Alejandro Tamayo
Birthdate: 1973
Birthplace: Medellín, Colombia
Based location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Social profiles
Biography
Alejandro Tamayo (born 1973, Medellín, Colombia)
Alejandro Tamayo is a Latin American interdisciplinary artist based in Windsor, Ontario. Alejandro has an extensive academic background, with a certificate in production engineering from Escuela de Administración, Finanzas e Instituto Tecnológico (EAFIT) Universidad de Colombia in Medellín, Colombia, a master’s degree in visual arts from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia, a PhD in visual arts from York University in Toronto, and a graduate certificate in digital technologies and design/art practice from Concordia University in Montreal. Alejandro is the executive director of the Arts Council Windsor Region in Windsor, Ontario.
Alejandro Tamayo’s studio works are centred on a conceptual practice of creating site-specific installations, sculptures, and sound media to critically reflect on the use of ordinary objects and places within an exhibition space. Alejandro’s work has been showcased in the solo exhibitions ALBUM (2020) at centre[3] in Hamilton, Ontario, Division of Labour (2019) at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre in Hamilton, and The Distance from the Sun (2018) and Alejandro Tamayo (2015), both at Gales Gallery, York University.
Solo exhibitions
Alejandro Tamayo solo exhibition Album, centre[3], Hamilton, Ontario, 2020
Alejandro Tamayo article by Nisha Gill, solo exhibition Album, centre[3], Hamilton, Ontario, The Silhouette, 2020
Alejandro Tamayo solo exhibition Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, 2015
Collective exhibitions
Unavailable content found online, section to be updated.
Interviews
Alejandro Tamayo interview by Régine Debatty, We make money not art, 2007
Alejandro Tamayo interview by Seth Thompson, Classic Rhizome, 2007
Presentations
Alejandro Tamayo online video TED Talk Madrid, 2013
Published work by Alejandro Tamayo
Published work about Alejandro Tamayo
Unavailable content found online, section to be updated.
Press release
Unavailable content found online, section to be updated.
List of Grants, Awards and Projects
Unavailable content found online, section to be updated.