Based in Bologna
As an Artist, he has exhibited internationally since 1994. He is co-founder of the collective El puente_lab in Medellín, Colombia, a free lance artist and teacher.
Juan Sandoval realises contemporary art projects, produces objects and images, creates devices for collaboration and collective learning, and publications. He approaches the process of creation through the overlapping of personal experiences, the application of craft production techniques and the observation of social processes. In his research, Sandoval has developed projects in collaboration with cultural associations dealing with issues of immigration, economy and local culture.
He obtained a degree in visual arts at the National University of Colombia, Medellín. He has participated in residencies for artists at Cittadellarte- Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy; Villa Arson in Nice, France; O.K. Centrum in Linz, Austria and Four Corners in London, UK. In 2018 he received the NCTM award for art in Milan, Italy.