October 6th, 6 pm.

PROJECTION AND SPEAKING OF THE DOCUMENTARY "THE LAST CRAFTSMEN OF LIGHT" at "II Encounter of Photography, Culture and Society", Julio Arboleda Auditorium, Unicomfacauca, September 29th, 4:40 pm.

PROJECTION AND SPEAKING OF THE DOCUMENTARY "THE LAST CRAFTSMEN OF LIGHT" at Zona Cinco, Photography and Cinema School, September 20th, 6pm

"THE LAST CRAFTSMEN OF LIGHT V. 7 MIN." CINEMARK NATIONAL SHORT FILM IN ALL CINEMAS IN COLOMBIA, From June 1st to 15th and July 16 to 30!!!

"TABLEAUX VIVANTS" AT THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE "MIDEN VIDEOART FESTIVAL". Kalamata Street Festival Program, Kalamata, Greece, 31 July!

REVIEW OF MY THESIS "DOCUMENTS OF MEMORY AND VISION" AT THE BOOK "OPEN ATALIER", Seventh Cohort, MA in Fine and Visual Arts, National University of Colombia.

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE EXHIBITION "PILGRIM LIGHT"AT OLD MUTUAL GALLERY, Av 19 No 109A-30, WICH I MADE THE CURATORIAL PROCESS AND WILL BE OPEN FROM JUNE 1st TO JULY 30th (Exhibition made with the support of the Events Office of the Arts Faculty of Javeriana University)

"YOU ARE WHAT WE WERE, YOU SHALL BE WHAT WE ARE" AT THE OFFICIAL SELECTION AT "XII MEDIA ART MONOGRAPHIC SHOW" IN THE "INTERNATIONAL IMAGE FESTIVAL" in Los Fundadores Theatre, Manizales, Colombia, 9 to 13 May.

"VIDEOGRAMA 2015" HAS BEEN INVITED TO BE PRESENTED AT "VIII TASHKENT BIENNALE OF COTEMPORARY ART" in Tashket, Uzbequistan, October, 2016.

FRIDAY MARCH 26th: PREMIERE OF THE CHAPTERS II AND III OF THEANIMATION AND ART DOCUMENTARY, "PERPETUUM MOBILE", A PROJECT BY CECILIA TRASLAVIÑA AND MAURICIO DURÁN, IN WICH I TALK ABOUT MY PROJECT "DOCUMENTS OF MEMORY AND VISION". Centro Ático Auditorium, 5th Floor, Javeriana University, Calle 40 No 6-39. Free Admission.
Chapetr II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlKTLehOVAs
Chapter III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nx-XVkkWT8

NEW VIDEO OF "ECLIPSE ZORRAL" AND "SIBARIS PRODUCTIONS" IN HOMAGE TO "LOS TEEN AGERS" https://vimeo.com/150567513