ABOUT THE ARTIST

There are lives that follow a straight line, and others that unfold like a spiral: they move forward, bend, intersect with the unexpected, and always return to an invisible center. Andres’ life belongs to the latter category. Born in Bucaramanga in 1975, he grew up among hills and open skies, surrounded by a vibrant and contradictory Colombia, full of colors, sounds, and textures that seeped into his gaze with the natural ease of someone who sees the world as a grand collage.

From a very young age, he showed a special sensitivity to images—not only those found in books or on screens, but also those formed on peeling walls, in scraps of paper layered over others, in printing errors, in the residues others discarded. That perspective led him to study graphic design, not as a logical choice but as an inevitable extension of his way of seeing and feeling.

Design gave him tools, but it was his restless spirit that pushed him further. Soon, visuals weren’t enough. Music appeared—or perhaps had always been there, waiting its turn. He began experimenting with electronic sounds, first as an explorer, then as a producer, creating soundscapes that breathed the same air as his graphic work: dense, poetic, full of layers. His style began to take shape at the intersection of dark psychedelic rock, avant-garde electronics, and soft electro house—always leaving space for mystery, for the hidden rhythm behind the noise.

He founded Discográfica Fantasma, a label that is more than a label: it is a home for ideas that don’t fit into traditional industries. A platform where Latin American music and graphic art engage in dialogue, reinvent themselves, and resist together. Alongside musicians, visual artists, and independent thinkers, he has woven a network of collaborations that nourish his vision: one of free, mixed, experimental art.

At the same time, through Taller Elemental, his graphic art project, he has explored what he calls “the leachates of graphic and textile design,” reusing discarded materials to create unique, handmade pieces where imperfection is a political and aesthetic act. He is drawn to traditional techniques like woodcut printing, manual processes, and chance as a creative method.

Today, his work is an expanding universe that connects music, design, and thought from a deeply personal, Latin American, and contemporary perspective. His life is his most ambitious project: a body in constant transformation, where memory, error, and desire become language.