Antonio Castles Gomez is an artist interested mostly in the combination of different disciplines, like lens based media, mechatronics and programming, through the gaze of historical perspective. He is a graduate of History and Fine Arts from the Andes University in Bogotá, Colombia, his city of birth. After his studies there he relocated to Berlin, where he is currently based, and graduated from the University of The Arts. During his studies there he attended the class of Experimental Film with prof. Nina Fischer, and New Media, with prof. Joachim Sauter. He has been awarded with the Elsa Neumann Stipendium of the city of Berlin and the DAAD Scholarship for Graduate Students, and has shown his work in different venues and events around the Americas such as Mono No Aware X in New York, Artecámara 2014 in Bogotá and different commercial fairs and collective exhibitions in Perú, Argentina and Puerto Rico. He is currently represented by Galería El Dorado in Bogotá.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information
Name Antonio Castles Gómez
Birth Date 22.03.1991
Birthplace Bogotá, Colombia
Contact info@antoniocastles.net
Academic Formation
Bachelor’s Degree in History – Universidad de Los Andes. 2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Universidad de Los Andes. 2014.
Absolvent in Kunst und Medien Program. Universität der Künste Berlin. 2019
Experimental Film Class with prof. Nina Fischer
New Media with prof. Joachim Sauter.
Scholarships and Grants
DAAD: Study Scholarships for Foreign Graduates in the Fields of Fine Art, Film, Design/Visual Communication and Film, 2017/18
Creative Prototyping – das Berliner Startup Stipendium an der UdK Berlin. 2019
Publications
“The Symbol of Trinity: Covering, Uncovering and the Reemergence of a Form” in Haensch, Konstantin Daniel, Plannitzer Mathias et al. Uncanny Interfaces. Textem Verlag, Hamburg. 2019.
Residencies
Vivir bien, das gute Leben. Goethe Institut, La Paz, Bolivia. March 2015.
Don’t scratch the image – Analog Film in 2018 – Polar Film Lab, Tromsø, Norway.
Exhibitions
Estados de la mirada. Galería Espacio El Dorado. Bogotá, May – August 2019.
PArc. Galería Espacio El Dorado. Lima. April, 2018
Buenos Aires Photo, Galería Espacio El Dorado. Buenos Aires. September 2017.
Current Situation: Installationen, Filme und Performances aus der Klasse “Experimenteller Film und Medienkunst”, Zwingli Kirche, Berlin. November 2017.
Entre los días y las cosas: artistas colombianos en Alemania. Embassy of the Republic of Colombia, Berlin. June 2017.
Sehen: Play! Neue Arbeiten aus der UdK Berlin. Volksbühne, Berlin. January 2017.
Mono X Festival: Mono No Aware X, New York. December 2016.
Vivir bien, das gute Leben. Espacio Odeón, Bogotá. Organized by the Goethe Institut, La Paz. November 2016.
Rundgang – Tage der offenen Tür. Universität der Künste, Berlin. July 2016.
Vivir bien, das gute Leben. Centro de la Cultura Plurinacional, Santa Cruz (Bolivia). Organized by the Goethe Institut, La Paz. April 2016.
Vivir bien, das gute Leben. Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz (Bolivia). Organized by the Goethe Institut, La Paz. March 2016.
Instituto de Visión. Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (ArtBo), Bogotá. September 2015.
Fotografía Transversal. Galería El Museo, Bogotá. August 2015
Artecámara. Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (ArtBo), Bogotá. October 2014.
Salón de Arte Joven. Galería Nueveochenta, Bogotá. September 2014.
Ruido. Espacio [SKLN], Bogotá. June 2014.
Art Cartagena Feria Internacional de Arte. Espacio [SKLN], Cartagena de Indias. January 2014.
Subasta 4: La Localidad, Bogotá. November 2013.
Umbral. Espacio [SKLN], Bogotá. October 2013.
6º Salón Bidimensional. Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá. October 2013.
Subasta 3: La Localidad, Bogotá. November 2012.
IKAS-ART: III Muestra Internacional de Arte Universitario. Bilbao. November 2011.Trayectos IV: 2000cms3 VI Premio Uniandino a las Artes. Galeria Espacio Alterno, Sede Nacional Uniandinos. Bogotá. October 2010.
Solo Exhibitions
The Circle, the Triangle, the Rectangle and the Crossing. Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani Studio, Berlin. September 2016.
A lo largo y ancho. Instituto de Visión, Bogotá. June 2015.