Marco Pando is an artist, flmmaker and researcher who lives and works between Amsterdam/Netherlands, Berlin/Germany and Lima/Peru.
He holds a BA in fne arts from the Pontifcia niversidad Católica del Perú. Between 2005 and 2006 he attended the prestigious Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and has since been selected as artist in residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2018) as well as at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris/France (2021).
Marco Pando has won several art awards, including First Prize in the National Painting Contest (2019), organized by the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP Museum).
His flms and videos have been featured at various international festivals, such as the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands; the Biennale of Moving Images in Buenos Aires/Argentina; and Rencontres Internationales in Berlin and Madrid, among others. Additionally, his videos are part of the collection of the Eye Film Museum in Amsterdam and several of his flm projects have been produced by the Mondriaan Fund.
Pando’s work explores poetic narratives that traverse geographical and historical boundaries. Having lived between Europe and South America, he navigates the cultural differences between these regions, experiencing himself as a bridge between European culture and his Latin American roots. He regards himself as an explorer, discovering his own peripheries in Europe, and collecting insights into cultural identities as he moves between different places, highlighting their similarities in varied contexts.
During his residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Pando will focus on reseaching the appropriation and traffcking of invasive and exotic plants during and after the European colonial period.
Personal Information
Name: Marco Pando
Birth: 19th May 1972 (Lima)
Citizenship: Peruvian
Languages skills: Spanisch, English, German, Dutch
Profession: Researcher, Artist, Filmmaker
Education
2005-2006: Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
1998-2002: Facultad de Arte de la Universidad Católica, Lima
1995-1997: Estudios Generales Letras en la Universidad Católica, Lima
1995: Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Lima
Residencies
2025: Atelietata/Galeriata in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Bulgaria (September-November)
2024-2025: Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart/Germany (October-August)
2021: Atelier Cité Internationale des arts, Paris/France (June-December)
2018: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin/Germany (April-July)
2013-2014: Research project: Cultural Conqueror. Paramaribo, Suriname
2008: European Postgraduate residency, Hoyerswerda/Germany
2005-2006: Rijksakademie vanbeeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Grants/Awards
2025: Sculpture prize-Britanico Cultural, short list, Lima
2020: Art prize Icpna Cultural, Short list, Lima
2017: First Prize at the BCRP-National painting contest,
2016: Mondriaan Fonds, grant for short film »Walks of Desire«, Netherlands
Arts Council England grant for Languitecture group exhibition, UK Mondriaan Fonds, international presentation with »Spider« in Buenos Aires
2014: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten, Netherlands
2013: Spring exhibition, short list, Denmark, Berliner Kultur Förderung, Germany, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten, Netherlands
Solo Shows
2025: Kunstraum Wunderkammer, Stutgart/Germany; Mundo Macabro, Gallery 80m2, Lima/Peru (up-coming)
2022: Tarzan de Macetero, Gallery 80m2, Lima/Peru
2019: Huaquero de Museos, Central Museum, Lima/Peru
2017: Cultural Conqueror, Gallery 80m2, Lima/Peru
2016: Biennale of the Movement Image, Buenos Aires/Argentinia
2014: Back to the Temple of the Sun, Gallery 80m2, Lima/Peru
2011: Walks of Desire, Gallery 80m2, Lima/Peru
2010: Filmmuseum, Amsterdam/Netherlands
2008: The End of cinema, De Verschijning, Tilburg/Netherlands
Group Shows (Selection)
2025: Open Studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart/Germany; Eye on research lab, curated by Fidel Enciso, Eye filmmuseum Amsterdam/Netherlands (up-coming)
2024: Open Studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart/Germany; Parc Lima/Peru
2023: Al colegio no voy mas, curator Canal Museal, Icpna, Lima/Peru
2022: Cinema Ecologica + Climate Grief, curated by Anna Abrahams. Eye film museum, Amsterdam/Netherlands; Walks of Desire, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam/Netherlands; Los rios pueden existir sin aguas pero no sin orillas, curated by Giuliana Vidarte and Christian Bendayán, Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Lima/Peru
2021: nternational Film Festival Transcinema. presentation of two films ‘Back to the temple of the Sun”(2014) and “Dracula Reloaded” (2020), as part of the program: Foco Redefinir desde la negación curated by Viola Varotto and Mauricio Godoy; Lima/Peru
2019: ‘Miradas por Espacios’ curated by José-Carlos Mariátegui and Jorge Villacorta
Bibliography (Selection)
2025: Kunst mit invasiven Arten by Gabriele Danco, in the magazine Forum der Kulturen in Stuttgart/Germany
2023: Tarzan de Macetero by Carlos Leon Xjimenez
2019: Huaquero de Museos, booklet edited by Mucen BCRP, Lima/Peru
2018: Travelling in Another’s Footsteps from Annette Hans in the Magazine BE 25 edited by the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin/Germany;
Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America, Los Angeles/USA
2017: Carlos Leon Xjimenez, press release for the solo exhibition »Cultural Conqueror«
2016: Arte Peru, MATE, Mario Testino. Lima/Peru; José Carlos Mariátegui: Animación que complementa la realidad. La radicalidad de la imagen, Buenos Aires/Argentinia
2015: Satish Naidu: Best of 2014, movie-place.blogspot.de
2014: Rodrigo Quijano, press release for the solo exhibition ‘Walks of Desire’ Jaiver H.Estrada: Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, Madrid/Spain
2011: Ingrid Commandeur: ‘Nature as a form of Recycling’, Otterlo/Netherlands
2010: Pierre Emile Vandoorne: El proyeccionista Itinerante, Lima, PE
Filmography
2022: »Tarzan in Paris«, 8’ 7″, short film, Paris/France
2020: »Dracula Reloaded«, 6′ 16″,short film, Surinam/South America
2018: »Walks of desire«, 9’ 10″, short film installation, Amsterdam/Netherlands and Berlin/Germany
2016: »Projected museum«, 6’06’’, short film, Berlin/Germany; »Spider« 5’ 53’’, short film, Berlin/Germany
2014: »Back to the temple of the sun«, 63’, 16mm film transferred to DCP, Amsterdam/Netherlands and Lima/Peru
2010: »The Boat«, 9’, 16mm film, Amsterdam/Netherlands
2009: »8 hours work«, 9’ short film, Hoyerswerda/Germany
2008: »White Lung City«, 4’, animation, Amsterdam/Netherlands and Lima/Peru; »The End of Cinema«, 6’, animation, Amsterdam/Netherlands
2006: »The Bug man«, 5’32’’, animation, Amsterdam/Netherlands; »The king of the mountains«, 5’34’’, animation film installation, Amsterdam/Netherlands and Lima/Peru
2005: »Butterfly of the border«, 1’48’’, animation, Amsterdam/Netherlands
2003: »Tourist Hitchcock«, 4’80’’, animation, Lima/Peru
Lecture/Talks (Selection)
2025: »Metabolic Futures«, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart/Germany
2023: Guest lecture in Künstlerhaus Bethanien and The institute for Endotic Research, Berlin/Germany
2022: Cinema Ecologica + Climate Grief, curated by Anna Abrahams Eye film museum, Amsterdam/Netherlands; Musem of Art, MALI, Lima/Peru
2019: Mucen BCRP, Lima/Peru
2018: Show me your Architecture # 65, Künstlerhaus Bethanien , Berlin/Germany
2016: »Reconstructing the cinematic fabric as performative experience«, Biennale of the Movement Image, Buenos Aires/Argentinia
2014: »Back to the temple of the Sun«, with Jose Carlos Mariategui and Pierre Emile Vandoorne, Gallery 80m2, Lima/Peru; Los secretos de Tintin, Bisagra/Peru