Bio
Felipe Fredes (b. 1977, Santiago, Chile) is a multidisciplinary artist and neuroscientist born and raised in Chile. His work explores the nexus between art and science, frequently using laboratory instruments and imagery in his art practice and subject matter. He received his B.A. in Biology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2003, and his Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Universidad de Chile in 2009. His multidisciplinary perspective started developing when Fredes was doing scientific research in Saitama, Japan, and began exploring the region’s rich art in museums. Later, he received private art training from a prominent artist in Vienna, Austria. Solo exhibitions include Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, New York; Gallery TESE, Aarhus, Denmark; Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; and Galerie Zwischendecke, Vienna, Austria. Group exhibitions include Chilean Conexión, Berlin, Germany; and Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid, Spain. He is a Fulbright Scholar, has been awarded three fellowships from the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research in Chile (CONICYT), received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST), and most recently, been appointed as an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University. He currently lives and works in Aarhus, Denmark.
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