Klaus Fruchtnis, Colombia / France
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Klaus Fruchtnis is a Paris based French-Colombian artist, researcher and educator. His research is based on the areas of photography, multimedia, digital drawing and media experimentation, as well as collective and participatory projects that involve art, technology, cultural, social and political aspects.
Klaus holds a Master of Design & Technology: Fine Arts & New Media from the Paris-Sorbonne University, two Bachelor’s degrees in Fine Arts from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts of Paris and Rennes, and has been part of the EnsadLab research program at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris. He is currently completing his PhD in Art History from the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour. |
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His practice and academic research foster more than the artistic aspect; it involves shared projects and initiatives with multicultural partners, new approaches to education and the development of digital literacy. As an artist committed to social and urban development projects, he believes that the role of an artist or a designer in the development of society is as important as that of an architect. His work has been exhibited, performed and published internationally.
Over the past few years, he has developed different projects with museums, art centers, correctional centers, local communities, city councils, universities, etc., and, as a result of this, he has created through his own practice, and as part of his artistic research, highly effective and innovative teaching techniques and pedagogical methods. These include a streaming educational channel with new media content, urban mobile workshops, and engaging in discussions with the directorate of cultural affairs of several cities in France in order to develop technological cultural policies. He is currently Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Chair of Photography / Transdisciplinary New Media departments at Paris College of Art.
Over the past few years, he has developed different projects with museums, art centers, correctional centers, local communities, city councils, universities, etc., and, as a result of this, he has created through his own practice, and as part of his artistic research, highly effective and innovative teaching techniques and pedagogical methods. These include a streaming educational channel with new media content, urban mobile workshops, and engaging in discussions with the directorate of cultural affairs of several cities in France in order to develop technological cultural policies. He is currently Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Chair of Photography / Transdisciplinary New Media departments at Paris College of Art.