Education

1992 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, School of Film and Television, B.A.
1998 New York University, Interactive Telecommunications Program, MPS

Courses Taught

Digital Media
Creative Coding
UI/UX
Installation and Multimedia
Idea Lab: Imagine the Future (Honors)
Emerging Technologies and Applications (Graduate)
Professional Seminar
Portfolio Review
Senior/Capstone Project (Undergraduate / Graduate)

Career Specialties

Santiago Echeverry focuses on front-end/back-end interactive production, exploring the creative possibilities of digital tools to enhance and improve user experiences and interfaces, with a wide array of applications. His research is centered on current and upcoming web development tools, including the usage of Artificial Intelligence and experimental technologies in prototyping, imaging and time-based media project processes.

Professional and Community Activities

Echeverry is a trans-disciplinary creator, with a passion for experimental time-based and interactive media, and a background in artivism and performance art. He has an expansive international artistic and teaching career in the field of New Media, with over 30 years of experience.

He has produced more than 90 peer-reviewed short films, digital prints and interactive projects that have been exhibited in some of the most important professional festivals and conferences worldwide, such as Siggraph and FILE. Thanks to his awards, keynote presentations, and international recognition, he is considered a pioneer in Net Art and LGBTQ+ Video Art in Latin America.

He started working at The University of Tampa in 2005, and he is a founding member of the Film, Animation and New Media Department (FMX), the newest program in UT's College of Arts and Letters, where he focuses on the interactive component of FMX's curricula. He also teaches Emerging Technologies and Applications in the M.A. in Social and Emerging Media (MASEM) and the M.A. in Professional Communication (MAPC).

Honors and Awards

Notable distinctions:
2010 Alien with Extraordinary Abilities, USA Department of Homeland Security
1995-1997 Fulbright Grant, USA Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs

Recent Selected Awards:
2023 Best Experimental Short, Munich New Wave Short Film Festival
2023 Exceptional Merit, Depth of Field Festival
2023 Best Experimental Short, The Ring of Fire Film Festival
2023 Best Music Video, Style Experimental Fashion Film Festival
2022 Best Experimental Film, 195 Countries Film Festival
2022 Merit Award, Hispanic National Film Festival
2021 Best Short Documentary, South Film and Arts Academy Festival

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