François Bucher

François Bucher was born in Cali, Colombia, in 1972, and currently lives and works in Mexico. He trained in film at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he also earned an MFA, and later received a research fellowship from the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. He has been a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Umeå, Sweden, where he also completed a doctorate in art practices. Throughout his career, François Bucher has explored a wide variety of interests and media, initially focusing on ethical and aesthetic issues related to film and television, themes that have been central to both his writing and his artistic projects. Until 2008, his work can be classified as conceptual and politically positioned. Since then, Bucher's ideas about the world have taken an abrupt turn, and his new production is traversed by interdimensional processes. His current work involves a deep study of invisible energies and dimensions, exploring the idea that our physical world is only a part of a larger reality. His approach has led to the creation of projects that include sound recordings, installations, performances, and interdisciplinary collaborations. François Bucher has exhibited his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, the Istanbul Biennale, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, among others. His work is also featured in important contemporary art collections, such as the Jumex Collection in Mexico and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He lives and works between Berlin, Mexico, and Bogotá. François Bucher is an artist who trained in film at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was awarded a research fellowship by the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. He has been a visiting professor at the Umea Academy of Fine Arts, Sweden, where he completed a doctorate in artistic practices. His work and research encompass a wide range of interests and media, initially focusing on issues related to the ethical and aesthetic questions posed by film and television, themes that have been central to both his writings and his artistic projects. Until 2008, his work can be described as conceptual and politically positioned. Since then, Bucher's ideas about the world have taken an abrupt turn, and his new output engages in dialogue with issues that can be described as interdimensional. Everything in his work is interrelated; the different works are linked to one another, forming multiple sutures that in turn produce new and unprecedented meanings. The pieces create ellipses, unprecedented spaces of thought that underlie the overall field. His artistic projects seek to deconstruct the hierarchy of contemporary materialist knowledge, also exploring the relationship between man, his body, and his environment. In 2013, François Bucher participated in the 55th Venice Biennale in the Italo-Latin American Pavilion curated by Silvia Irrazábal and Alfons Hug, and in the 43rd National Salon of Artists in Medellín, curated by Mariángela Méndez. In 2014, he was selected for the Cartagena de Indias Biennial, curated by Berta Sichel, and the Cuenca Biennial, curated by Jacopo Crivelli. In 2016, he participated in the Photobooth Citi section of arteBA, curated by Patrick Charpanel. He has participated in different international exhibitions such as the latest edition of the FIAC Paris 2014, with a specific project for the Museum of Natural History, at the Center for Cultural Initiatives of the University of Seville, at Flora Arts+Natura in Bogota under the curatorship of José Roca, at the Bildmuseet of Sweden and at the Museum of Zapopan (Mexico) Cali, Colombia, 1972. Lives and works between Berlin, Mexico and Bogota.François Bucher lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is an artist trained in Film by The School Art Institute of Chicago and was awarded with a research grant by the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. He was a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Umea, Sweden, where he was pursuing a doctorate in art practices within the same institution. His work and research covers a wide range of interests and means, which initially focused on issues relating to ethical and aesthetic questions raised by film and television, which have been central themes, both in his writings and in his artistic projects. Until 2008 his work could be described as having conceptual and political positioning. Since then, Bucher's ideas about the world have taken an abrupt turn and his new production is in relation to a position that can be described as interdimensional. Each one of the works are interrelated with the others, and each virtual splice is there to create multiple circuits of unpublished meaning. The pieces make ellipsis, new dimensions of thought that underlie the whole field. His artistic projects that seek to deconstruct a hierarchy of knowledge set in place by contemporary scientific materialism. They seek to open an understanding of man and nature within a millenary cycle, in order to side step a unidimensional perspective, and to offer entrances to a multidimensional kind of thinking. François Bucher participated in 2013 at the 55th Venice Biennale in the Italian Latin American Institute Pavilion, curated by Silvia Irrazábal and Alfons Hug, and 43 Salón Nacional de Artistas de Medellín curated by Mariángela Méndez. During 2014 he has been one of the selected artist for Cartagena Bienal, Colombia curated by Berta Sichel and Cuenca Bienal, Ecuador curated by Jacopo Crivelli.In 2016, Bucher participates in the section Photobooth Citi (arteBA), curated by Patrick Charpanel. o Recently, he participated in the FIAC Paris last edition 2014 with a specific project made for Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, in Centro de Inciativas Culturales de la Universidad de Sevilla, in Bildmuseet (Sweden) and in Museo de Zapopan (Mexico).