ADRIANA GARCIA GALAN
Artist and composer
ardigar@gmail.com
-CKWEB CASo Residence at the Buenos Aires CASo Sound Art Center. November-December 2022.
-Active member of MUCINE, Colombian Association of film music composers.
-Active member of theCOLOMBIAN ACADEMY OF FILM ARTS AND SCIENCES
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN WHICH SOME WORKS ARE FOUND:
-FRAC (Regional Fund for Contemporary Art) Champagne Ardennes. France
-FNAC (National Fund for Contemporary Art) Paris France
-POMPIDOU CENTER. Paris France
-MARIO SCARPETTA FOUNDATION. PLACE TO DOUBTS. Cali, Colombia
CREATION SCHOLARSHIPS:
-Creation grant for artists with a career. Culture Ministry. Colombia, 2019.
-Scholarship to carry out Laboratories in the Parking lot. FGAA, BANK OF THE REPUBLIC. Bogota, Colombia, 2016.
-Grant for exhibitions at the Santa Fe Gallery. FGAA, Bogotá, Colombia 2010
-CIFO. Cisneros Fontanals Art foundation. Miami, U.S.A. 2007.
ARTIST RESIDENCES:
-CKWEB residency of sound art and/or experimental radio content at the CASo Sound Art Center. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nov-Dec 2022.
-Le Pavillon. Palais de Tokyo center of contemporary creation. Paris France. 2005-2006.
-The Box. Galerie de l'Ecole National des beaux-arts de Bourges. Bourges France. 2002
OTHER RECOGNITIONS:
2022:
-Nomination to the Macondo Awards in the category of best original music for the movie Ventana de Tiempo by Nicolás Ordóñez Carrillo.
2020:
-Uniandino Award for the Arts. Bogota Colombia.
2019:
-Nomination for best original music for the film Virus Tropical at the Quirino Awards for Ibero-American Animation. 2018:
-Macondo Award for best original song for Virus Tropical, awarded by the Colombian Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.
ORIGINAL MUSIC CREATION:
2022:
-Original music for the video Hippos in Gravitas by the artist collective Calderón y Piñeros.
-Original music and sound direction for four episodes of UGAMÚ. Children's animated series. Myth Creative Studio.
2021:
-Creation of three songs for the film concert of the film La Inhumana by Marcel L'herbier made in 1924. This film concert was organized by Mucine (Colombian Association of Musicians for Film) within the framework of the BIFF (Bogotá International Film Festival ) in the month of October 2021.
-Original music and sound for the pilot episode of UGAMÚ. Children's animated series. Myth Creative Studio.
2020:
-Teaser of the feature filmCHANDASMA by David Restrepo.
-Musicalization of the commercial video piece of the Barcú fair.
2019:
-Feature film WINDOW OF TIME by Nicolás Ordóñez.
2018:
- Video for DISCONNECTION dome by Jorge Bandera.
-Musicalization and original sound for the celebration of the 70 years of the University of Los Andes. “AROUND THE CAMPUS IN 70 THOUSAND LUX” Design Department.
-Animated feature film “VIRUS TROPICAL” by Timbo Estudio.
-Short film “LA MONTAÑA” by Margarita Jiménez.
-Animated Series “MICROADVENTURAS” by Timbo Estudio.
2017:
Musicalization of the commercial video piece of the Odeón fair.
2015:
KINSKI'S WRATH. Theater play directed by Enrique Lozano.
-Institutional Video for ABC Foundation Continuity Forum.
2012: Institutional Video "CONSENT" IDARTES Bogotá.
2010: Short film "UYUYUI" by Santiago Caicedo.
2009: Institutional Video "SIGRADI" University of the Andes.
2007: Short film "COMECOCO" by Santiago Caicedo.
SELECTION OF PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2023:
-THE VOICE AND THE THING. Sound action in the dome of the Bogotá Planetarium. March 31, 2023
2022:
-THE VOICE AND THE THING. Sound Art Center of Buenos Aires. November 18 to December 17. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-NOISY. ROOM E. Bogotá Cinematheque. December 16 (2021) to January 11. Bogotá, Colombia.
2020:
-NOISY. Online.
2019:
-PICTURE AND SOUND. Timbo Studio. Bogota Colombia.
2018:
-OUTSIDE THE WORLD. Liberia. Contemporary Center. February 2 to March 16. Bogotá, Colombia.
2017:
-THE HOUSE STILL IS. FLORA ars+natura cabinet. Bogota Colombia.
2010:
- FROM STONE TO STONE. Showcase. Place to Doubts. October 01 to 26. Cali, Colombia
-BY THE SHADOW. Alternate Room, Santa Fe Gallery. FGAA March 24 April 18. Bogotá Colombia 2009:
FROM STONE TO STONE. VK Gallery. September 11- October 10. Bogota Colombia
2007:
-GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. Project Room. Palais de Tokyo, May 3 - June 3. Paris France.
2006:
-MEGAMIX. Atelier Cardenas Belanger. December. Paris France
-SPEECHBOX. La Cabane du Pavillon. "Notre Histoire". Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
SELECTION OF GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS OF RECENT YEARS:
2023:
LOVING MADE HER FREE. Santander House Museum. Bogota Colombia.
RADIO SPARKS or Sonic agitations. Earth Station. Bogota Colombia.
2022:
AROUND THE DAY IN EIGHTY WORLDS. Capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux. France.
2020:
PRESENTNESS. Earth Station, March. Bogota Colombia.
2019:
SOUTHERN STARS: AN EXPLORATION OF LATIN AMERICAN ART. Curated by Valentina Locatelli. Art Paris Art Fair. April 4-7, Paris, France.
-LINES AND RECORDS. House 4. October. Bogota Colombia.
2017:
-VIDEO ART IN LATIN AMERICA. September 17 to December 16. LAXART. The Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles United States.
2016:
-ARTCAMERA. ARTBO. October. Bogota Colombia.
2015:
-GUATEPHOTO. International photography festival. November 2-22. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
-BUILDING DEMOCRACY. Cambalache Collective. October-January 2016.Valencia, Spain.
-WHITE NUIT. Humanitarian aid for the first world. Cambalache Collective. October 1, Toronto, Canada.
-SENTIMENTAL T-SHIRT. Rat trap. September October. Bogota Colombia.
-PUBLIC RELATIONS IN THE CLOSED SPACE. The artistic validator. February April.
Bogota Colombia.
2014:
-WE'VE AL GOT ISSUES. Video art from the APT collection. May 29 –June 12. MutualArt.com -AUDIBLE, VISIBLE AND LEGIBLE TEXTS. Santa Fe Gallery. April 2014. Bogotá, Colombia.
-STOCK DES SONS. College of the Voie Chatelaine. March 21 to April 18. Arcis sur Aube, France. 2012:
-THE BACK OF THE PEDESTAL, R&M Gallery, June 02 to July 14. Cali, Colombia
-THIS AND THERE, Fondation Ricard, Paris France. 2012
-THIS IS NOT A MUSEUM. Mobile artifacts lurking. Oct 15 -Jan 15, 2012. ACVIC Barcelona, Spain
2011:
-THE OTHER 2011. October 22-26. Bogota Colombia
-DENSITIES. Sound art in Colombia. September. University of the Andes. Bogota Colombia
2010:
-ULTRAMARIC. Ultraviolet Projects, Guatemala city, Guatemala.
-CITY SONIC. Sound Arts Festival. Aug 27 - Sept 12 mons belgium
-DIAGONALS. Son, vibration et musique. Centquatre. 7-8-9 May Paris France
-BOGOTA BIENNIAL PLASTIC AND VISUAL ARTS AWARD. Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation. August, Bogota, Colombia.
2009:
-REIMS SCÈNE D'EUROPE FESTIVAL. December 3-19. Reims, France.
-RUE FRANCAISE. Zurcher Studio. December 9- January 03. New York, U.S.A
-FED UP ARTISTS. The residence. September. Bogota Colombia.
2008:
-INTERNATIONAL TRIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART. Re-Reading the Future
-B3 L'ŒUVRE BOÎTE. Proposed for LDA in Door Studio. June 12 – July 13, 2008. Paris, France
-VOID HAS NO EXIT. The former Bank of Japan, Hiroshima Branch. 12 -21 January 2008. Hiroshima, Japan.
COLLABORATIONS:
-Alien possession. Vice Productions. 2000
-I am a rebel. Elkin Calderon. 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
-Professor of the career of theFaculty of Creation of the Universidad del Rosario. Bogota Colombia.
-Professor of the Department of Art at the Universidad de los Andes. Bogota Colombia. Courses:
-Sound and Actions. annual workshop. From 2009-1 to 2021-2.
-Composition in Motion. Relationship between video and the body in motion. Semi-annual workshop. From 2009-1 to 2022-2.
-Sculpture and Body. Relationship between the sculptural and the body. annual workshop. From 2016-1 to 2020-1.
-Time Workshop. Introduction to video and body. 2009,2010, 2017-1.
2015-1 to 2017-1, 2021-1, 2021-2, 2022-1.
-Teacher of the Master's Degree in Digital Humanities at the Universidad de los Andes. Bogota Colombia. Course:- Module of the Digital Narratives class 2018-2, 2019-1, 2019-2.
-Professor of the Chair of the Faculty of Creation, Universidad del Rosario. Bogota Colombia. Course: Means of representation in art, architecture and design. 2021-1, 2021-2, 2022-1, 2022-2.
-Professor of the Department of Design at the Universidad de los Andes. Bogota Colombia.
Course: -Sound Design. 2019-1, 2019-2, 2020-1, 2020-2, 2021-1, 2021-2, 2022-1. 2022-2.
-Professor of the Department of Art at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá.
-Courses:
-Sound art: Intersemester 2022.
-Sound for Animation. 2021-1, 2021-2.
-Light and color laboratory, third module. 2015-1,2015-2,2016-1, 2016-2, 2017-1.
OTHER EXPERIENCES:
-Video Installation Workshop. equinox. University Film Festival. September 2022
-Music for film workshop. cineexcuse. Neiva Film Festival. October 2021
-Jury of the IDARTES Scholarship for the Creation of Original Music for Feature Films. Bogota, August 2020.
-Jury of the Digital Humanities Scholarship. Ministry of Culture, October 2019.
-Invited to the CROSSROADS table on Sound Design and Music of the BOGOSHORTS Film Festival during the BAM (Bogotá Audiovisual Market). Bogota, July 12, 2019.
-Creation and organization of the annual Bogota Sonora Caravan. Sound mobile device contest. Annual event. 2012 to 2017.
-Jury of the Scholarship for artistic publications. Culture Ministry. April 2014.
-Participation in the discussion on Sound and violence during Sound Week organized by the Bogotá archive and Señal Colombia. October 2013.
-Jury of the Circulation Scholarship for artists. Ministry of Culture, December 2012-August 2013. -Jury for the Visual Arts Creation Scholarship. Ministry of Culture, July 2012.
-Introduction talk to sound culture. SAE Institute. Bogota. December 2014.
TRAINING:
-Master in Cultural Studies. University of the Andes. Bogota, Colombia, 2010-2012.
-Undergraduate in Plastic Arts. University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 1995-2000.
-La Seine Research Program. National School of Fine Arts of Paris, Paris, France, 2003-2005.
-Postgraduate in Art. National School of Fine Arts of Lyon. Lyon France, 2001-2002.
-Diploma in Participatory Planning and Management of Municipal Cultural Development. Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá, Colombia, 2001.
PUBLICATIONS:
2017:
-Language, language, person, silence.
2012:
- Of speech or noise. Some relations between music and war in the current Colombian armed conflict