Paolo Almario

Paolo Almario is a digital artist of Colombian origin based in Chicoutimi since 2011. He began his career in 2014 with projects related to the impact Colombia's conflict had on his family. The repercussions of his artistic engagement led him to seek the protection of the Canadian Government, where he has had refugee status since 2015.

He trained at the Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño of Universidad Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia). In 2014, he completed a Master of Arts at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). His work has been supported on several occasions by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2018, he was awarded the Prix du CALQ - Créateur de l'année in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. His work has been exhibited in Canada, Colombia, Italy, Belgium and France.

In his practice, Paolo Almario uses digital technologies to collect, analyze, codify, process and transform samples of reality into a plurality of artistic forms. Focusing on installation, software and electro-mechanical art, he explores the relationship between the individual and space, focusing on notions of identity, spatio-temporality and socio-politics.