Human artist creating sentient sculptures by fussing artificial intelligence, classic sculpture, and simulations to explore and understand the human species, our minds, inventions, and future. With a background as a serial entrepreneur, Rodrigo has cultivated a wide perspective on the many facets of human invention, societal structures, and conditions that shape our world.
Exhibitions
MUTEK MX Edition 19, group exhibition, 2023. Mexico City.
BLAST for an aesthetic of violence, group exhibition, 2021. Palazzo Poste Verona, Italia.
M68: Ciudadanías en movimiento, group exhibition, 2018. CCUT, UNAM, Mexico.
Awards
The Lumen Prize 2023, longlist
Professional Experience
Founded and directed ALUCINA, a pioneering technology and creative studio in Latin America, 2008-2019
Co-founded AURA, an art and culture consulting agency working alongside art historians and curators, 2016-2021
Co-founded USO, a marketplace for Latin American artists, 2020-2021
Founded and directed HOPPIA, a metaverse designed for museums, universities and art institutions, 2020-2022
Education
BS in Engineering Cybernetics by ULSA in 2007
Acceleration Bootcamp: Lean Startup, in TechBA Seattle, 2012
Seminar: “Arte-Máquinas-Medios”, with Karla Jasso. 2017. Campus Expandido, MUAC, UNAM
Seminar: “Estéticas Materiales, la vuelta al objeto”, with Helena Chávez Mac Gregor. 2018. Campus Expandido, MUAC, UNAM
Workshop: “Hacking the debt-to-dream ratio”, with Cassie Thornton and Max Haiven, 2019, IIE, UNAM
Workshop: ‘Materializing Contemporary Art with Digital Fabrication”, 2019, FabLab
Seminar: “Conceptual Art Facing the Law”, with Lauren van Haaften-Schinck, 2019, MUAC, UNAM
Acceleration Course: Y Combinator Startup School, 2021
Acceleration Program: Platzi Startups, 2021
