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Alejandra Ruiz SuĂĄrez 21/07/1988 MedellĂn, Colombia. Whtspp +57 300 2479267 alejaruizsuarez@gmail.com
As a fashion designer I have been interested in exploring, performing and reflecting on alternative practices that can derive from my profession. This has led me to collaborate, propose and experiment in projects related to sustainability and circular economy, education and learning experiences, craft-art-design interaction, collaborative practices, activism and development of new materials. My professional objective is to connect with interdisciplinary teams and creative experiences that have a potential for integration and social transformation based on cultural exchange.
Website: www.helloalegria.com Projects & portfolio: www.bananaseninternet.tumblr.com Instagram: @alejaruizsuarez - @att.ale Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alejaruizsuarez y https://www.facebook.com/ElTallerAmbulante/
Formal/informal Education Jewelry design and craft studies at Helena Aguilar Scoula. Medellín-Colombia. 2014 - 2017. Workshop “Touch and Territory” with artist Caroline Broadhead. Santiago de Chile-Chile, 2014. Teacher qualification course in Intellectual Property. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín-Colombia, 2013. Virtual course “Design intervention in Craft”. Taller Multinacional. México-Colombia, 2013. MOOC Communication and Information Technologies in Education. Coursera + Universidad Autónoma de México, 2013. Undergraduate degree in Fashion Design. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín-Colombia, 2013. Sociocultural Studies of Fashion Diploma. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín-Colombia, 2012. Internship in ROPA DOCEÑADA. Santiago de Chile-Chile, 2011. Year academic exchange at Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires-Argentina, 2010. DESIS Design Network; Design and Social Innovation Seminary. Participation in the consolidation of the Colombian DESIS node. Bogotá-Colombia, 2009.
Professional experiences/projects ATT.ALE Brand direction. Jewelry and object design. @att.ale www.helloalegría.com Medellín-Colombia, 2017-present. MEREUSO textile upcycling Creative direction and product design. In collaboration with Adrissa S.A @mereuso Medellín-Colombia, 2016-present.
MAJORALTY OF MEDELLÍN Jury in the call Stimuli for the Arts and Culture 2019. Selection committee assistant: Natalia Riveros (+57 301 638 3258) Medellín-Colombia, 2019. UNIVERSIDAD DE PLAYA ANCHA Event design and content programming for TEC[IN]FEST Festival tecnologías de la inclusividad y diseño universal scheduled for October 2020 in the city of Valparaíso-Chile. Project leader: Francisca Keller (+56 9 8499 7682) Valparaíso-Chile, 2019. EN CONSTRUCCIÓN III INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY SIMPOSIUM Management and coordination of national and international exhibitions. Design and production of the exhibition “Conversation in Filigree”. Project leader: Ana C. Berrío (Consultorías De La Mano) (+57 316 6943117) Medellín-Colombia, 2018. UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA Textile experimentation course for the education area of the University Museum. Education Coordinator: Gloria Stella Cano García (+57 4 2198185) Medellín-Colombia, 2018. CONVERGENCIA CREATIVA STUDIO Coordination of education area. Project leader: Claudia Silva (Arte + Ingeniería) (+57 313 600 2983) Medellín-Colombia, 2018. EXPLORATORIO DE MEDELLÍN “Piedras textiles” workshop design (2017-2018). Costume Design for the organization theater group (2015 y 2016) Coordinator: Industrial Designer Camilo Cantor (+57 314 467 0905) Medellín-Colombia. INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA PASCUAL BRAVO Professor of Creativity and Innovation course, Design and Creativity course II, Ecodesign course, Customization course, 3D Jewelry Modeling and Digital Illustration course. Head of faculty: Lina Ortiz. (+57 4 320 4660 ext. 113) Medellín-Colombia, 2015-2018. LA POPUP emerging Colombian design store Co-creation and management of 5 versions. @lapopupmedellin Medellín-Colombia, 2015-2017. TALLER AMBULANTE Direction, design, management and production of learning experiences on textile upcycling. Undergraduate Project for Fashion Design degree.
Medellín-Colombia, 2012-2017. LA MUJER DEL ANIMAL film (Victor Gaviria 2016) Costume assistant. Project leader: Costume designer Tatiana Vera. (+57 300 620 0114) Medellín-Colombia, 2014. HALAHÁCHES Short animated film (Alejandra Jaramillo 2015) Costume design and production. Santiago de Chile-Chile, 2014. UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA Assistant professor in the Jewelry design course. Faculty head: Industrial Designer Marta Maya. (+57 316 690 3462) Medellín-Colombia, 2013. SOCIOCULTURAL FASHION STUDIES DIPLOMA by an alliance of INEXMODA-UPB Assistant monitor. Academic coordinator: Professor William Cruz Bermeo. (+57 304 380 7221) Medellín-Colombia, 2012. 12NA Design assistant in ROPA DOCEÑADA, 12NA´s textile upcycling fashion Brand. Project leader: Mercedes Martínez (+56 9 7476 2082) Santiago de Chile-Chile, 2011.
Artist/designer in residence WABISABI Residencia entre los Árboles One month of artistic research on circular/local economies, collaborative practices and matter transformations in the Delta. https://especulacionista.tumblr.com/softlogics Tigre-Argentina, 2019. CO_SER_AQUÍ Three month co-residence with 12NA collective & cultural actors from Linares. Selected project of the Collaborative Arts Residencies program 2018/2019 of RedCultura - Ministerio de las culturas, las artes y el patrimonio de Chile. https://bitacoraresidencias.cultura.gob.cl/co-ser-aqui/ Linares-Chile, 2019. TEXSTONES One month design residency in Arte + Ingeniería for the development of alternative materials. Selected project of Stimuli for Arts and Culture call 2018. https://especulacionista.tumblr.com/plasticliteracy Medellín-Colombia, 2018.
Exhibitions “Piedras textiles” in collective exhibition CONTEXTILE 2018 Bienal de Arte Textil Contemporáneo. Guimarães-Portugal, 2018. “Reversión” in collective exhibition Conversación en Filigrana. Casa Padre Pardo Gallery during Simposio de Joyería contemporánea En Construcción III. Santa Fe de Antioquia–Colombia, 2018. Individual exhibition #Proyectopétreo in De La Mano Gallery. Medellín-Colombia, 2017. #JUGAADCONMIGO in collective exhibition El Dorado SXXI in Galleríe Terre´dAligres. Official selection of Parcours Bijoux 2017. París-Francia, 2017. “Post-fósil” in collective exhibition of contemporary jewelry in La Colecta + Flor y canto. Puebla-México, 2016. Lecture “Contemporary jewelry: discourses under construction” in Knowledge Pabillion during Colombiatex de las Américas 2015. Medellín-Colombia, 2015.
Mentions/awards Honorific mention in Bienal de Arte Textil Contemporáneo CONTEXTILE 2018. https://indigo-proyectos.com/galerias/Contextile%202018/large-46.html Creation grant in the area of Crafts Development granted by the major of Medellín within the program Stimuli for the Arts and Culture 2017. Winner of the national contest DENIM PROJECT by Chevignon. Medellín 2013. Finalist in the open call La Puerta for intervention of the Museum´s door. Museum of Modern Art of Medellín, 2013. Second place in Semillas del diseño fashion constest - Expomoda USA 2012. Academic excellence scholarship for semester 1-2009 during undergraduate studies in Fashion Design at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, 2009.
References Mariano Breccia – 12na Santiago de Chile - Chile +56 9 7476 2103 Ana Cristina Berrío – Consultorías DE LA MANO Medellín – Colombia +57 316 694 3117 Fabio León Ruiz Uribe – Chemical Engineer Medellín – Colombia +57 314 818 1278
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