SERIE INVERSA

Friday, March 18, 2016 
h. 6:30 p.m.
at the Diogene Tram

Turin – Serie Inversa, Diogene’s project of investigating the art scene in Piedmont, proposes the second appointment of the season. Juan  Sandoval (Medellín – Colombia, 1972) is the guest artist of the meeting, which will be held on Friday, March 18, 2016 (6:30 p.m.) at the Diogene Tram, during which the artist will discuss his work with the general public.

Sandoval has developed participatory projects related to the issues of migration, the economy, and local culture, also working with members of the indigenous communities in regions of the Amazon and the Andes. His current research focuses on the concept of the worker’s role of manual labour in the process of transformation of the social environment. He is the co-founder of the laboratory El Puente (www.elpuentelab.org), an art collective based in Medellín, a platform for artistic and cultural production which uses contemporary culture in general as a tool for social change. The collective works generated thus are aimed at building a connection and exchange between geographically and culturally distant places through the development of art in public spaces.

After receiving his degree in visual arts from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Medellín (1996), he specialized in printmaking at the International School of Engraving “Il Bisonte” in Florence (1999) and was an artist in residence at UNIDEE – University of Ideas at the Cittadellarte/Pistoletto Foundation in Biella (2000). He has been exhibiting his work in international contexts since 1994. His recent exhibitions include: in 2014, Generaciones, at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia and Contra-expediciones at the Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, and in 2015, Work for you for one hour at the artist’s studio – Via Cavour 14, Turin.