JOHN ANGEL RODRIGUEZ
Founder & Director
Curator | Researcher | Educator | Artist
MPhil/PhD Candidate, Advanced Practices — Visual Cultures Department
Goldsmiths, University of London
PROFILE
Interdisciplinary curator, researcher, and artist with over 20 years of international experience across contemporary art, science, and technology. A researcher who has been developing curatorial methodologies informed by quantum philosophy, techno-scientific epistemologies, and decolonial approaches. Experienced in exhibition-making, academic teaching, research leadership, and cross-sector cultural innovation. Founder and director of Grey Cube Projects, an independent platform fostering transdisciplinary collaboration and experimental curatorial formats.
MPhil/PhD Candidate in Advanced Practices, Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London. Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Goldsmiths, University of London (2025). He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts at the District University Francisco José de Caldas in Bogotá in 2005, with an emphasis on New Media.
He began his artistic practice during his Fine Arts studies (1999–2004), participating in university salons, collective exhibitions, open calls, and research grant projects. In 2002, he worked at the National Museum of Colombia within the Department of Education. He also conducted research for the Department of Visual Arts at ASAB, contributing to the development of an international academic exchange programme. From 2015 to 2017, he served as a lecturer at the District University Francisco José de Caldas in Bogotá.
Among his recent recognitions are the National and International Circulation Grant in Visual and Plastic Arts from IDARTES (2024); participation in Territory, Sluice Art Fair (Lisbon, 2022); the SODAS 2123 Residency Programme supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality; and the IDARTES International Mobility Grant (2022), supporting an academic presentation at Myymälä2 (Helsinki) and a one-month curatorial residency under an Erasmus Mundus grant. He was also awarded the National Programme for Cultural Cooperation’s Research and Creation Grant (Abiogenesis) from the Colombian Ministry of Culture and participated in the Spring Curatorial Programme: Art Geographies (Vienna, 2022).
EDUCATION
MPhil/PhD in Advanced Practices (in progress)
Visual Cultures Department — Goldsmiths, University of London (2021–present)
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Goldsmiths, University of London (2024–2025)
MA Art and Media Practice
University of Westminster, London, UK (2011)
Advanced English Studies
Malvern House English School, London, UK (2008–2009)
Curatorial Seminar
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (2005)
Seminar: Deleuze — Thinking and Experimentation
Universidad Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá (2006)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (New Media Emphasis)
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas — ASAB, Bogotá (2004)
Certificate in Teaching
National Museum of Colombia (2003–2005)
ACADEMIC & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer — Visual Arts
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá (2015–2017)
Research Contributor — International Academic Exchange Programme
Faculty of Arts ASAB, Bogotá
Education Department Assistant
National Museum of Colombia (2002)
Thinking Laboratories & Experimental Pedagogy Facilitator
Various institutions in Colombia and Europe (2016–present)
CURATORIAL PRACTICE & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder & Director — Grey Cube Projects (2014–present)
Independent art platform dedicated to transdisciplinary exhibitions and research integrating art, science, and technology.
Independent Curator (2004–present)
International exhibitions across Europe, Latin America, and the United States.
Guest Curator — Embassy of Colombia, London (2009)
Gallery Professional Experience
Saatchi Gallery, London — Exhibition projects including Art Accelerating Art
Curatorial Fellowship Resident
Guest Projects, London (2014)
Co-Founder
Digital Attila — Digital solutions for the cultural sector (London, 2011)
RESEARCH & DOCTORAL PRACTICE
PhD Research Focus:
- Quantum curating methodologies
- Diffractive and transversal curatorial frameworks
- Posthuman and decolonial curatorial theory
- Art–science–technology ecosystems
Selected Research Projects:
- Quantum Philosophia: A Theory of Entangled Practices in Curatorial Knowledge
- Symbiotic Epidermis
- Abiogenesis (research & creation grant project)
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS (SELECTED)
2024 — National and International Circulation Grant in Visual Arts, IDARTES
2022 — IDARTES International Mobility Grant (Helsinki residency & presentation)
2022 — SODAS 2123 Residency Programme, Vilnius
2022 — Spring Curatorial Programme: Art Geographies, Vienna
2021 — Ministry of Culture Research & Creation Grant (Abiogenesis)
2021 — Art, Science & Technology Grant — PLATAFORMA IDARTES
2021 — El Parqueadero Grant, Banco de la República
2020 — Colombian Ministry of Science Doctoral Scholarship Abroad
2018 — Ministry of Culture Fellowship for International Mobility
2017 — IDARTES International Mobility Grant — FACT Liverpool
2016 — Ministry of Culture Mobility Grant — Warsaw Research Project
2013 — Getty Foundation Travel Grant — CIMAM Conference
2012 — ISEA Scholarship — Machine Wilderness, Albuquerque
2001 — Lorenzo Jaramillo Engraving Prize
CURATORIAL PROJECTS (SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS)
2025–2020
SIMBIONTE — Casa Hoffmann, Bogotá (2025)
SYMBIOTIC EPIDERMIS — Hypha Studios, London (2025)
MICROGENISIS — Sluice, Lisbon (2022)
Ilusión Perceptiva — Galería Espacio Continuo, Bogotá (2021)
Transición Hacia Una Civilización Planetaria — Banco de la República (2021)
Transposición — Galería Espacio Continuo, Bogotá (2020)
MiKrón — Casa Hoffmann, Bogotá (2020)
Simbiosis Entrópica — Museo de Arte de Pereira (2020)
2019–2016
Transversal Intervention — Art Quarter Budapest Residency (2019)
Simbiosis Entrópica — Berlín (2019)
Codec/Codex — LA Galería, Bogotá (2018)
Contra-Natura — Museum of Art Pereira (2018)
Sluice Biennial — London (2017)
ArtFutura — Cine Tonalá, Bogotá (2017)
Structures, Data & Language — Casa4, Bogotá (2017)
MULTIVERSE — Bogotá (2017)
Transcription — PLECTO Gallery, Medellín (2017)
Art Fair ODEON — Bogotá (2016)
Sluice Biennial — New York (2016)
Dark Matter — Bogotá (2016)
2015–2011
ArtFutura Collective Intelligence — Bogotá (2015)
Transparency, Fluidity and Mediation — ASAB Gallery (2015)
Vanishing Points — Guest Projects, London (2014)
Digital Analogy — Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá (2014)
Bogotá: City on the Edge — Łaźnia, Gdańsk (2013)
Art Accelerating Art — Saatchi Gallery, London (2011)
Parallel Connections — Wayward Gallery, London (2011)
2009–2005
EQUILIBRIO — OXO Tower Wharf, London (2009)
DIVERGENTES — Casa Cuadrada Gallery (2007)
DROIDS — Cinemateca Distrital (2006)
DIGITAL/ANALOGUE — ASAB (2006)
META/HUMANOS — Uniandinos (2005)
ARTIST PRACTICE — SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
GENESTÉTICA — Uniandinos Gallery, Bogotá (2006)
Redefine the Body — Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá (2005)
Selected Group Exhibitions
10 Gales Gallery Prize — London (2011)
Artecamara — Bogotá (2006)
ARTRONICA II International Electronic Arts — Bogotá (2004)
PHILIPS Young Art — National Museum of Colombia
National Salon of Young Art — Bogotá
XXII Bogotá Film Festival
LECTURES, TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
MOCA London — Curatorial Lecture (2018)
FACT Liverpool — Academic Presentation (2017)
Lokal_30 Gallery Warsaw — Research Lecture (2016)
ISEA Conference Albuquerque — Speaker (2012)
TED Talk — Eyebeam, New York
PUBLICATIONS & CATALOGUES (SELECTED)
Digital Analogy — Exhibition Catalogue
Bogotá City on the Edge — Catalogue
CIMAM Report of Grantees
ARTRONICA Electronic Arts Catalogue
Meta/Humanos Interactive Catalogue
Magazines Número — Issues 34–47
LANGUAGES
Spanish — Native
English — Professional fluency
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & INITIATIVES
Director — Grey Cube Projects
Founder — Digital Attila
International Research Collaborator — Art, Science & Technology Networks