Alejandro (Alex) Jaimes-Larrarte is a Colombian artist and research scientist. He uses multiple media (photography, film, video, performance, installation) to explore issues related to cultural differences, similarities, and cultural awareness. His work has been exhibited internationally, in the United States (En Foco and Monique Goldstrom Gallery, among others), Japan (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art), Chile (INCA-CEA, Santiago), Europe, and Colombia (solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá, and others). He holds a Ph.D. degree from Columbia University (New York) and he has studied photography at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá), Columbia University, ICP (NYC, and SVA (NYC). He has lived and worked in Bogotá (Colombia), New York (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Lausanne (Switzerland), Santiago (Chile), Madrid (Spain), Daejon (South Korea), and Barcelona (Spain).
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