MIGUEL ÁNGEL CALDERÓN


Artist and filmmaker.
Madrid.

Films
Art
Cinematography
Info

MIGUEL ÁNGEL CALDERÓN
b. Madrid, 1994
Lives and works in Madrid.

EDUCATION
2012-2016    Bachelor of Arts (with distinction), The University of Kansas, USA

EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2023    Lo único que vale la pena empezar: el fin del mundo, nada menos, HAMACA: Moving image platform, Spain
2023    Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
2023    FIVA International Video Art Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023    Lima Alterna International Film Festival, Lima, Peru
2022    El olvido de los espejos, Sala Negre, Centro Cultural Las Cigarreras, Alicante, Spain (solo exhibition)
2022    Butterflies count not months but moments, and have enough time, ASEAN-EU Cultural Festival
2022    Political Statement - LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2022    Lima Alterna International Film Festival, Lima, Peru
2021    Márgenes - Independent Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
2021    Semana ARCO 2021, Centro de Residencias Artísticas, Matadero, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2021    Volver al encuentro, Centro de Residencias Artísticas, Matadero, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2021    Bardo Road, Participant Inc, New York, USA
2020    EIVV (Encontre Internacional de Videodansa i Videoperformance), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2020    Zumo de vídeo, Nave 73, Madrid, Spain
2019    IMARP (Mostra Internacional de Danza - Imagens em Movimento - Vídeo Danza), Sao Paulo, Brazil
2019    IntimaLente Festival, Caserta, Italy
2019    Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, Mumbai, India
2019    MoziMotion, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, Netherlands
2018    Jahnkoy: Deceived No More, All-Russian Museum of Applied Arts, Moscow, Russia
2018    Docademia’s 2nd Short Documentary Festival, Chicago, USA
2018    Fake Flesh Film Test, Kamloops, Canada
2018    AFC Global Fest, Kolkata, India
2018    Marquee on Main, Historic Turnage Theatre, Washington, USA
2018    African Smartphone International Film Festival, Egbeda, Nigeria
2017    JAHNKOY, Bergdorf Goodman, New York City, USA
2017    Breaking Waves Festival, Nova Scotia, Canada
2017    Josiah Media Festival, The URBAN-15 Group, San Antonio, USA
2017    Miami Epic Festival, 1st Grand IndieWise Convention, Miami, USA
2017    Stories Lived - Personal Mission, Delray Beach, USA
2016    Smart Dust, SLA307, New York, USA
2016    Super 9 Mobile Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
2016    YO-NewYork, Mor Mor Studio, New York, USA
2016    Post Mortem International Film Festival, Aguascalientes, Mexico
2016    Senior Show, Chalmers Hall, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
2016    Bricolage, ART Emergency, Lawrence, USA
2015    The Late Mr. Mercury’s Magic Lantern Show, Art & Design Gallery, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
2015    Visual Arts Scholarship Show, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
2014    ACP Featured Students, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2022    Jury Special Mention, Lima Alterna International Film Festival
2021    Residency (6 months), Centro de Residencias Artísticas, Matadero Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2016    James K. Hitt Opportunity Award
2016    Amsden Award
2016    Burrows Art Scholarship
2015    Lavon Brosseau Special Opportunity Award
2015    Amsden Award Lockwood Scholarship
2014    HKN Underclassmen Achievement Award
2012-2016    Fulbright Scholarship, The University of Kansas
2012-2016    BARSA Scholarship

WORKSHOPS
2020    Art and dissidence, with Abel Azcona, Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogota, Bogota, Colombia (on line)
2020    FILMLAV: filming and developing in 16mm, MasterLAV, Madrid, Spain
2019    Writing for artists, with Juan José Santos Mateo, Espositivo, Madrid, Spain
2019    Freeport 0, with Geocinema: Asia Bazdyrieva, Solveig Suess, Tentacular Festival, Matadero Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2019    Editing movement, with Octavio Iturbe, Fiver International Screendance Movement, Matadero Madrid, Madrid, Spain

PRESS
Ramis, María. "PhotoAlicante 2022: la imagen como documento irrefutable de lo incierto", MAKMA: Revista de artes visuales y cultura contemporánea, Valencia, Spain. Magazine article. March 23, 2022
Chen, Jen. "KU Student Explores Kansas Gun Law in Art Project", KUCR, Kansas City, Missouri, United States. NPR Interview & Article. May 26, 2016.
Diaz-Camacho, Vicky. "KU senior confronts campus gun policy with art intervention", University Daily Kansan, Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Newspaper. May 5, 2016