Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2021-2023 Master of Science in Art, Culture & Technology (MS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2013-2018 Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), University of Southern California, USA
Awards/Grants
2022 ACT Second Year Merit Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Center for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) Grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 ACT Student Gallery Grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2021 ACT Pilot Grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2021 Department of Architecture Graduate Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2018 Tau Sigma Delta Medal for Excellence in Design, University of Southern California, USA
2018 Discovery Scholar Recognition & Prize Recipient, University of Southern California, USA
2018 Global Scholar Recognition, University of Southern California, USA
2018 A. Quincy Jones Scholarship for Exceptional Promise in Architecture, University of Southern California, USA
2017 William and Neoma Timme Traveling Fellowship, University of Southern California, USA
2016 Thom Mayne Traveling Fellowship, University of Southern California, USA
2015 Ted and Rosemary Tyler Endowed Scholarship, University of Southern California, USA
2015 Gensler/USC Architectural Guild Scholarship, University of Southern California, USA
2013 Presidential Merit Scholarship, University of Southern California, USA
Residencies
2021 New Roots Foundation Residency, La Nueva Fábrica, Antigua, Guatemala
2020 Recodings and Renewals, Knight Foundation Art + Research Center at ICA Miami, Florida, USA
2020 Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, Visual Arts Comission, Paris, France
2019 Fondazione Pistoletto Residency Module w/ Cooking Sections, Biella, Italy
2019 Residency 108, Clermont, New York, USA
2019 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency w/ Catherine Opie, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Reconfiguración, Wiesner Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2020 Reconstrucción, La Nueva Fábrica, Antigua, Guatemala
2016 Jardín, Fundación G&T, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Group Exhibitions
2023 El Soplo del Mundo, Galeria Extra, Guatemala City, Guatemala (current)
2023 Counteractions, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, USA
2023 Counteractions (Screening), MIT Museum, Cambridge, USA
2023 Figures, MIT Media Lab East Lobby, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2022 Perspectives, Emerson Contemporary, Boston, USA
2022 Formas (w/ Cristobal Garcia Belmont), ACT Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2022 .zerozerozerozerozeozerozerozeroone, MIT.Nano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2021 Atmósferas, La Nueva Fábrica, Antigua, Guatemala
2021 Segundo Aire, Galeria Extra, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2020 Juannio, Instituto Neurologico de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2019 The Los Angeles Schools, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2019 Volatilidad, Permanencia, Galeria Extra, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2019 Juannio, Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2019 Latin American Contemporary Photography, Cheng Kung University of Tainan, Taiwan
2018 From Across the Pacific Ocean, Taipei International Photo Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Reconstrucción, Galeria Extra, Project Room, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2018 Des/Dibujando, Galeria Extra, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2018 Juannio, Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2017 Mapping Crisis, Galeria Extra, Project Room, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2017 Traveling Fellows Exhibition, USC School of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
2017 Forma, Materia, Galeria Extra, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2016 Colectiva de Arte Junkabal, Homenaje a Rubén Darío, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2015 Cloudsmoke Installation, Doheny Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Commission for the Writing Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
2015 AYUVI Auction, Fundación AYUVI, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2015 Colectiva de Arte Junkabal, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2015 Juannio, Museo de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2014 Central American Art, Fundación Rozas Botrán, Miami, USA
2014 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2014 Colectiva de Arte Junkabal, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2014 Mutación: Miradas de Artistas desde América Central, Dos Mares, Marseille, France
2014 For the Arts, Fototropía, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2014 Juannio, Museo de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2014 Future Projections, Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, New Zealand
2014 Huéspedes del Presente, Centro Centro, Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid, Spain
2013 Latin American Pavilion, Wuhan Museum, Wuhan, China
2013 Across the Seven Seas, Photoville, Brooklyn, USA
2013 Across the Seven Seas, Southampton Center for the Arts, Southampton Village, USA
2013 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2013 Geográfica, Fototropía, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2012 Latitudes, Guatephoto Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2012 Geometría, Photoville, Brooklyn, USA
2012 Adentro/Afuera, Galería Incubador, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2011 Nueva Generación, Cantón Expo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2010 Abstracciones, Todos 4rte, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2010 Guatephoto Festival, Museo de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Academic Appointments & Experience
2023 Guest Critic, 4.301: Introduction to Artistic Experimentation
Professor Jesus Ocampo Aguilar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2023 Guest Critic, 4.302: Foundations in Art, Design and Spatial Practices
Professor Tobias Putrih, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2023 Guest Critic, 4.021: Introduction to Design Techniques & Technologies
Professor Carrie Norman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2023 Teaching Assistant, 4.s34: Art and Agriculture
Professor Nida Sinnokrot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2023 Teaching Assistant, 4.110: Design Across Scales
Professors Nicholas de Monchaux & Roi Salguero Barrio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2023 Teaching Assistant, 4.s33: Attention Economies
Professor Cassandra Guan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2023 MIT Kaufman Teaching Certificate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Creative Arts Council Graduate Representative
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Center for Art, Science and Technology (CAST) Selection Committee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Teaching Assistant, 4.105: Geometric Disciplines and Architecture Skills
Professor J. Jih, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Teaching Assistant, 4.314/5: Climate Visions: Advanced Workshop in Artistic Practice & Transdisciplinary Research
Professor Gediminas Urbonas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Guest Critic, Art, Desing and the Public Domain Thesis, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Professors Krzysztof Wodiczko & Malkit Shoshan, Harvard University, USA
2022 Guest Critic, 4.021: Introduction to Design Techniques and Technologies
Professor J. Jih, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Guest Critic, 4.302: 4.344/5: Advanced Photography and Related Media
Professor Lara Baladi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Public Programming Committee Member
Program in Art, Culture & Technology (ACT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 Teaching Assistant, 4.S32: Artist, Tinkerer, Architect, Engineer
Professor Judith Barry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2021 Guest Critic, 4.302: Introduction to Artistic Experimentation
Professor Marisa Morán Jahn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2021 Teaching Assistant, 4.344/5: Advanced Photography and Related Media
Professor Lara Baladi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2018 Teaching Assistant, ARCH-564: Descriptive and Computational Geometry
Professors Yaohua Wang & Brendan Shea
2015 Teaching Assistant, ARCH-407: Advanced Computer Applications
Professors Justin Brechtel & Nefeli Chatziminah
Research Appointments
2021 Research Assistant, Transmedia Storytelling Initiative
Professor Caroline A. Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2016 Research Assistant, Plethora Project
Professor Jose Sanchez, University of Southern California, USA
2015 Research Assistant, Schemalab, Viterbi School of Engineering
Evangelos Pantazis, University of Southern California, USA
Lectures
2022 Design & Material Futures Panel, DigitalFUTURES, Online
2021 Guest Lecture, Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala
2020 Online Lecture, La Nueva Fábrica, Antigua, Guatemala
2018 Guest Lecture, USC Trustee Conference, University of Southern California, USA
Print/Publications
2018 Borderless, Exhibition Catalogue, Taipei International Photography Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 INDEX 2016/2017, USC School of Architecture, University of Southern California, USA
2017 Roski Magazine, Issue 05, USC Roski School of Art & Design, University of Southern California, USA
2015 Revista Picnic, Issue 61: Made in Latin America, Mexico
Press
2022 Matilda Bathurst, “Reconfiguración,” Arts at MIT, Cambridge, USA
2021 Lori Waxman, “Alejandro Medina,” Newcity, Chicago, USA
2020 Martina Tzvetan, “Online Open Studio & Talk,” Visita, Lisbon, Portugal
2020 Art Mirror, “Alejandro Medina’s Solo Exhibition at La Nueva Fábrica,” Budapest, Hungary
2020 Daily-Lazy, “Alejandro Medina at La Nueva Fábrica,” Athens, Greece
2020 Agenda Cultural Guatemala, “Reconstrucción,” Guatemala
2019 Dawa Hsiao, “La Fotografía Contemporánea de Latinoamérica Llega a Tainan,” Taiwan News, Taiwan
2015 Fulvio Ravagnani, Fondazione Pitti Discovery, “Project Room: The Young Talent of Alejandro Medina,” Milan, Italy
2015 David Schonauer, “Dispatches from Latin America,” AI-AP, USA
2014 Sara Torres Sifón, “Fotografía Contemporanea de Latinoamerica en CentroCentro,” PAC, Spain
2014 ArteContexto, “Recomendaciones: Huéspedes del Presente,” Spain
2014 Madrid Destino, “CentroCentro Cibeles Se Acerca a la Fotografía Latinoamericana,” Spain
2014 Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, f/22: Fotografía en Profundidad, “Episode 10: Guatemala,” Montevideo, Uruguay
2014 Gustavo Montenegro, “Fotohuéspedes en España,” Prensa Libre, Guatemala
2013 Willson Cummer, “Alejandro Medina,” New Landscape Photography, USA
2012 Eleonora Ronconi, “Latin America Week: Alejandro Medina,” Lenscratch, USA
Collections
University of Southern California, USA
Last Updated (12/01/22)