About — Alejandro Medina

Alejandro Medina (b. 1995, Guatemala) is an interdisciplinary artist and architect whose work centers on emergence, investigating how complex behaviors and systems arise through relational interactions. Drawing on ecological and systems-based perspectives, Medina conceives his practice as part of “speculative ecologies,” integrating rule-based frameworks, generative instructions, and contracts to embed evolutionary processes and instability as core components of the work—alongside its making, interactions, engagement, and evolution across different contexts.

Medina holds a Master of Science in Art, Culture, and Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California. He has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at La Nueva Fábrica (Guatemala) and MIT’s Wiesner Gallery (Cambridge), as well as group exhibitions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. His work has been recognized through numerous fellowships, grants, and residencies, including support from MIT’s Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) and residencies at Salmon Creek Farm, Cité Internationale des Arts, La Nueva Fábrica, and Fondazione Pistoletto amongst others.