Klaus Fruchtnis

Born in 1978 in Colombia
Lives and works in Paris, France

Klaus Fruchtnis is a photographer, digital artist and lecturer. His research is based on the areas of photography, multimedia, digital drawing and media experimentation.

Klaus was born in Colombia in 1978. He has studied Fine Arts at Los Andes University in Bogotá and continued his education at the École des Beaux Arts of Paris and Rennes, France, where he obtained a B.A. in Fine & Digital Arts (Photography, Video and Multimedia), and a Masters in Art & New Media Technology from La Sorbonne University Paris 1. He also participated as a researcher on the EnsadLad Program at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris. His work has been exhibited, performed and published internationally.

His research is related to the word “space”, and it has been characterized by its itinerary and its way of evolution over the last years. He questions the image, its origin and its incidence in the current art world, through new technologies and different ways of perceiving art, as well as how they influence our daily life.

Solo Exhibitions
2011 – Cross Urban Itinerante – Consulado General de Colombia, Paris, Francia.
2010 – Code – Proekt Fabrika, Moscow, Russia.
2009 – Cartographical Minds – City of Atami, Japan.
360 – degrees to the sky – Art to Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2008 – Bogota digital device – (Curator: Estefania Sokoloff) Corferias, XI Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro, Bogotá, Colombia.
2006 – 360 degrees to the sky – The Pikture Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
In transit – Auditorium Alliance Française, Bangkok, Thailand.
2005 – 360 degrees – Hu’u Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2004 – Demeure – Marina Kessler Gallery, Miami, United-States.

Group Exhibitions
2011 – Hors-Pistes Festival – Performance: The Incredible Live Streaming Found Footage Show – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
2010 – Made in Tokyo– Design Festa Gallery – Tokyo, Japan.
– Mandarts Open Studios (w/ Cynthia Lawson) – Brooklyn, NY, United-States.
– ONLINE project: Thing-a-day – New York, United-States.
2009 – L’ombre, le reflet, l’écho – La Criée Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, France.
– Art on site: Cartographical Minds – (Curator: Mimi Kelly) – Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia.
– ONLINE project: Thing-a-day – New York, United-States.
2008 – Media Art (Curator: Felipe C. Londoño) – Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia.
– Muestra Monográfica Media Art – (Curator: Felipe C. Londoño), Digital Spaces, Manizales, Colombia.
– ONLINE project: Thing-a-day – a collaboration with Cynthia Lawson, New York, United-States.
– Invisible Cities – SoA+D School of Architecture and Design, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand.
2007 – KUEIP 2007 – Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
– Art on Site: Sydey fade – (Curator: Mantej Singh) – Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia.
– Fantastical – SoA+D School of Architecture and Design, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand.
– No es lo mismo – (Curator: María Teresa Guerrero) – Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia.
2006 – Auckland Festival of Photography – Auckland, New Zealand.
– ART & DESIGN – International Art Centre –  Alliance Française, Bangkok, Thailand.
2005 – ARTBO Arte Camara – Bogotá, Colombia.
– Mes de la fotografia – Arteconsult Gallery, Panamá, Panamá.
– Punto de vista (Curator: Estefania Sokoloff) – Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia.
– V Bienal of Suba – Bogotá, Colombia.