Luis Cantillo
Born in Bogotá, Colombia; lives and works in New York.
Education
2004 MFA Computer Art, School of Visual Arts, New York
2000 BFA Fine Art (Printmaking-Photo), St Martins College of Art, London
1996 Fine Art, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 2 AM (Dos Alrededor de la Montaña), Alliance Française, Bogotá, Colombia?2004 Doble Vista, Galería Diners, Bogotá, Colombia
2003 Afuera, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2008 The Object is Illuminated, latincollector, New York
Ceremonies of Summer, latincollector, New York
2007 Imagen Regional V, BLAA, Banco de la Republica, Bogotá, Colombia
2006 Artbo, Camara de Comercio, Bogotá, Colombia
Imagen Regional, Banco de la Republica, Popayan, Colombia
Souvenir, Curated by Rodrigo Orrantia, Galeria Santa Fe, Bogotá, Colombia
Photo Exhibition, Latin Collector, New York, USA
Independent Exposure, Microcinema, San Francisco, USA
2005 Viper Video and New Media Festival, Basel, Switzerland?Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA?Independents Film Festival, Tampa, Florida, USA
2004 Field of depth, Latin Collector, New York
Urbes Interiores, Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
A deux, Web Project, Forum de l’Image, Toulouse, France
Errancias, Centro Cultural Comfandi, Cali, Colombia
2003 Errancias, Valenzuela y Klenner Arte Contemporaneo, Bogotá, Colombia
Still Life / Naturaleza Muerta, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
V Bienal de Venecia Bogotá, Centro Comunal Venecia, Bogotá, Colombia
Solo Dibujo, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
16 FilmWinter, Stuttgart, Alemania
2002 Airborne, Midlanda KonstHall, Timra, Suecia
File 2002, Instituição Cultural Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
EntreCasa, Galeria SantaFe, Bogotá, Colombia
Portatil, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
2001 What we did on our holidays, Hastings Museum of Art, England
Travellers’ Tales, InIVA, London, England (http://www.travellers-tales.org/)
Mobil Art, Gallery Rocket, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
2000 A.U.R.E.L.S. Galerie d'Aurel, France
Transito, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Wigs, Diamonds and a Frozen Turkey, W.i.s.h. Gallery, London, England
1999 X-hibit 99, London Institute Gallery, London, England
Barclays Drawing Award, Northampton, England
Walk, Lambeth Walk, London, England
Dislocation, Notting Hill Arts Club, London, England
1998 Emergencia, Museo de Arte de La Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
1997 2nd Portobello Film & Video Festival, London, England
Awards and Grants
2006 Best Fine Art Prize, New Screen TV Awards, Orlando, USA
2005 Artist-in-residence, LMCC/Workspace, New York, USA
2004 1st Award, Inter-American Biennial of Video Art, Washington DC, USA
2002 2nd Award, Salón de Fotografía ´El Municipal´, Bogotá, Colombia?1999 Honorific Mention, Barclays Drawing Award, Northampton, England
1996 1st Award, XXIII Salón Francisco Antonio Cano, Bogotá, Colombia
Books and Exhibition Catalogues
2004 Doble Vista, Arte Dos Grafico, Bogotá, Colombia
2001 Sólo Dibujo, Luis Cantillo, Villegas Editores, Bogotá, Colombia
Selected Bibliography
2005 El Tiempo Newspaper, Bogota, Colombia Jan 17 2005
2004 Semana Libros No.2, Cuando el libro es un objeto de arte, Luis A. Parra, Nov 04?NY Art Magazine, Carlos Motta, Summer 2004
Revista Cromos, Los que vuelven, Dominique Rodriguez, June-04
ArtNexus Magazine No.53, Review of Still Life, Marta Rodríguez, Summer 2004
El Tiempo, Los recorridos de dos artistas nómadas, Paola Villamarín, 16-03-04
Revista Diners, Arte a duo Margarita Garcia, March 2004
Revista Cromos, Dominique Rodriguez, 12-03-04?El Tiempo, Lecturas Dominicales, Trabajo Fotográfico de Dorado-Cantillo, Graham Ellard, 14-03-04
2003 ArtNexus Magazine No.49, Review of Solo Dibujo, Marta Rodríguez, Summer 2003
Arte en Colombia, Review of Solo Dibujo, Marta Rodríguez, Summer 2003
Periodico UN, Miguel Huertas, Sólo Dibujo, April 20, 2003, p. 24.
Revista Cambio, Más allá del dibujo, Nelly Peñaranda, April 2003
Zona de Distención, Primer salón abierto de Fotografía, Carlos Sanabria, January 2003
2002 A6, Revista Asterisco, Dibujo:Aforismo pretencioso, Jose Roca, 2002
2000 Le Monde, Jeunes artistes en liberté à la Galerie d'Aurel, Jacques Bugier, 25/08/2000
Publications
2004 BackUp Festival Catalogue, Weimar, Germany
Urbes Interiores, Catalogue, BLAA, Bogotá, Colombia
Field of depth, Catalogue, LatinCollector, New York, USA?2003 Catalogo General Galeria Sant Fe, Bogotá, Colombia
2002 Home Project, Halifax, Canada
Airborne, Catalogue, Midlanda Konsthall, Sweden
File2002, Catalogue, Sao Paulo, Brazil
IV Salon de Arte Digital, Catalogue, La Habana, Cuba
2001 Palindromos por Juan D. Giraldo, Villegas Editores, Bogotá, Colombia
BBC online, Digital Arts, http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/multimedia/yourwork/a_cantillo.shtml
Slant Magazine, Columbia University, New York, USA
2000 Trans, Revista Cultural de la Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
1999 BLUE Magazine, The London Institute, UK
1997 Colombian Art Index, On-line publication, Co-editor (1997-2004)
Curatorial Projects
2003: Solo Dibujo, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Guest Lectures
2004 Poporo, Museo del Oro, Bogota, June 24
2003 Lecciones sobre Dibujo Contemporáneo, National University, Bogotá (Spring)
2002 La Salle, College of the Arts, Singapore (Winter)
1999 Middlesex University, London, England (Winter)
Works in Museums and Private Collections
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Museum of Modern Art (Artist book collection), New York, EU
Whitney Museum of American Art ((Artist book collection), New York, EU
Born in Bogotá, Colombia; lives and works in New York.