Andrés Pachón Arrones (A315-B228-2AED)

Curriculum Vitae

Andrés Pachón Arrones

Andrés Pachón holds a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, funded by a grant from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra (2025). He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with a specialization in Image Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (2008), a Master’s in Contemporary Art Theory from the same university (2009), and a Master’s in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Coimbra (2019). His academic and professional trajectory has developed in an interdisciplinary manner —across art, anthropology, photographic archives, and digital technologies— through collaborations with institutions such as the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, the National Museum of Anthropology in Madrid, and the Photographic Archive of the Lima Art Museum in Peru. In 2019, he was awarded a Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators by the BBVA Foundation, which led to the development of a project that became the starting point for his doctoral research. His research work combines experimental ethnography and artistic practice to develop an anthropology “with” Artificial Intelligence.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Andrés Pachón Arrones
Date of birth: 1985/05/29
Gender: Male

Citation names

Pachón, Andrés

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A315-B228-2AED
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2518-8540

Telephones

Mobile phone

(+34) 667737787 (Professional)

Websites

www.andrespachon.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
Humanities - Arts - Arts

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/10/01 - 2025/06/06 Concluded	PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Visualización y Cognición: una Antropología con la Inteligencia Artificial" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinção e Louvor
2017/09/01 - 2019/07/23 Concluded	Master in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Cognición Artificial: Delegación de inteligencia en la Era Digital" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19,4
2018/06/26 - 2018/06/29 Concluded	Advanced Summer School "Along and Against Archival Grains" (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Technical Training in Digital Image Editing and Postproduction (Outros) Ondas Formación, Spain
2009/03/01 - 2009/12/20 Concluded	Master in Contemporary Art Theory (Master Universitario) Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Bellas Artes, Spain
2003/01/09 - 2008/06/01 Concluded	Fine Arts (Bachelor) Major in Visual Arts Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/10/01 - 2025/06/01	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2019/09/30 - 2020/09/30	Researcher (Research)	Fundación BBVA, Spain
	Fundación BBVA, Spain

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01/07 - 2020	Manager (Artistic Projects and Events)	Plusvanguard, Portugal

2016 - 2019	Production Assistant	Archivo Platform, Portugal

2017 - 2018	Art (Production Grant "Ayuda a la Creación de Artes Visuales")	Comunidad de Madrid Vicepresidencia Consejeria de Cultura y Deporte y Portavocia del Gobierno, Spain
	Sala de Arte Joven, Spain
2016 - 2017	Art (Production Grant "XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas")	Dirección General de Promoción Cultural de la Oficina de Cultura y Turismo de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
	Sala de Arte Joven, Spain
2015 - 2016	Art (Production/Mobility Grant "Se busca comisario")	Dirección General de Promoción Cultural de la Oficina de Cultura y Turismo de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
	Câmara Municipal de Guimarães, Portugal
2015/03 - 2015/05	Art Residency (Production/Mobility Grant "Transvisiones")	Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Spain
	Centro de la Imagen de Lima, Peru

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/10/01 - 2025/06/06	Visualización y Cognición. Una Antropología con la Inteligencia Artificial. 2020.04554.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/09/30 - 2020/09/30	Máquina Abstracta IN[19]_ART_PLA_0023 Research Fellow Becas Leonardo a Investigadores y Creadores Culturales , Spain	Fundación BBVA Concluded
2018/09/01 - 2019/08/01	Cognición Artificial: Delegación de Inteligencia en la Era Digital OUT_2018_1646 Master Student Fellow Erasmus Plus, Belgium	Erasmus Plus Universidade de Coimbra Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Pachón, Andrés; López Sanz, Hasan G. La derrota del rostre o l'arxiu com a ideologia. Valencia, Spain: Universitat de València. 2020. Published Pachón, Andrés. Máquina abstracta. Madrid, Spain: La micro. 2020. Published Pachón, Andrés. Tropologías. Madrid, Spain: La micro. 2015. Published
Book chapter	Pachón, Andrés. "The Mythical Speech of Artificial Intelligence: the Imaginary of an Autonomous Agency". In Anthropology and AI, edited by VandenBroek, Angela Kristin; Koycheva, Lora; Artz, Matt. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2025. In press Pachón, Andrés. "En los márgenes del rostro". In La memoria en los márgenes, 93-111. Madrid, Spain: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos y Fundación Anastasio de Gracia, 2023. Published
Conference paper	Pachón, Andrés. "Rostridad y caja negra. Errores endémicos de las tecnologías biométricas". Paper presented in Norma y Disidencia. Repensar la ciudadanía desde el cuerpo, Valencia, 2019. Published
Exhibition catalog	Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Viajes utópicos. Diputación de Huesca, 2024. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Herbarios Imaginados: entre el arte y la ciencia. Ediciones Complutense, 2020. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. XXVII Edición de Circuitos de Artes Plásticas. Dirección General de Promoción Cultural de la Oficina de Cultura y Turismo de la Comunidad de Madrid, 2017. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Cuestionamiento. Dirección General de Promoción Cultural de la Oficina de Cultura y Turismo de la Comunidad de Madrid, 2016. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Fármaco de lo real. Galería Ángeles Baños, 2010.
Journal article	Pachón, Andrés. "Interfaces Epistémicas de Visualización e Interpretación: una Posible Resistencia al Mito de la Agencia Autónoma en la IA". Revista de Comunicação e Linguagens 60 (2024): 91-113. https://doi.org/10.34619/4dfk-zizw. Open access • Published Pachón, Andrés. "Cognición Artificial: Delegación de Inteligencia en la Era Digital". ASRI - Arte y Sociedad. Revista de Investigación 17 (2019): 84-95. https://revistaasri.com/article/view/5383/5580. Open access • Published • 10.5281/zenodo.7656609
Journal issue	Pachón, Andrés; Pinho, Ana Catarina. "Mythologies of the 21st Century". Archivo Papers. Journal of Photography and Visual Culture 1 2 (2021): https://archivopapersjournal.com/ojs/index.php/apj/issue/view/6. Published • Invited editor Pachón, Andrés; Pinho, Ana Catarina. "Mythologies of the 21st Century". Archivo Papers. Journal of Photography and Visual Culture 1 1 (2021): https://archivopapersjournal.com/ojs/index.php/apj/issue/view/5. Published • Invited editor
Magazine article	Martiínez-Jacquet, Elena; Pachón, Andrés. "The Defeat of the Face (or, A Shake-Up in the Archives)", Tribal , 2020, https://www.tribalartmagazine.com/en/back-issues/205-tribal-96-summer-2020.html. Pachón, Andrés. "Andrés Pachón. Territorio", MATADOR, 2014, https://tienda.lafabrica.com/revista-matador/3277-matador-p-espana-2022.html.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Visualización y Cognición: una Antropología con Inteligencia Artificial". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2025. Pachón, Andrés. "Cognición Artificial: Delegación de Inteligencia en la Era Digital". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2019.
Website	Pachón, Andrés. Andrés Pachón. 2010. https://www.andrespachon.com.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition

"Class(h)" (Solo Exhibition), Shazar Gallery, Naples (Italy). 2021.
"Máquina abstracta" (Solo Exhibition), Galería Ángeles Baños, Badajoz (Spain). 2020.
"La derrota del rostre o l'arxiu com a ideologia" (Solo Exhibition), Centro Cultural La Nau, Valencia (Spain). 2020.
"Magic Lantern" (Solo Exhibition), Rodriguez Gallery, Poznan (Poland). 2016.
"The Fletcher Series" (Solo Exhibition), Galería Ángeles Baños, Badajoz (Spain). 2015.
"Tropologías" (Solo Exhibition), Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid (Spain). 2015.
"Móviles Inmutables" (Solo Exhibition), La New Gallery, Madrid (Spain). 2014.
"Tropologías (del estudio de Fernando Debas)" (Solo Exhibition), Centro de Arte de Alcobendas, Madrid (Spain). 2014.
"Dioramas" (Solo Exhibition), VIVA Videoart Festival, Galería Espacio Valverde, Madrid (Spain). 2013.
"In Memoriam" (Solo Exhibition), Galería Ángeles Baños, Badajoz (Spain). 2012.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/07/17	Una antropología intervencionista y prospectiva con Inteligencia Artificial	IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia Escola de Gestão e Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
2024/03/13	Discursos e Acções na Programação de IA: do Mito da Inteligência Autónoma à Acção Social da Inteligência Colectiva	DCV Talks Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/02/21	Fotografía, inteligencia artificial y práctica artística	29 Edición Jornadas de Diseño Escuela Superior de Diseño de La Rioja - ESDIR (La Rioja, Spain)
2024/02/05	Visualização e Cognição: uma antropologia com a Inteligência Artificial	Antropoweek Núcleo de Estudantes de Antropologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/07/07	Epistemic Interfaces of Visualization and Interpretation. Knowledge co-composition with Artificial Vision	Arts and Humanities in Digital Transition Conference Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Nova Institute of Communication (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/03/11	Fotografía computacional y creación contemporánea	I Congreso Internacional "Sobre fotografía. Conversaciones desde la creación, educación, industrias y patrimonio" Plataforma Centro de Fotografía e Imagen (Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain)
2022/09/08	Interfaces interpretativas: imágenes algorítmicas para multiplicar imaginarios.	VIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2022/06/06	Agencies of Technological Cognitive Ecology: Working in Co-composition with Artificial Vision	Anthropology, AI and the Future of Human Society Royal Anthropological Institute (United Kingdom)
2021/12/15	Marcar y desvelar: manipulación e intervención del medio fotográfico como proceso artístico	Bordeando líneas. Seminario internacional de dibujo contemporáneo Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain)
2020/11/07	Máquina abstracta: atravesar la caja negra del fenómeno de la IA a través de la práctica artística	Jornada de Inteligencia Artificial y dispositivos electrónicos GPS en el arte Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain)
2019/10/25	Rostridad y caja negra. Errores endémicos de las tecnologías biométricas	Congreso "Norma y Disidencia. Repensar la ciudadanía desde el cuerpo" IVAM- Institut Valencià d'Arte Modern (Valencia, Spain)
2017/05/24	Plano/Contraplano: Microescenarios de la Imagen Colonial	Artist Talk Andrés Pachón. Plano/Contraplano: Microescenarios de la Imagen Colonial Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid, Spain)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/12 - 2024/12	Film Screening. Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (Colombia) Exhibition	Mentalidad colonial. La alteridad y la herencia (Intersección Echoes) Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia Intersección (Festival Internacional de Cine A Coruña), Spain
2024/09/13 - 2024/11/17	Group Exhibition curated by Pedro Vicente-Mullor Exhibition	Viajes Utópicos (Visiona Huesca) Diputación de Huesca, Spain
2024/02/02 - 2024/02/04	Art Fair, represented by Shazar Gallery Exhibition	Arte Fiera (Bologna) Arte Fiera, Italy
2023/02/22 - 2023/02/26	Art Fair, represented by Galeria Ángeles Baños Exhibition	ARCO ARCOmadrid, Spain
2023/02/17 - 2023/02/19	Art Fair, represented by Shazar Gallery Exhibition	Investec Cape Town (South Africa) Investec Asset Management Holdings Pty Ltd Cape Town, South Africa
2022/08/25 - 2022/08/28	Art Fair ("Class(h)" solo project), represented by Shazar Gallery Exhibition	Art-o-rama (Marseilles) Art-o-rama, France
2022 - 2022	Group Exhibition curated by MEIAC Exhibition	¿Qué hay de nuevo? MEIAC (Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo), Spain
2021/07/07 - 2021/07/11	Art Fair, representen by Galería Ángeles Baños Exhibition	ARCO ARCOmadrid, Spain
2021 - 2021	Group Exhibition curated by Tomás Zarza and Miguel Moñita. Sala Ateneo de Madrid Exhibition	La Memoria en los Márgenes Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
2020 - 2020	Group Exhibition curated by Toya Legido and Luis Castelo. Centro de Arte Complutense Exhibition	Herbarios Imaginados. Entre el Arte y la Ciencia Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Bellas Artes, Spain
2020 - 2020	Group Exhibition at PhotoEspaña Festival	Foto No Foto (PhotoEspaña) PhotoEspaña, Festival Internacional de Fotografía, Spain Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Spain
2019 - 2019	Group Exhibition - Art Award "Prémio de Arte Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia" Exhibition	"A/A8" Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Portugal Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Art Fair, represented by Galería Ángeles Baños Exhibition	ESTAMPA (Madrid) ESTAMPA Art Fair, Spain
2016/11/05 - 2017/01/14	Group Exhibition curated by Martim Dias Exhibition	Questionamento Comunidad de Madrid, Spain Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Group Exhibition curated by Virginia Torrente - Art Grant XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas Exhibition	XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
2016/10/01 - 2016/12/01	Group Exhibition curated by Juan Luís Toboso. Pavilhão de Exposições da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Porto (Portugal) Exhibition	Le monde ou rien Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
2016/02/19 - 2016/02/19	Round table with Ana Catarina Pinho, Andrés Pachón, Santiago Morilla, moderated by Martim Dias Round table	Territorio de Posibilidad Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
2016 - 2016	Art Fair ("Magic Lantern" solo project), represented by Galería Ángeles Baños Exhibition	ESTAMPA (Madrid) ESTAMPA Art Fair, Spain
2015/06/02 - 2015/07/04	Group Exhibition at PhotoEspaña Festival	Transvisiones (PhotoEspaña) PhotoEspaña, Festival Internacional de Fotografía, Spain Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Spain
2014/06/21 - 2015/01/06	Group Exhibition curated by Juan Guardiola. MUSAC. Exhibition	Colonia apócrifa. Imágenes de la colonialidad en España Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
2015 - 2015	Art Fair, represented by Galería Ángeles Baños Exhibition	Volta 11 (Basel) VOLTA Art Fair, Switzerland
2015 - 2015	Art Fair, represented by La New Gallery Exhibition	Art London Art London (art fair), United Kingdom
2014/03/01 - 2014/03/01	Film Screening at Rencontres Internationales. New cinema and contemporary art (France) Festival	Rencontres Internationales. New cinema and contemporary art Rencontres Internationales. New cinema and contemporary art, France Gaîté lyrique, France
2014 - 2014	Art Fair, represented by Galería Ángeles Baños Exhibition	ARCO ARCOmadrid, Spain
2013/11/20 - 2013/12/01	Video Group Exhibition curated by Cristina Navarro Exhibition	Recorridos por el cine / Wege ums Kino - Spanish Video and Cinema Embajada de España en Berlín, Germany
2013 - 2013	Art Fair, represented by Galería Ángeles Baños Exhibition	JustMad JustMad, Spain
2012/09/09 - 2012/09/14	Artist Meeting Residency Meeting	II Encontro de Artistas Novos Ciudade da Cultura de Galicia, Spain
2012/06/01 - 2012/07/01	Group Exhibition - International Art Award Grünenthal Exhibition	Que a dor não seja mais do que uma recordação Fundação Grünenthal, Portugal Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal
2010/10/09 - 2011/12/10	Group Exhibition - Photo Award eCREA Festival	eCREA - Festival Emergent Lleida Festival Emergent Lleida, Spain
2010/03/01 - 2010/04/20	Group Exhibition cuarated by Óscar Alonso Molina Exhibition	Fármaco de lo Real Galería Ángeles Baños, Spain
2010 - 2010	Art Fair, represented by Galería Ángeles Baños Exhibition	Arte Santander Arte Santander (Feria de Arte), Spain

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/01/01 - Current	Archivo Papers. Journal of Photography and Visual Culture (2184-9218)	Archivo Press

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2025/06/01 - Current	Archivo. Photography and Visual Culture International Platform	Network Member
2019/01/01 - Current	Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (APA)	Sócio

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020/01/01 - Current	Advisory Committee in "Archivo. Photography and Visual Culture International Platform"	Archivo Platform, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/01/23 - 2025/06/19	"Arte contemporáneo, fotografía e Inteligencia Artificial"	Inteligencia Artificial - Arte e Imagen	Lens - Escuela de artes visuales, Spain
2024/02/21 - 2024/02/22	Workshop "Fotografía y Promtografía: interpretación humana en la fotografía algorítmica"	(Outros)	Escuela Superior de Diseño de La Rioja - ESDIR, Spain

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2024/02/26	Interview "El arte es una carrera de fondo en la que reinventarse", 29 Jornadas de Diseño ESDIR (La Rioja)	El Día de La Rioja
2020/09/19	Interview "Máquina Abstracta nos permite ver a través de los ojos de una inteligencia artificial", "Máquina Abstracta" Solo Exhibition, Galería Ángeles Baños, Badajoz.	HOY Badajoz
2017/03/01	Interview "Fichados. Andrés Pachón"	masdearte.com
2014/11/13	Interview "Andrés Pachón. El estudio dentro de un ordenador"	ABC Cultural

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2024/06/20 - 2024/06/20	Antropia	Video Interview "Andrés Pachón – Sobre Antropologia e Inteligência Artificial"
2024/02/26 - 2024/02/26	Noticias TVR (Televisión La Rioja)	Video Interview "El artista madrileño Andrés Pachón inaugura las Jornadas de Diseño de la ESDIR"
2016/04/02 - 2016/04/02	Oral Memories - Plataforma del Ministerio de Cultura y Desportes de España.	Video Interview "Oral Memories: Andrés Pachón"
2015/04/07 - 2015/04/07	Ministerio de Cultura de España (Youtube Channel)	Video Interview "Tropologías. Andrés Pachón"
2015/03/02 - 2015/03/02	Fluido rosa - Radio 3 (Radio Nacional de España)	Radio Interview "Tropologías. Andrés Pachón"
2014/10/27 - 2014/10/27	Fluido rosa - Radio 3 (Radio Nacional de España)	Radio Interview "FOROSUR 2014"
2013/09/12 - 2013/09/12	El ojo crítico - Radio 3 (Radio Nacional de España)	Radio Interview "Tropologías (del estudio de Fernando Debas). Andrés Pachón"

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/01/01 - Current	ASRI. Arte y Sociedad. Revista de Investigación en Artes y Humanidades Digitales (2174-7563)	Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Distinctions

Award

2025	Prémio UC-Life Sciencies - Anthropology Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2020	Top 3% Students Award 2018-2019 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019	Art Award (1º Place) - Prémio de Arte Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Portugal
2016	Art Award - XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
2014	Art Award - IX Premio ARCO BEEP de Arte Eletrónica Colección BEEP de Arte Electrónico, Spain ARCOmadrid, Spain
2014	Art Award - XVII Premio de Arte El Brocense Institución Cultural El Brocense, Spain
2012	Art Award - V Premio Internacional de Arte Fundación María José Jové Fundación María José Jové, Spain
2010	Photography Award - Premio de Fotografía eCREA Emergent Lleida (Festival Internacional de Fotografía y Artes Visuales), Spain

Other distinction

2020	Doctoral Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019	Research Fellowship - Beca Leonardo a Investigadores y Creadores Culturales Fundación BBVA, Spain
2018	Master Student Fellow Erasmus Plus, Belgium
2017	Art Grant - Ayuda a la Creación de Artes Visuales de la Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
2015	Production/Mobility Art Grant - Transvisiones Centro de la Imagen de Lima, Peru