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He is a four-time Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer and bandleader, currently based in Catalonia, Spain. Trained in jazz studies at the University of North Texas, he built his career between Dallas and New York before settling in Spain in 2018.
He is the founder and leader of Snarky Puppy, an internationally acclaimed instrumental collective known for its independent approach and multiple Grammy Awards. Alongside this, he has worked as a producer and musician with artists across genres including pop, jazz, gospel and world music, and has been recognized for his contribution to contemporary music.
He founded the GroundUP Music label in 2011, a platform through which he supports emerging talent and musical projects, as well as the GroundUP Music Festival. He also leads the group Bokanté and has developed solo projects such as So Many Me (2021).
Committed to music education, he has given masterclasses at over 200 institutions worldwide and co-founded the GroundUP Music Foundation in 2020, dedicated to the promotion of and access to the arts.
He lives and works between Spain and the United States. Trained in photography at New York University and the International Center of Photography, he soon turned his practice toward projected image and installation. His work explores the impact of technology on society, investigating the intersection of photography, digital media and installation art through the use of fiber optics, generative algorithms and discarded technological materials.
He has exhibited at institutions such as LACMA, the Museo del Prado, The Phillips Collection, ZKM and the American Museum of Natural History, and has created public installations including Pulsation (2021) for Nike's headquarters in Oregon, Dynamo (2021) for Expo Dubai and Tendril (2017) at Tampa International Airport. His work is held in collections including the Museo Reina Sofía, the Whitney Museum and LACMA.
He combines his artistic practice with teaching at IE University and the Universidad de Navarra. In 2024 he was appointed academician of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
That involve collaborative or experiential methodologies
Exploring embodiment, temporality, or liveness as forms of knowledge
That reconfigure space, perception, or audience interaction
Artistic research films or audiovisual formats
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Held in 2025, brought together researchers and artists from around the world. Over three days, workshops, papers, video essays, installations and more were presented. Filmmaker Naomi Kawase and artist Dora García participated as plenary speakers.
The 2026th Conference gave rise to a special issue to be published in November XNUMX in the indexed journal Corpo-grafías, published by the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Colombia).
In this edition we will also collaborate with a scientific journal with the aim of promoting high-impact publications linked to the conference.
The third edition has generated a monograph on Art and Education, which will be published soon in the journal Ciencia y Educación (Science and Education) published by the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC). It is indexed in DOAJ, LATINDEX, ERIHPLUS, among others.
In this edition, we will also collaborate with a scientific journal to give participants the opportunity to have an impactful publication linked to the conference.
Held in 2023, it brought together researchers and artists from around the world. The two-day event featured workshops, presentations, video essays, installations, and more. Photographer Joan Fontcuberta and visual artist Camille Henrot participated as plenary speakers.
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