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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.
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

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)
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
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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
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
  1. Pachón, Andrés; López Sanz, Hasan G. La derrota del rostre o l'arxiu com a ideologia. Valencia, Spain: Universitat de València. 2020.
    Published
  2. Pachón, Andrés. Máquina abstracta. Madrid, Spain: La micro. 2020.
    Published
  3. Pachón, Andrés. Tropologías. Madrid, Spain: La micro. 2015.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. 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
  1. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Viajes utópicos. Diputación de Huesca, 2024.
  2. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Herbarios Imaginados: entre el arte y la ciencia. Ediciones Complutense, 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Cuestionamiento. Dirección General de Promoción Cultural de la Oficina de Cultura y Turismo de la Comunidad de Madrid, 2016.
  5. Various Authors; Pachón, Andrés. Fármaco de lo real. Galería Ángeles Baños, 2010.
Journal article
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. 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.
  2. Pachón, Andrés. "Andrés Pachón. Territorio", MATADOR, 2014, https://tienda.lafabrica.com/revista-matador/3277-matador-p-espana-2022.html.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Visualización y Cognición: una Antropología con Inteligencia Artificial". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2025.
  2. Pachón, Andrés. "Cognición Artificial: Delegación de Inteligencia en la Era Digital". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2019.
Website
  1. Pachón, Andrés. Andrés Pachón. 2010. https://www.andrespachon.com.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. "Class(h)" (Solo Exhibition), Shazar Gallery, Naples (Italy). 2021.
  2. "Máquina abstracta" (Solo Exhibition), Galería Ángeles Baños, Badajoz (Spain). 2020.
  3. "La derrota del rostre o l'arxiu com a ideologia" (Solo Exhibition), Centro Cultural La Nau, Valencia (Spain). 2020.
  4. "Magic Lantern" (Solo Exhibition), Rodriguez Gallery, Poznan (Poland). 2016.
  5. "The Fletcher Series" (Solo Exhibition), Galería Ángeles Baños, Badajoz (Spain). 2015.
  6. "Tropologías" (Solo Exhibition), Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid (Spain). 2015.
  7. "Móviles Inmutables" (Solo Exhibition), La New Gallery, Madrid (Spain). 2014.
  8. "Tropologías (del estudio de Fernando Debas)" (Solo Exhibition), Centro de Arte de Alcobendas, Madrid (Spain). 2014.
  9. "Dioramas" (Solo Exhibition), VIVA Videoart Festival, Galería Espacio Valverde, Madrid (Spain). 2013.
  10. "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
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 - Current 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

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