Leonel Vásquez
(Bogotá, Colombia, 1981 - )
Colombian
Throughout his artistic practice, Leonel Vásquez reflects on and explores the powers of sound as a medium that molds sensory experience, and as a vibrational force that traverses spaces and is consolidated in sculptures, multimedia pieces, and architectonic sound installations. He investigates ways to expand the act of listening as a political, aesthetic, and recomposing action, and a medium to rebuild bonds in contexts of social and environmental conflict.
Vásquez is recognized internationally as a researcher and cultural producer for projects carried out in collaboration with the National Radio of Colombia, the National Center for Historical Memory, and the Ministry of Culture of Colombia. His works have been exhibited in institutions such as the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (England); the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá (MAMBO); the Miguel Urrutia Art Museum (Bank of the Republic of Colombia; MAMU); the National Museum of Colombia; the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM); the Museum of Antioquia; the Center for Memory, Peace, and Reconciliation; the Water Museum; and the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. He currently serves as a Professor of Sound Art in the Art Department at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá).
Bogotá, Colombia
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