Santiago Forero

Born 1979 in Bogota, Colombia. Lives and works in Austin, TX.

Education

2010 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Upcoming) 2010 M.F.A. Studio Art, The University of Texas at Austin 2005 B.F.A. Visual Arts, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota.

Solo Exhibitions

2010 “I want to live in America”, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, March 13 – May 30

2005 Cu4rto Nivel Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia, April 7 - May 7

Exhibitions

2010 Premio Bienal de Artes Plásticas y Visuales Bogotá 2010. Bogotá SK10 Exhibition. SK10 Gallery. Skowhegan, ME. YLA 15 (Young Latino Artists), Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX. Advanced Young Artists @ Arthouse, OK Mountain Gallery, Austin, TX. FotoFest 2010 Biennial, Station Museum of Contemporary Art (Participating Space), Houston, TX.

2009 Tres Latinos, The Nave Museum, Victoria, TX YLA 14 (Young Latino Artists), Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX. HALF & HALF, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX.

2008 Prospect, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX. Fotologia 6. International Photography Festival, Bogota. Summer Salon 2008, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX.

2005-6 Artbo, The International Art Fair of Bogota, Colombia. Fotografica Bogota, I Encuentro Internacional de Fotografia Experimenta Colombia, Luis Angel Arango Public Library, Bogota.

2002 II Salon Javeriano de Artes Visuales, Contemporary Museum of Art, Bogota.

2001 I Salon Javeriano de Artes Visuales, Contemporary Museum of Art, Bogota.

2000 I Concurso de fotografía documental, Centro de Artes Los Nogales, Bogotá.

Fellowships and Honors

2010 Marshall F. Wells Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment in the College of Fine Arts

2009 University Graduate School Continuing Fellowship, UT- Austin.

2008 – 09 and 2007 – 08 William and Bettye Nowlin Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Photography, Austin, TX.

2008 National Journalism Award Simon Bolivar. Best Photo Published in Print, Bogota.

National Journalism Award CPB (Association of Journalists of Bogota) for best photograph of the year, Bogota.

2005 Honorable Mention for the Degree Project Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota.

Teaching Experience

2010 Assistant Instructor, UT-Austin, Digital Foundations.

2007-9 Teaching Assistant, UT-Austin. Assistant to Professors Mark Goodman, Teresa Hubbard, Lawrence McFarland, Neil Daugherty and Peter Tucker.

2004-5 Teaching Assistant, Project monitor for the Digital Images Bank. Art Department, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota.

2002-6 High School Instructor. Los Nogales School, Bogota.