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1 D i e g o G a r c í a A r t i s t a n d V i s u a l D e s i g n e r

2 I am a highly motivated person with a great passion for what I do. Actually, my work aim is to be a completely Contents self-reliable artist, but I decided to find a part-time job to set myself inside an environment of discipline and perseverance, to be able to fund my own projects and to Artworks 3 experience the value of my free time. Graphic design 8 As I work with my hands I am highly meticulous with any type of handwork, but also I have a long experience Illustration 10 dealing with software and design tools. Creativity is my passion, and I am always clearly aware of the aesthetic side of everything that can be perceived visually. Stop-Motion 11 Name: Diego Alejandro García Arrázola Birthdate: 6th September 1990 Nationality: Bolivian Languages: Spanish (mother tongue), English B2, German A2 (soon B2) Although I usually face my artist labor alone in the atelier, I really enjoy working in a team; alongside the joy that a dynamical team work brings to the working environment, I believe that an engaged teamwork is the key to success in every endeavor. I really look forward to working with you! Photography CV study of an adornment, x 80 cm pencil on paper as part of a visual research inquiring into the morphologies and traditional objects of the Contemporary Andean Culture

3 Artworks Alejandro Qhapaq Alejandro Qhapaq is my artist pseudonym, I produce visual pieces that find their roots in the contemporary Andean culture. With this foundation I want to speak with a voice of Interculturality, creating pieces that express joy and abundance through ancient South- Native-American traditions of Mysticism and Opulence, opening a contemporary dialog with the history before the colonization of America. Gold Mountain, proof, 2016 from the Gold Mountains series 30 cm x 30 cm oil, glitter and 24kt. gold on linen Taxi Mandala (with Marie Antoinette & Fruits), 2015 from the Transfiguration series 92 cm x 130 cm giclée on cotton paper 8-Bits Inti Nr. 1, 2016 from the Digital Suns series 140 cm x 140 cm acrylic on canvas Los Andes n. 1, ,6 cm x 82,5 cm giclée, 24 kt. gold leaf on cotton paper Edition of 15 plus 2 AP Magnum, 2016 from the Weapons series 22 cm x 15 cm x 4 cm 9 mm. revolver, 24kt. gold, glitter

4 Blue n. 1, 2016 from the Celebrations series 110 cm x 140 cm confetti, glitter, whisky on linen Yellow n. 1, 2016 from the Celebrations series 110 cm x 140 cm confetti, glitter, whisky on linen Red n. 1, 2016 from the Celebrations series 110 cm x 140 cm confetti, glitter, whisky on linen

5 Gravecandies 3D prototype 30 x 70 x 160 cm (aprox. incl. cross) sugar, bronze Mine Nr. 1, cm x 90.5 cm giclée on cotton paper Edition of 50 plus 5 AP

6 ... The poverty and dilapidation of modern Potosí mask the story of a once-imperial city whose grand villas are now restaurants, hairdressers and dental surgeries. But high in the Andes above the treeline, the rich mountain remains its contents now in Armada shipwrecks, the jewellery of Arab rulers, and the remaining treasures of the Ming dynasty. Few places in the world were left untouched by its riches. Story of cities #6: how silver turned Potosí into the first city of capitalism, The Guardian. Patrick Greenfield. March 2016 Souvenir (with Potosí s first Coat of Arms inscription), 2016 reproduction of Potosí s first ever depiction made by Pedro Cieza de León in cm x 70 cm silver from the Cerro Rico on cotton paper Edition of 1545 in honour to Potosí s date of foundation The King 3D prototype for public Art project gold leaf, aluminium

7 Solitude Monument (cross) 3D prototype for public Art project 300 x 900 x 900 cm adobe bricks, gypsum on the Bolivian Altiplano Ascension (brown), 2016 from Transfiguration series 67 cm x 75,1 cm giclée on cotton paper Edition of 7 plus 2 AP Alasitas-Orange, 2016 from the Folk Dissections series 18 cm x 28 cm x 4 cm mirror, glass, glitter, mixed materials

8 Graphic Design Hanan Hanan is a personal project that I have been developing in the past years in collaboration with my wife. It is a mobile application based on access codes, that invites artists and Tune your favorite color Chose a basic shape Transform your shape Fill your shape spectators to bridge the gaps between reality, virtuality and art. The Hanan was the upper-world for the ancient Andeans, a dimension where the perfection and beauty existed as a I tried to represent dimensionality combined to the aesthetic identity of the application. paradise-data-base. Presently I am designing the application and developing the whole concept to raise funds and elaborate a beta-prototype. Finished Hanan Emblems, a visual alternative to a profile picture:

9 I thought about a code that can be unique but also beautiful, inspired in Kandisky I look up for a code that uses Colour, Shape and Size to represent binary information.

10 Illustration Una noche dijo el Gato Some of the Illustrations I made for the Children s Book: Una noche dijo el Gato All images where made using acrylics and colour pencils The Andean Pop-Culture A visual research enquiring about the Andean contemporary pop-traditions and the social Phenomenon of the Andean gentrification. All the images where painted using acrylics. 2014

11 Stop-Motion Warum Deutschland? I have a basic knowledge in traditional stop-motion animation. I won two contests launched by the Goethe-Institut. I made the animations with drawings, pixilation, paper cut-outs, and claymation techniques. 2012

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14 CV Personal Information Name: García Arrázola, Diego Alejandro Pseudonym: Alejandro Qhapaq Birth: 6 th September 1990 (Cochabamba) Citizenship: Bolivian City of Residence: Berlin Mobile: Web: info@alejandroqhapaq.com Software Knowledge: Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Keynote, Cinema 4D, Dragonframe, Ableton Live. Schooling present Drawing, Painting, Etching, Sculpture, Visual Language, Sociology and Anthropology of Art, Aesthetics and Art History courses in University Universidad del Museo Social Argentino of the Bachelor of Visual Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lived and studied self-taught art in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Rebuilt his work from scratch, based in his territory s cultural context. Berlin University of the Arts. Selected by the Ai Weiwei & Christine Streuli class. Awards and Invitations First Prize - Winner of the Bice Bugatti- Giovanni Segantini s 2010 International 2010 Acquisition Prize, to the piece Intención contra el letargo in Nova Milanese, Italy January Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic to the piece A mi responsible: Fragmentos Visuales de un Universo in Nova Milanese, Italy. Winner of the contest Convocatoria de Proyectos en Artes Visuales of the Alliance Française, beneficiary of a solo exhibition in the Christian Valbert Auditory in Cochabamba, Bolivia Tiquipaya School in Cochabamba, Bolivia Artistic Technic Secondary School Instituto Eduardo Laredo in Cochabamba (coursed Clarinet, Drums, Ballet and Contemporary Dance). Artistic Technical Secondary School Instituto Eduardo Laredo in Cochabamba Diploma (Humanistisches Abiturdiplom). Courses Workshops Attended & Development March Drawing Workshop Taller Síntesis, Marcela Mérida, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Art History and Representation Systems Courses in Instituto Nacional del Arte (IUNA), Argentina. Stop Motion Animation Workshop, Rodolfo Pastor, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Exhibitions 2008 December 2010 May 2011 June 2012 June 2012 September Lives and works in Berlin Collective exhibition, 7ma exposición del Taller Síntesis de Marcela Mérida, Christian Valbert Auditory, Alliance Française in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Collective exhibition, Sala Gio. I. A. in Nova Milanese, Italy. Collective exhibition, Sala Gio. I. A. in Nova Milanese, Italy. Solo exhibition El hermetismo del garabato (The Scrawl Hermeticism), Christian Valbert Auditory, Alliance Française, in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Collective exhibition, Sala Villa Vertua. in Nova Milanese, Italy April 2012 May 2012 August 2012 December First Prize - Winner of the contest Las oportunidades también hablan alemán of the Goethe Institut-Bolivia, with the animation short Warum Deutschland? beneficiary of a travel grant to study german in Germany. Invited to take part of La Sezione Progetti Internazionali del 53 Premio Bice Bugatti- Giovanni Segantini in Nova Milanese, Italy. Invited to exhibit by Agora Gallery, in New York, U.S.A. First Prize Winner of the international video contest Mein Goethe Video with a stop motion animation short. Munich, Germany. Berlin 2017