JUAN ARTURO GARCÍA
Mexico City | Amsterdam

ACADEMIC EDUCATION
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Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (2021–2023)
Amsterdam, NL

MA — Shadow Channel: Film, Design & Politics (2017–2019)
Sandberg Instituut, NL

BA — Visual Communication, graduated with honors (2008–2012)
CENTRO de diseño, cine y televisión, CDMX
Studies in Philosophy (2008–2012)
UNAM, Faculty of Philosophy, CDMX

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
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A-B-Z-TXT
A school for 21st century typography
Toronto, CA (2017)

Fundación Alumnos47
«Second Thoughts» workshops, focused on artistic practices that use visual communication and graphic design as mediums and motives of critical research and experimentation
CDMX (2015-2016)

ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design, NL
«GDA Summer Sessions»
Detroit, USA (2015)

Triple Canopy
«Summer Intensive», a two-week program in the history and contemporary practice of publication
NYC (2014)

Triple Canopy
«Universal Time : Tiempo Universal», a seminar on publication as a means of producing and distributing knowledge
CDMX (2014)

School of Visual Arts
«Turning letters into type», type design with Sara Soskolne—H&FJ
NYC (2010)

«Presenting data and information» with Edward Tufte
NYC (2011)

Centro Artístico Fotográfico
Artistic photography with Saúl Serrano
CDMX (2007)

GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
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Hidden (Hi)stories – Internationalization program
Stimuleringsfonds, NL (2024)

STRP ACT Award — Award for Creative Technology (2023)

Prins Bernhard Cultuurfondsbeurs (2021)

Residency at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, NL (2021–2023)

Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie — Grant Programme for Design, NL (2019–2021)

Scholarship for Studies Abroad FONCA-CONACULTA, Secretaría de Cultura, MX (2018–2019)

Artist in residence at Laboratorio Barrial, Fundación Alumnos47, CDMX (2016)

Artist in residence at Second Thoughts, Fundación Alumnos47, CDMX (2015–2016)

Receiver of three Quórum prize for the best in mexican design, for editorial and identity design, MX (2012)

SELECTED SHOWS & SCREENINGS
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A Minor Event in the History of Atomic Timekeeping: lecture-performance
Sonic Acts Biennial - Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam, NL (february 2024)

The Lithium Festival
Sara Cultural House
Skellefteå, Sweden (february 2024)

Taxonomic Ambiguity
Tallahassee Film Festival – Official Selection
(september 2023)

Rijksakademie Open Studios 2023
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
Amsterdam, NL (june 2023)

STRP festival 2023 – The Art of Listening
Eindhoven, NL (april 2023)

Fluid Dialogues
in collaboration with Basse Stittgen
House of HIV – Dutch National Opera and Ballet
Amsterdam, NL (august – september 2022)

Rijksakademie Open Studios
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
Amsterdam, NL (may 2022)

It’s our f*cking backyard!
in collaboration with Basse Stittgen
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NL (may – september 2022)

Negative Optics
https://distant.gallery/negative-optics
Distant.gallery + Casa del Lago
Mexico City / online (february 2022)

Ecologías Radicales — BIENALSUR
Museo de Arte contemporáneo de La Boca
Buenos Aires, Argentina (oct – dic 2021)

«Who is We?»
Pavilion of the Netherlands at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, in collaboration with Het Nieuwe Instituut.
La Biennale di Venezia (may – nov 2021)

Contagion
In collaboration with Basse Sttitgen www.nowtransmitting.com/exhibits/fluid-dialogues
Science Gallery Bengaluru, India (may-dec 2021)

Lithium
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Rotterdam, NL (september 2020 – may 2021)

What You See Is What You Get
www.wysiwygcinema.net
online screening (april 15, 2020)

Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB)
in collaboration with Het Nieuwe Instituut
Shenzhen, Hong Kong (december 2019 – march 2020)

刹那即永恒 - One Minute is Eternal. Celebrating 21 years of One Minutes
Power Station of Art (PSA)
Shanghai, China (2020)

Freedom of Movement
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam, NL (november 2018 – march 2019)

Hackers & Designers Summer Academy 2019: Coded Bodies film program
NDSM-plein 127
Amsterdam, NL (july 2019)

As Real as It can Get
MACA - Moving Arts Center Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NL (june 2019)

New Lights × ODAM
FC Hyena
Amsterdam, NL (may 2019)

Visions from Shadow Channel
65th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Oberhausen, DE (may 2019)

Our Soul Isn’t a Border
64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Oberhausen, DE (2018)

Hidden Layers
Sonic Acts Academy
Amsterdam, NL (2018)

Oficios
Abierto Mexicano de Diseño – itinerant show
CDMX (2017)

We Fake It
Center for Creative Studies
Detroit, USA (2015)

Contar el tiempo|CENTRO 2004–2014
CENTRO de diseño, cine y televisión
CDMX (2014)

Oficios
Abierto Mexicano de Diseño – main show
CDMX (2013)

CutOut Fest
Querétaro, MX (2013)

Año Cero. Exposición de ganadores del XX Premio Quórum a lo mejor del diseño mexicano
Museo Franz Mayer
CDMX (2012)

Cantera. Exposición de diseño mexicano
CENTRO de diseño, cine y televisión
CDMX (2011)

Exploraciones tipográficas
Gallery Amarillo
Veracruz, MX (2010)