EDUCATION
Master in Fine Arts- Intermedia 2016
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
BA -Honors Specialization in Visual Arts, Major in Psychology 2011
Western University, London, Ontario
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Novels of Elsgüer - Interactive Documentary [collaboration with Laura Acosta], OPTICA- un centre
d'art contemporain, Montréal, QC. (forthcoming April 2023)
2021 The Novels of Elsgüer (Episode 4) [collaboration with Laura Acosta], OPTICA- un centre d'art
contemporain, Montréal, QC.
2020 The Novels of Elsgüer (Episode 5) [collaboration with Laura Acosta], Montréal arts interculturels (MAI),
Montréal, QC.
2018 Reverberations of a Topological Daydream, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2016 Stereo Linear Balance, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay as part of the International Digital Art
Biennial (BIAN), Montreal, QC.
2016 Translational Spaces, Agence TOPO, Montreal, QC.
Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2023 En el filo del caos, Estacion Terrena Gallery, Suratomica Festival, Bogotá, Colombia.
2022 A Flower and a Thousand Paths, Céline Bureau, Montréal, QC.
2022 Across Space – Sympathetic Vibration Exhibition part of the Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2022 -
Channel: Wave-Particle Duality, Changwon, South Korea.
2022 At a distance - from within, Project Casa, ArtPop Festival, Montréal, QC. (Curated by Tyra Maria Trono &
Bettina Pérez Martínez).
2022. If I saw you, I don’t remember (outdoor screening), Le Géoparc de Percé, La Grande rencontre des arts
médiatiques en Gaspésie, Galerie d’Art, Percé, QC. (Curated by Esther Bourdages).
2021 Video/Play (Screening), MTL Connect, Printemps Numériques, Montréal, QC & Brussels, BE
(Curated by Erandy Vergara).
2021 Résonances, [collaboration with Laura Acosta], Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée, Montréal, QC
(Curated by Mariza Rosales Argonza).
2021 Entre Ríos (screening), La Grande rencontre des arts médiatiques en Gaspésie, Galerie d’Art, Percé, QC
(Curated by Esther Bourdages).
2021 Live Despecho [collaboration with Laura Acosta], Sur Gallery, Toronto, Canada, (Curator Claudia Arana).
2020 Artecámara, [collaboration with Milton Riaño] ARTBO | Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá, (Curated by
Emiliano Valdes)
2020 Passages Convergents (Touring Group Exhibition), Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal-
supported by the Conseil des Arts de Montréal Tournée Support Program.
2018 The Novels of Elsewhere [Collaboration with Laura Acosta], Articule, The HTMlles Feminist Festival of Media Arts + Digital Culture, Montréal, QC.
2018 Passages Convergents, Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension, Montréal, QC.
2018 Passages Convergents, Le Conseil des arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC.
2018 The Novel of Elsewhere (Ep.3) [collaboration with Laura Acosta], Centro Cultural Rogelio Salmona,
The International Image Festival, Manizales, Colombia.
2018 The Novel of Elsewhere (Ep.3) [online exhibition in collaboration with Laura Acosta], The
Wrong- A New Digital Biennial: Homeostasis Lab Pavilion.
2017 La Obra en el Espacio (The Work in Space), Aproximaciones a la Museografía Actual,
Laboratório de Arte Alameda, Mexico City.
2017 Projected Narratives of Being and Belonging (collaborative video installation), International
Symposium on Electronic Art - ISEA + 16th International Images Festival, Universidad de
Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
2017 Projected Narratives of Being & Belonging, Galeria de Arte e Pesquisa, Vitória, Brazil.
2017 Translational Spaces, Imagining Identities, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON.
2017 Virtual Narratives (outdoor live projections) in Collaboration with Pelada, The Ottawa
International Animation Festival, The Innovation Centre, Ottawa, ON.
2016 Translational Spaces (publication exhibition), Webster Library, Concordia U., Montreal.
2016 DSSOTS, Chromatic Festival- MTL x TO, Hangar 16, Montreal, QC.
2016 DSSOTS (online exhibition), The Wrong- A New Digital Biennial: Homeostasis Lab
Pavilion.
2016 DSSOTS & Novels of Elsewhere (screening), Small Packages: Microsignification in Media
and Communications Studies MA Student Symposium, Concordia University, Montreal,QC
2015 DSSOTS (screening) Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, ON.
2013 Ultramoderne, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC.
2012 Jardín de las Delicias, Solange Guez + Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2012 Partners: A Collaboration (touring exhibition), The John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2012 Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON.
2012 Japanese Paper Place Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2011 Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON.
2011 Digital Alterities, InterAccess, Toronto, ON.
2011 Fresh Paint, New Construction, Art Mûr, Montréal QC.
2011 Still Worked*, The ArtLab, University of Western Ontario, London ON.
2010 Is it too late? –Doug, The Arts Project Gallery, London ON.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 101 Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Curatorial exhibition and collaboration with Mexican-Canadian artist, Tania Lara.
Exploring textile, video projection and collective narrative mapping.
2023 VCR Image Curator-in-Residence, The Visual Collections Repository, Concordia University, Montréal,
Canada. February - May, 2023. Selection of 10 Latinx queer projects to diversify and expand the VCR
image repository and implement pedagogical tools to curriculum for the Faculty of Fine Arts.
2022 A Flower and a Thousand Paths, Céline Bureau Gallery|Residency, Montréal, Canada.
October 13-27, 2022. Exhibition presenting 3 Latinx artist collectives [2 based on Colombia and 1 in
Canada], presenting video installation projects on queer narratives and alternative networks of
communications. Supported by a Concept to Realization grant from the Canada Council of the Arts and
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal.
WORKSHOPS
2023 Writing in your Artistic and Professional Practice, Intermedia Graduate course, Department of Studio Art,
Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
2021 Tran Sites Interculturels, Médiation et co création en arts numériques, Maison de la culture de Claude-
Léveillée, Montréal, Canada.
2020 Encounter in the Virtual Gardens, La Maison des Amériques, Montréal, Canada.
2019 Virtual Cyborgs, Dramaturgy Course, Department of Theatre, Concordia University,Montréal
Tran-sites Interculturels, École Lévis-Sauvé & Centre d’Histoire de Montréal, Canada.
Virtual Hyper-Naturalisms, International Image Festival of Manizales, Colombia.
2018 Arquitecturas Queer y el Cuerpo Virtual, Mutante.Lab, Liebre Lunar, Bogotá, Colombia.
2017 Virtual Narratives of Dislocation- Elastic Spaces 3rd Symposium, Bath Spa University, UK.
Digital Collectivities- Hemi GSI Convergence 2017, York University, Toronto, ON.
Projected Narrative of Being and Belonging, International Symposium on Electronic Art-ISEA,
Manizales, Colombia.
2015 New Media Collectivities- Hemi GSI Convergence 2015, University of Texas in Austin, US.
Space in Translation- Intermedia & Performative Studio Class, Concordia University.
2014 Translating Projections-SKOOL-Marking Space: A Drawing Research Lab, Centre des arts actuels Skol.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2023 - Present Artists-in-Residence Faculty, Intermedia (Video, Performance and Electronic Arts),
Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
2022-2023 Artistic Director and Project Coordinator- Céline Bureau Gallery|Residency, Montréal, QC.
2015-Present Project Manager- Elastic Spaces Art Lab, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
2021 Grant Writing Consultant - Vivacité Clinic, MAI, Montréal, Arts Interculturels, Montréal, QC.
2019-2021 Visiting Scholar - Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
2015-2016 Workshop Assistant- GradProSkills Program, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
2016 Research Mentor, Online Research Co-op Program, The Foundation for Student
Science and Technology, QC/ON.
2014 Part-Time Instructor- IMCA 220- Introduction to Digital Media, Department of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
2012-2015 Teacher Assistant, Department of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal.
2013-2015 Research Assistant- Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
2015 Installation Assistant (Alexander Pilis)- Architecture Parallax Exhibition at Galerie
Joyce Yahouda, Montreal, QC.
2014 Project Coordinator-SKOOL: Marking Space, Centre des arts actuels Skols, Montréal, QC.
2010 Gallery Intern-Susan Hobbs Gallery (Toronto) & Parker Branch Project (London, ON).
RESIDENCIES
2023 VCR Image Curator-in-Residence, The Visual Collections Repository, Concordia University, Montréal.
2022 VIR- Viafarini-in-Residence, Milan, IT
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Visual Artist Residency- Johnson, VT
Supported by the Merit-based Artist/Writer & Hexagram Internationalization Grant.
2014 Centre des arts actuels Skol, SKOOL’s Summer Group Residency, Montreal, Canada. Supported by Concordia Stand-Out Grad. Research Award & Small Grants Program.
CONFERENCES & TALKS
2023 Presenter, Plasticities of Digital Materiality, II Suratómica Festival, Estación Terrena, Bogotá,Colombia.
2023 Presenter, Collective Thinking, Archives and Histories, Thinking Allowed colloquium, 4th Space -
Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
2023 Presenter (with Laura Acosta), Decolonizing Spaces, Curatorial, Museum and Publication Models,
Thinking Allowed colloquium, 4th Space - Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
2023 Artist talk, Redefining Multiculturalism Through Canadian Latin-American Art, Department of Art
history, Concordia University.
2022 Artist talk at Agence TOPO, Incubateur de littérature numérique, Montréal, QC.
2021 Artist talk (with Laura Acosta and Shauna Janssen), Optica, centre d’art contemporain, Montréal.
2020 Artist talk (with Laura Acosta), Department of Theatre, Concordia University.
2019 Artist talk (with Laura Acosta), International Image Festival of Manizales, Colombia.
2019 Artist talk (with Laura Acosta), PULSE Salon, Concordia University, Montréal.
2019 Artist talk at AgenceTOPO for Inter@numeriques, Montréal, QC.
2018 Artist talk at Mutante.Lab, Liebre Lunar, Bogota, Colombia.
2018 Artist talk at Forest City Gallery, London, ON.
2017 Presenter at the Elastic Spaces' 3rd International Symposium, Bath Spa University, UK
2017 Workshop organizer at Hemi GSI Convergence: Unsettling the
Americas” Radical Hospitalities and Intimate Geographies, York University, Toronto, ON.
2017 Workshop organizer & presenter at International Symposium on
Electronic Art and International Images Festival, Manizales, Colombia.
2017 Conference presenter at Besides the Screen: Unfolding Images – VR,
Volumetric Filmmaking and Spatial Control, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil.
2017 Conference presenter at Intersection | Cross-section conference: Imagining Identities,
Ryerson University and York University, Toronto, ON.
2016 Conference presenter at the Entertainment and Technology Summit, during the
Canada-China International Film Festival, Montreal, QC.
2016 Artist talk at Agence TOPO, Montreal.
2016 Conference presenter at Elastic 3D Space: 2nd International Research Colloquium on
Stereoscopic, Virtual & Embodied Practices, Concordia university.
2016 Artist talk at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA.
2015 Workshop organizer at Hemi GSI Convergence- Collectivities in TransMigration:
Animating Bodies Across Borders Conference, The University of Texas in Austin, USA.
2015 Conference presenter at Elastic S3D Space: Embodied Virtual Space Observable
Through the Use of Stereoscopic Techniques, Concordia University.
SELECTED COMMITTEE MEMBER
2020-2021 Committee Examiner- Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create Program.
2015 Committee Examiner- Emerging MAH Researchers Symposium, Hexagram, Montréal, QC.
PUBLICATIONS & PUBLISHED MENTIONS
2023 Acosta, Laura and Tavera, Santiago, The Novels of Elsgüer: Counter Narratives and Ecosystems of
Corporeal and Virtual Displacement. Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities.
<https://ecocene.kapadokya.edu.tr/index.php/ecocene/article/view/166/137>
2023 Borquez, Marcela, [Exhibition review], Willful ambivalence in A Flower and a Thousand Paths.
Vie des arts magazine. March 20, 2023.
<https://viedesarts.com/en/reviews-en/willful-ambivalence-in-a-flower-and-a-thousand-paths/>.
2021 Bracmort, Cecilia, [Exhibition Review], Immersion dans un monde de paradoxes à OPTICA. Vie des Arts
Magazine. <https://viedesarts.com/visites/immersion-dans-un-monde-de-paradoxes-a-optica/>.
2021 Du Ruisseau, Olivier, [Article], Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts.
<https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/finearts/2021/06/04/interactive-video-installation-by-two-concordi
a-artists-shown-at-optica.html?c=/finearts/news> .
2021 Janssen, Shauna. Camouflaged Screams - Immersive and Scenographic Constructions of
Wilding [Exhibition text], Optica, centre d’art contemporain, Montréal:
<http://www.optica.ca/programmation/index.php#1002>
2021 Arana, Claudia. Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities [Exhibition text], Sur Gallery,
Toronto, Canada. <https://www.surgalleryvirtual.ca/>.
2020 Valdés, Emiliano, Antes de que todo sea polvo, ARTBO, Artecámara, Temporada, Bogotá, Colombia,
Oct.27-Nov 1, 2020. <https://www.artbo.co/temporada/Artecamara/Antes-de-que-todo-sea-polvo>.
2020 Redgrave, Veronica, Shape-shifting Compositions: The exhibition “Passages Convergents”, in Vie des
Arts, N°260 – Sep. 29, Fall 2020 Edition, Montréal, Canada.
2019 18th International Image Festival of Manizales, [Publication], Workshop: Virtual Hyper-Naturalisms &
Artist Talk: Virtual & Corporeal Dislocation, June 10-14, Manizales, Colombia: p. 67 & 71.
2018 Rosales Argonza, Mariza. «Angles morts, visions transfrontalières latino-québécoises»,
. Vues transversales. Panorama de la scène artistique latino-québécoise, Mariza Rosales Argonza
(ed.), Montréal : Les Éditions du CIDIHCA / La fondation LatinArte, 2018: p. 127-172.
2018 Sophie, Chartier. La technologie comme prise de parole, in Le Devoir, Montréal, Canada.
2018 Lam, Tina. Virtual Gaze [Exhibition text], Articule, Montréal: http://articule.org/en/article/virtual-gaze
2018 Zara Julius + Santiago Tavera, Laura Acosta [Radio Interview] in Audiosmut, Montréal, QC.
2018 Jusqu’au 2 décembre 2018 à Articule: Une installation immersive qui recrée l’espace réel et virtuel
[Radio Interview] in MagazineInSitu & Radio Centre Ville (102.3).
2018 17th International Image Festival of Manizales, [Festival Catalogue Publication], Transmedia: The
Novels of Elsgüer (Episode 3)- Live Despecho Exhibition, May 7-11, Manizales, Colombia: p. 39.
2017 Tavera, Santiago, Translational Spaces: Virtual Narratives Of Being & Belonging, in Journal of Virtual
Creativity, Intellect Books, U.K: p.133-146.
2017 Mackrous, P. Translational Spaces [Exhibition Text - E-Book], Inhabiting the Uncertainty of the
Showcase: p. 69-73.
2017 ISEA - International Symposium on Electronic Art & The 16th International Image Festival of
Manizales, [Festival Catalogue Publication], Workshop: Projected Narratives of Being and Belonging
& Artist Talk: Translational Spaces, June 11-18, Manizales, Colombia. p. 110 & 137.
2016 Mackrous, P. Santiago Tavera, Translational Spaces – mars 2016 – avril 2016 [Exhibition Text] at
AgenceTOPO, Montréal, Canada:
https://www.agencetopo.qc.ca/wp/en/santiago-tavera-translational-spaces-mars-2016-avril-2016/
2016 Reportage vidéo : « Translational Spaces » de Santiago Tavera à l’Agence TOPO & [Video
interview], in Qui Fait Quoi - Lien Multimedia, February 4, 2016.
2016 Digital Architectural Environments: Experiencing the Translation Between the Physical and Virtual in
AC2 (Architecture | Concordia’s second publication): 80-83.
2015 Pillis, A. Digital Architectural Environments: Experiencing the Translation Between the Physical and
Virtual in Architecture Rendez vous Art – Episode 2: 165-172.
2014 A Book of Lines: Residency catalogue (2014) in Marking Space: A Drawing Research Lab, Centre des
arts actuels Skol, Montréal.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023-2026 Composite grant (with Laura Acosta), The Canada Council for the Arts.
2024 Travel Grant (Arts Abroad), The Canada Council for the Arts [Colombia].
2023 Longlist finalist - Quebec Region, Canada’s Sobey Art Award, National Gallery of Canada.
2022 Concept to Realization Grant (with Céline Bureau), The Canada Council for the Arts.
2022 Residency Grant (Arts Abroad), (with Laura Acosta), The Canada Council for the Arts [Italy].
2021 Public Presentation (with Laura Acosta), Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2021 Research and Creation Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts.
2021 Digital Now Grant (with Optica and Laura Acosta), The Canada Council for the Arts.
2020-2021 Concept to Realization Grant (with Laura Acosta), The Canada Council for the Arts.
2020 Digital Originals Grant (with Milton Riaño), The Canada Council for the Arts.
2019-2020 Vivacité Grant (with Laura Acosta), Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2019 Research and Creation Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts.
2019 Concept to Realization Grant (with Laura Acosta), The Canada Council for the Arts.
2019 Travel Grant (Arts Abroad), The Canada Council for the Arts [Colombia].
2018 Concept to Realization Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts.
2018 Travel Grant (Arts Abroad), The Canada Council for the Arts [Colombia].
2017 Travel Grant (Arts Abroad), The Canada Council for the Arts [England].
2017 Travel Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec [Brazil].
2017 Beca de Circulación Nacional e Internacional para Artistas y Demás Agentes de las
Artes Visuales (Travel Grant) from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia.
2014-2016 Hexagram Research Grant & Internationalization Grant.
2015 Shortlisted for the Equitable Bank’s Emerging Digital Artist Award.
2015 Co-Production Hexagram Assistance Grant (with Leila Sujir).
2014-2015 Campaign for the New Millennium Student Contribution Scholarship.
2014-2015 Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship, Concordia University.
2014 Concordia Stand-Out Graduate Research Award (Marking Space residency).
2014 Concordia University Small Grants Program (Marking Space residency).
2013-2014 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded by the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).