Damian Alquichire at his solo show “FUROR HERMETICO” during Animaphix 2023 at Museo Guttuso, Bagheria, Sicily, Italy
Damián Alquichire graduated in Fine Arts from the National University of Colombia and studied Film and Animation at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne (DE). He is currently pursuing postgraduate studies, an MA in Animation, at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), where he continues to develop his practice in painting and the moving image. Alquichire has had individual and group exhibitions around the world. Highlights: his retrospective exhibition "Furor Hermético" at Guttuso Museum in Sicily, Italy (2023) and at the Museum of Modern Art in Bucaramanga, Colombia (2023).
For any inquires you can contact Damian directly at: damian.alquichire@gmail.com
STATEMENT: My artistic practice is the creation of personal imagery that arises from the confrontation of two forces. From a force that is born from the investigation of images, which come from the history of art. And a personal force where I make use of unconscious images that come from my memory, dreams, imagination and intuition. In my paintings, drawings, engravings or animations the themes that interest me become evident: the relationship of matter with time, movement, chaos, mystery and other dimensions. These interests come from a constant search for the fundamental, experiences that all human beings share regardless of our individual life stories, and from a constant search to find the extraordinary in the ordinary
SHORT BIO: In 2015, Damián presented his short film “Carbograma” at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art in England, for which he made around 1,200 big drawings (100x70cm) using charcoal. This work was exhibited in Germany, Chile, Romania, Greece and other cities.
In 2016, his work “333” was presented at ERARTA, the largest contemporary art museum in Russia, located in Saint Petersburg, where Damian had the honor of traveling to present it. For this project, he made around 1,500 drawings using charcoal. Subsequently, this work was exhibited in New Zealand, Paris, Ukraine and Poland.
In 2017, Damián presented his third short film “The Chimerical Museum of Shifting Shapes” at DOKUFEST, the biggest festival in the Balkans, located in Prizren, Kosovo, where his work received the Best International Short Film Award. For this project, he made around 3,000 paintings and 1,500 drawings. Subsequently, this work was exhibited in Latvia, Spain, Romania, Argentina, the Netherlands and at Interfilm in Berlin.
FUROR HERMETICO is the first major retrospective of DAMIAN ALQUICHIRE, this individual exhibition took place at the Museum of Modern Art of Bucaramanga, Colombia, from June 8 to 30, 2023. The exhibition included around 85 works: drawings, paintings, engravings and animations. Later, in July 2023, "Furor Hermético" was exhibited at Museo Guttuso, in Bagheria, Sicily, Italy . To know more about FUROR HERMETICO click HERE.
In 2024, Damián Alquichire was invited to participate in the artistic residency “Paradiesli Artists in Residence Sigriswil (P.AiR.S)”, in Sigriswil, Switzerland from 28/10/2024 to 15/15/2024. This new project consists on paintings and one short animation, this project was inspired by the nature of Switzerland and also by his intuition, it is a painting project but also a video project.
Right now, Alquichire lives in Tallinn, Estonia. He is currently working on his personal projects and pursuing postgraduate studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts.
STUDIES
• Eesti Kunstiakadeemia – Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) - Tallinn, Estonia. 2025 – Ongoing. Postgraduate Studies – MA in Animation
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia -The National University of Colombia – Bogotá, Colombia. 2013-2019. Maestro en Artes Plásticas y Visuales (BFA Fine Arts)
• Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM) – The Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany. 2017. Studies on Film and Animation.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
• Furor Hermético. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bucaramanga, Colombia. June. 2023
• Furor Hermético. Museo Guttuso, Bagheria, Sicily, Italy. Colombia. July. 2023.
• Los Ecos del Silencio. Casona UNAB, Bucaramanga, Colombia. March. 2024
AWARDS:
• 2017. Winner. International mobility. Scholarship awarded by the DAAD to study in Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM), Germany.
• 2017. Winner. Award for best International Short Film. Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Kosovo.
• 2019. Winner. First place. Graphic Arts Category. Metropolitan Hall of Young Art. Museum of Modern Art of Bucaramanga, Colombia.
• 2023. Support from The Ministry of Culture of Colombia for the individual exhibition “Furor Hermético by Damian Alquichire”
• 2023. Support from the Italian government for the individual exhibition “Furor Hermético by Damian Alquichire”. Support from Comune di Bagheria and Regione Siciliana Assessorato del turismo dello sport e dello spettacolo Italy.
• 2023. Travel Grant Award by the city of Bucaramanga to travel to Italy for the exhibition “Furor Hermético by Damian Alquichire”. Award by Instituto Municipal de Cultura y Turismo de Bucaramanga Colombia.
• 2024. Winner of a Worldwide Open Call for an Artist Residency at Paradiesli Artists in Residence Sigriswil (P.AiR.S). Award by Paradiesli Cultural Promotion Association. Switzerland • 2024 Travel Grant Award by the city of Bucaramanga to travel to Switzerland for an Artist Residency at Paradiesli Artists in Residence Sigriswil (P.AiR.S). Award by Instituto Municipal de Cultura y Turismo de Bucaramanga Colombia
RESIDENCIES:
• Paradiesli Artists in Residence Sigriswil (P.AiR.S). Sigriswil, Switzerland. 28/10/2024 – 15/12/2024
OTHER EXHIBITIONS:
• Tees Dance Film Fest. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. England. 24/05/2015.
• POOL 15 - INTERNATIONALE TanzFilmPlattform . DOCK 11, Berlin, Germany. 10/09/2015
• BARCÚ International Art Fair. Bogotá, Colombia. 30/09/2015
• Chile International Videodance Festival FIVC. Centro Cultural de España, Santiago, Chile. 23/11/2015
• Bucharest International Dance Film Festival. Cinemateca Union, Bucharest, Romania. 7/11/2015
• Wellington Underground Film Festival (WUFF). The New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand. 27/05/2016
• Festival International du Film d’Animation de Paris. Théâtre de Ménilmontant,. Paris, France. 13/09/2016
• Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media-Art Festival. Mala Opera. Kiev, Ukraine. 15/09/2016
• ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA Festiwal Filmowy. Galeria BWA. Jelenia Góra, Poland. 20/02/2017
• 7th International Dance Film Festival - ATHENS VIDEO DANCE PROJECT. Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece. 28/04/2017
• Timeshare Vacation. Kulturbunker Mülheim. Colonia, Alemania. 01/06/2017
• DokuFest. Kino Plato. Prizren, Kosovo. 08/10/2017
• Riga International Film Festival. Kino Bize. Riga, Latvia. 14/09/2017
• Girona International Film Festival. Fundació Valvi. Girona, Spain. 28/09/2017
•Anim’est International Animation Film Festival. Cinema Eforie. Bucharest, Romania.06/10/2017
• ANIMA Latina, III Festival de Cine de Animación Latinoamericano. Centro Cultural General San Martín. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 27/06/2018
• Interfilm Berlin. Volksbühne. Berlin, Germany. 25/11/2019
• Manifesto Film Festival. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 8/09/2019
• Salón Metropolitano de Arte Joven. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bucaramanga, Colombia. 5/06/2019
• Manifesto Film Festival. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 8/09/2019
• Small But Mighty. Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Bankside Gallery. London, England. 19/09/2024
• Narrativas de un todo. Galeria Carlos Orozco, Medellin, Colombia. 5/10/2024
• KünstlerInnengespräch und Schlussausstellung im Paradiesli Exhibition Kulturförderverein Paradiesli. Sigriswil, Switzerland. 2024
• KLEINFORMATE 25x25x25. Kulturförderverein Paradiesli, Sigriswil, Switzerland. 2/03/2025 – 11/05/2025
• Saundarya. Mmaison Galería, Bogotá, Colombia. 25/04/2025