luis soldevilla DIRECTOR & VISUAL ARTIST
www.luchosoldevilla.com luchosoldevilla@gmail.com Lima – Peru 1978. Master in Media Design and Communication (Lens-Based Media specialization) at the Piet Zwart institute in Rotterdam. Licentiate degree in audiovisual realization from the faculty of communications of the University of Lima. Bachelor degree in cinema and video of the same Faculty. Lives and works in Lima.
Group shows, festivals & screenings 2022
Itineraries of the present – 25 years of Passport for an artist Exhibition of works carried out by those who were winners of the Passport for an Artist award. MAC Lima. Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima.
2019
Video Traslaciones : Miradas por espacios. Selection of Peruvian Video Art within the context of Peru as the guest country at ARCOMadrid Art fair. Centro Cultural Conde Duque. Madrid.
2017
2014
4th Festival Lima Independiente International Film Festival. Selection of videoart. MALI. Museum of Art of LIma.
2013
Videoformes 2013 Video Art & Digital Cultures International Festival. Clermont - Ferrand, France. FLEX Festival 2013 The Florida Experimental Film / Video Festival. Florida - USA. NAA Festival New Associated Arts Festival. Barcelos - Portugal. PARC 2013 Perú Arte Contemporáneo. International Art Fair. Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC). Lima - Peru.
BienalSur : International Contemporary Art Biennial of South America. . Selected Project for the «Gestos Cotidianos» curatorship. Lima and Buenos Aires.
ART Lima Internation Art Fair. Lima - Peru.
Ismo, Ismo, Ismo : Experimental Cinema in Latin America Research and Exhibition of Experimental Cinema supported by Los Angeles Film Forum. Urban harmonies / Dissonant Cities curatorship. Los Angeles - USA.
2012
2016
Amber´12 Festival Amber Platform. Festival of Art and Technology. Istanbul - Turkey.
Secret Art Cinema Selection of Video Art as part of the Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair. Cruise Terminal. Rotterdam - The Netherlands. Proyecto Hambre Latin American Experimental Cinema Exhibition. Museum of Modern Art of Medellin Colombia.
2014
18th Festival of Cinema of Lima Itinerant Exhibition of Experimental and Short Films. Various locations . Peru.
VAFA 2012 Video Art For All. International Video Art Festival. Macau - China.
Videomedeja 2012 16th International Video Festival Videomedeja. Studio M, Novi Sad - Serbia. Media Art Festival 2012 Selection of the best new graduate media artists of the Dutch art academies. Leeuwarden - The Netherlans. Bronx Art Space Synthetic Zero Event - exhibition of contemporary works in different media. New York - USA.
Group shows, festivals & screenings
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2012 Exception Handling PZI Master Media Design & Communication Graduation Show. TENT Gallery Rotterdam - The Netherlands. EYE film institute Opening exhibition. Playground: exhibition of interactive installations at the EYE Film institute - Amsterdam. Edmonton International Film Festival Official Selection - Vimy Ridge video. Edmonton - Canada.
2011
VIA - Music and New Media Festival Phenonema : Selection of experimental video art. Pittsburgh - USA. Kunstfestival Scheltema Festival of art and moving image. Leiden - The Netherlands Enfrentamiento Latin American selection of video art by Espacio G / Atelier 397. Sao Paulo - Brazil.
2008
DVD-project. International project of videoart organized by Stichting Idee-fixe (Holland) Collective exihibition of the selected artists for DVD-project Peru. Centro Fundación Telefónica. Lima - Peru. “Passport for an artist : 10 years after” Retrospectiv exhibition for the 10 years of the Visual Arts Contest of the French embassy in Peru. Salle Luis Miró Quesada Garland. Lima - Peru “Encuentros Perdidos” Collective creation of theater and movement. Video Collaboration. Piece created by the collective TAE. Alliance Française de Lima.
2007
“Passport for an artist 2007” 10th Visual Arts Contest of the French embassy in Peru Cultural Center of the Catholic University. Lima - Peru.
2006
VAE10 – 10th International Video / Art / Electronics Festival Selected group exhibition “Omnívoros 2”. Spanish Cultural Center in Lima.
2010
Aarau One Minute International Film and Video Festival One minute film festival and competition. Aarau – Switzerland. Call and Response Exhibition of interactive media and performances. Schijnheilig Gallery Amsterdam – The Netherlands. Made in Europe Film Festival One minute film festival section. Lumière Cinema. Maastricht – The Netherlands The minute and the city : A response One minute video festival. Art Museum of Sao Paulo (MASP) - Brazil. 2009 Emerging video artists Selection of video art. Smart Project Space – Amsterdam “Art contemporain palestinien” Video collaboration with M. Al Wajri. Institut du Monde Arabe. Paris.
Artistic Residences
January 2009 to June 2010 Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris. Artistique Résidence . December 2008 International Cultural Reception Centre “Des Récollets“. Paris. Artistic residence
Scholarships
January to March 2009 Scholarship of “Le Ministère des Affaires étrangères” / EGIDE Paris - France January to April 2009 Artistique Residency sponsored by CulturesFrance. Paris - France
Awards / Nominations 2018
Visuals for Stages 2019
President of the jury of the national contest of Experimental Cinematographic Films. Contest organized by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.
Hamlet: A very free version. General Direction: Chela de Ferrari. La Plaza
2014
2017
Nominated for the “Vanguardia” competition of the 4th “Lima Independiente” International Film Festival
2013
Winner of the National Contest of Experimental Cinematographic Films. Contest organized by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.
2012
Nominated for the Wim Bors Price / selection of graduated students from Dutch art Academies in the Media Art Festival 2012. Leeuwarden - The Netherlands Edmonton International Film Festival Best Canadian Short (music Video) and Bobby Award for best Cinematography. Vimy Ridge video clip - Joint work with aspecialperson.com California Film Awards Diamond Award - Music Video Competition Vimy Ridge video clip.
Theater. Lima - Perú.
Ludofónico. General Direction: Lucho Quequezana. Visuals and switcher director. Grand National Theather and Parque de la Exposicón. Lima - Perú.
2016 - 2015
Sonidos del Mundo. General Direction: Lucho Quequezana. Visuals and switcher director. Grand National Theather and the National Stadium. Lima - Perú.
2014
Incendios. General Direction: Juan Carlos Fisher. Visuales . La Plaza Theater. Lima - Perú.
2008
Encuentros perdidos. Collective creation of theater and movement by TAE. Visuals. Alianza Francesa. Lima - Perú.
2004
2010
Festival “Centro em Cena 2004” Video dance “Hurqalya” performed by the group “Espacio Danza” directed by Patricia Awapara. Video Collaboration. Joao Pessoa - Brazil
2007
Commercial Work 2012 - to date
Made in Europe Film Festival / One minute Film Festival Section First Prize. Day No 8 video . Maastricht – The Netherlands
First Prize. PAISAL Video Installation. 10th Visual Arts Contest of the French embassy in Peru
2003
First place. Documentary Genre. Audiovisual Creation Festival. “Entre Vivos y Plebeyos”. Co-direction with Matías Vega. Chiclayo - Peru.
Locomotor Espacio Visual. Director and Founder of this advertising production house. To see the work go to https://vimeo.com/locomotor
2010 - 2012
SuperSens. Restoration and digitization of film and video files and footage. Amsterdam - Netherlands
2004 – 2009
First assistant director in advertising spots. Freelance director for institutional videos and audiovisual projects.