Bryan Giuseppi Rodriguez Cambana

Lima, Callao; Perù / 1991

Lives and works in London, UK




Bryan Giuseppi Rodriguez Cambana (he/him, they/them) is an artist and filmmaker based in London. He holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a BFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His practice spans moving image, performance, installation, and collaborative platforms, informed by extensive experience in arts education, curatorial initiatives, public programmes, and cultural production across the UK, the US, and Latin America.

In 2025, Rodriguez Cambana received the LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire Award and was awarded a Fundación Botín Art Grant, with a solo exhibition at Fundación Botín (Santander, Spain) scheduled for late 2026.

Rodriguez Cambana redefines the concept of immersive new media through an interdisciplinary methodology to his artistic practice. The artist’s visual vocabulary combines stylistic elements of video, performance and installation, exploring mediatic intersections of these elements all at once. Deeply informed by themes of cultural identity and Afro Diasporic music genres, Rodriguez Cambana’s approach develops eclectic strategies of personal storytelling, lived subject matter, and the theater of the everyday. Parting from personal experiences, notions of community, and intimate narratives, Rodriguez Cambana recovers moments from history and places them in a visual context of contemporaneity. In his previous projects such as Ópera de Balcón, at Cell Project Space, the multilayered installation echoes intimate instances and spaces between Black/indigenous communities—with their particular understanding of what migration undertakes as a life experience— and reflections of performative nuances within conceptual and physical landscapes constantly changing. Rodriguez Cambana’s work problematizes socio-cultural notions of permanence, the complexity of memory and its adjacent biased emotional imagery. He creates, interprets, and translates his own lived reality in a critical attempt to decipher the history and narrative of the African diaspora collective identity. In doing so, he turns to the full array of semantic possibilities present in the deliberate use of mediums linked to memory and affective bonds in the archive.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Taking a Bow, Art Exchange, University of Essex (Colchester, 2025); Ópera de Balcón, Cell Project Space (London, 2022); Chela’s: Esa Vez Que Perreamos y Todos Nos Vieron, DES BAINS (London, 2022).

Recent group exhibitions include: Footnotes, Brixton House (London, 2023); De, Desde, En, Entre, Hacia, SET Woolwich / Peckham (London, 2023); Curved Space, PEER Gallery / ACME (London, 2022); Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021, Firstsite (Essex) and South London Gallery (London, 2021); Mattflix, Matt’s Gallery (London, 2021); Dancing to My Future, Deptford X (London, 2021); The Pigeon Pavilion, Bangkok Biennale (London, 2021). The artist has also presented work internationally at festivals and public programmes including the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (2020, Kassel), Transcinema International Film Festival (2019, Lima), and the Ghetto Biennale (2015, Port-au-Prince). His practice spans moving image, performance, installation, and collaborative platforms, informed by extensive experience in arts education, curatorial initiatives, public programmes, and cultural production across the UK, the US, and Latin America.

Rodriguez Cambana approaches immersive and time-based media through an interdisciplinary methodology that brings together video, performance, and installation. His visual language operates at the intersections of these forms, unfolding simultaneously across spatial, performative, and cinematic registers. Deeply informed by questions of cultural identity and Afro-diasporic musical traditions, his work develops eclectic strategies of personal storytelling that draw on lived experience, collective memory, and the theatre of the everyday. Departing from autobiographical narratives and intimate forms of community, Rodriguez Cambana revisits moments from history and re-situates them within contemporary visual and spatial contexts.





Our Exhibitions












Ópera de Balcón,
2022 - 2026
35 mm photograph, plexiglass shadowbox

7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in
20 x 30 cm
Feria Material, CDMX, 2026




Taking a Bow/Haciendo una Reverencia
2024-2025
installation
Art Exchange, Colchester, UK



Noelia and Thiara
Series of photographs commissioned as part of Metal’s ‘In Other Words’ publication, curated by Kate Marsh, Harold Offeh and Xavier de Sousa.
2022-2023
35mm Photography




installation view, Chela's: Esa vez que perreamos y todos nos vieron, DES BAINS
2022
Cardboard, pastel, LED lights, table, chairs, white neon light, turquoise wall paint, audio, timber, framed drawings




Cara de Niño
2019
performance, Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico, D.F.



EDUCATION2019 - 2021 Masters of Fine Arts at Goldsmith University, London, UK 2010 - 2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Taking a Bow, Solo exhibition, Art Exchange, Essex University, Colchester, UK;
2023 Footnotes, Brixton House, London, UK; De,Desde, En, Entre, Hacia, SET Woolich/Peckham, London, UK
2022 Ópera de Balcón, Solo exhibition at Cell Project Space, London, UK Synchronous Errors, FOLD, London, UK; Curved Space, PEER Gallery/ACME, London, UK; Chela’s: Esa Vez Que Perreamos y Todos Nos Vieron, Solo Exhibition at Des Bains, London, UK;
2021 Bloomberg’s New Contemporaries 2021, FirstSite, Essex and South London Gallery, London, UK; All that and a bag of Chips, DesBains Gallery, London, UK; Mattflix, Matt’s Gallery, London, UK; Cortópolis Festival Latinoamericano de Cortometrajes, Córdoba, AR; Dancing to My Future, Deptford X, Deptford, London, UK; La Placita: Crashing the Party, Goldsmiths Exhibition Hub, London, UK; The Pigeon Pavillion, The Bangkok Biennale, London, UK; Residencia Otro Norte, Lima, PE
2019 - 2020 DEAR DESTRUCTION, online exhibition, London, UK; Encuentro XI, Hemispheric Institute at NYU, D.F, MX; Waiting for the Session to Begin, Public Installation in Coney Island, More Art Public Art Grant, NY, NY; Goldsmiths Film festival, London, UK; Frontera Sur Festival: Tercer Festival Internacional De No_Ficción, Concepción, CL; Cinetorio Experimental Film Festival, Cali, CO; Transcinema Festival Internacional de Cine Vol 7, Lima, PE; 9° Festival Latinoamericano de Cortometrajes Cortópolis, Córdoba, AR; 37th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, DE; Hungry Eyes Festival, Giessen, DE
2016 - 2017 New Latin Wave, Brooklyn Bazaar, NY; Scared Crows, Womp Projects, Brooklyn, NY; The Great Black Expanse, Powrplnt, Brooklyn, NY; EXPO CHICAGO/Minimum Requirement, Silent Funny, Chicago, IL; Miami Performance Festival, Edge Zone, Miami, FL; SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;
2015 Emergency Index Vol. 3, Launch Party at L.A Book Fair at MOCA Geffen Contemporary, LA, CA; Performeando 2015, Queens Museum, Queens, NY; Todo Bajo Control 2015, AS220, Providence, RI; Millennial Tragedy, Press Street, New Orleans, LA; Bqstqn//Chicagq: Specialties of the House, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL; Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente 2015, Lima, PE; Wildlife Sanctuary, Samsøn Projects, Boston, MA; Muestra de Cine y Video Contemporáneo Peruano, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, AR; Encuentro IV/Espacio abierto a libre performance, No Name Gallery, Lima, PE; Ghetto Biennale 2015, Port-au-Prince, HT Docuperu XII, Lima, PE; Transcinema: International Nonfiction Film Festival, Lima, PE; ARTcetera, auction at AIDS ACTION, Boston, MA;
2014 Illuminus 2014 / Boston, MA Give & Get/Have & Take 2, Whitespace Gallery, Scotland, UK & Something Felix Gallery, Boston, MA Videada vol.4 & 6, El Galpon, Lima, PE; APUFF 2014, Lima, PE !Que Lástima! .2, The Beland Gallery @ the Essex At Center, Lawrence, Boston, MA;
2013 International Festival of The New Latin American Cinema, Havana, CU; Todo Bajo Control, La galeria@ Villa Victoria, Boston, MA; Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente, Lima, PE; Ripa, UQAM, Montreal, CA; Performeando at Grace Space, New York City, NY Miercoles de SOMA presents Daypussy SOMA, D.F, MX; Histories of Now: Space for Dialogue and Activism, Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA 2011 - 2012 Muestra Marrana, Barcelona, ES; Video raymi, Cusco, PE; Smash hits, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Boston, MA; Baby Shower, collaboration with Ximena Izquierdo Zona 30, Lima, PE; Performeada, collaboration with Ximena Izquierdo, El Galpon, Pueblo Libre, PE


SELECTED CURATORIAL EXPERIENCES 
2014 - 2018 Cozy by Sweety’s, POWRPLNT, Brooklyn, NY Jesus Loves Me Too in Concert at La Tea Theater featuring Jay Boogie, LES, NY; "US," film screening with BUFU collective, Brooklyn, NY; Edicion Especial at Cuchifritos Gallery & Project Space, ( Artist Alliance) featuring artists Elia Alba, Emmanuel Xavier, Raul Gonzales III, and Cecilia Gentili; Sweety's Radio Season 2, a monthly talk show and podcast featuring: Playground Coffee Shop, La Chamba Press and Maroon World, and Oscar Sanchez (Oscar1992); Palm Trees Swaying in a Hurricane at Five Myles Gallery, Sweety's, Brooklyn, NY; Black Radical Imagination, An Afrofuturist Film Showcase at the ICA Boston, MA; Sweety’s Radio, a monthly talk show and podcast featuring: Jay Boogie, Guarionex Rodriguez, Carlos Martiel, BLKBX and Mal Devisa (Strange Noir), Paloma Valenzuela, BBYMUTHA, Dell Hamilton, Intelligent Mischief, Hifadility, Thurmon Green, DJ SEGA; Flash Forward 2034 Imagining with Sweety’s Radio: Trap Orchestra, Boston, MA; First Class: Intro to Showbiz with Jay Boogie at Sweety’s | Samson Gallery, Boston, MA; Black Radical Imagination at Sweety’s Gallery and Musem of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Segregation,’performance by Carlos Martiel, curated by Sweety’s, at Samson Projects, Boston, MA; Passing By at Illuminus 2014, Boston, MA TRU LOVE at Sweety’s Gallery, Boston, MA; SWEAT at Sweety’s Gallery, Boston, MA; Beaching: Matan Golan at Sweety’s Gallery, Boston, MA; Pink, Gray, Navy and Cream: Paul Pescador at Sweety’s Gallery and Anthony Greaney, Boston, MA; Volando Bajito, La Galeria at Villa Victoria, Boston, MA; Another Spectacle/Foster Prize Exhibition, Sweety’s collaboration with Ricardo De Lima, ICA, Boston, MA; Bqstqn//Chicagq collaboration: Specialties of the House, Sweety’s and Chicagq at Comfort station, Chicago, IL;
2012 - 2013 Pared Pizarra: Castillos at Zona 30 with Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz, Wonhee Cho & Aaron Lopez, Lima, PE; ¡Qué Lástima! .1 at Godine Gallery, Boston, MA


PRESS & ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
2023 STRIKE, Forma HQ, London, UK
2022 In Other Words Publication (commision), London, UK; Art Monthly No. 454, London, UK; Tique: Publication on Contemporary Art, Six questions, BE/NL; ARTEFACT, online publication, London, UK (https://www.artefactmagazine.com/2022/03/14/opera-de-balcon-acelebration-of-coded-messages/)
2014 - 2020 FRONTERA SUR 2020: QUÉ LINDA, DETENERTE EN EL PULSO, HOME, LOS AÑOS Y MACAO, desistfilm (https://desistfilm.com/frontera-sur-2020-que-linda-detenerte-en-el-pulsohome-los-anos-y-macao/); Arts Collective Sweety’s Uplifts Black & Brown Artists With Its For Us, By Us Philosophy, REMEZCLA (https://remezcla.com/features/music/sweetys-profile/); Accent Magazine, "The Kids are Right On!" London, UK; Emergency Index: An Annual Document Of Performance Practice Vol. 3, Ugly Duckling Press, NY; Emergent Art Space, Artist Feature Get Slapped at Sweetys: Young Artists Open New Gallery, DigBoston.com, Boston, MA; Art in the Innovation Hub Part 3: Artists, BigRedandShiny.com, Boston, MA; Latino Caribbean Artists, latinocaribbeanartists.tumblr.com Diaspora Drama Zine Issue. 2, www.diasporadrama.com Picó Picante: Celebrating four years of politics on the dance floor, Remezcla, New York, NY; New shows question identity, embrace earthy contemplation, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA; A Boston Podcast by and for Artists of Color, Hyperallergic, Boston, MA; Cine Peruano 2015: La gran ilusión (II) Un Ojo Salvaje, reflexiones sobre el cine peruano, Lima, PE; Love in Public and Sweety’s Radio Podcasts Aim To Bring Visibility Through Voice, 90.9WBUR, The Artery; Bryan Rodriguez and Tween Rappers, Clocktower Radio, Brooklyn, NY
2013 ¡Qué Lástima!, BigRedandShiny.com, Boston, MA; Habrá post Festival Lima Independiente 2013, La Republica, Lima, PE; Interview for La Mar Brava Screening, Canal 7, Noticias, Lima, PE; Volvamos a hablar de cine en el Perú, OtroCine.com, Lima, PE; Catálogo De Lima Independiente 2013, Lima, PE; Argentine Film P3ND3JO5 Wins Lima Independent International Film Fest, CinemaTropical.com; Show Announcement (with Daypussy), La ciudad de Frente, No. 1, Mexico, D.F.; Un Ejercicio Del Espíritu, maderasalvaje.blogspot.com, Mexico, D.F.; La Claqueta, Palente, Havana, CU


RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire Award Edition Three, London, UK; Participatory Residency at Gasworks, London, UK; Engaging Artists Fellowship at More Art, NYC, NY; New Contemporaries Digital Fellowship, London, UK; ACME Studio residency, London, UK; §üb∫amsøñ at Samsøn Gallery Studio Residency/Boston, MA; TrueQué-Localidad Alterna Studio Residency/Ayampe, EC; LES Studio Program, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, NYC, NY; Engaging Artists Fellowship at More Art, NYC, NY; Vermont Studio Residency/Johnson, VT; §üb∫amsøñ at Samsøn Gallery Studio Residency/Boston, MA; Zona 30 Studio Residency/Lima, PE; SOMA summer Residency/ D.F, MX


AWARDS
2012-2026 LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire Award Edition Three, London, UK; Fundación Botín Grant, ES; Art Council Project Grant, London, UK; Art Council Project Grant, London, UK; ACME Studio Prize, London, UK; Special Jury Mention, 9° Festival Latinoamericano de Cortometrajes Cortópolis, Córdoba, AR; Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA; Materials and Research Award, London, UK; Covid-19 Student Hardship Fund, Goldsmiths University, London, UK; Public Art Grant/Artist Project Support, More Art, NY, NY; Best Film for ‘Pedro Navaja’ at Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente, Lima, PE; Best Film for ‘La Mar Brava’ at Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente, Lima, PE; President’s Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; President’s Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA


LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2023 Guest Artist for MA Arts and Learning Partnership, Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK; Open Studios presentation, Gasworks, London, UK; Queer Tropical Frames,’ screening of ‘La Mar Brava Trilogy and talk, Cambridge University, Cambridge,UK;
2022 Cajon Remix,’ music workshop as part of the exhibition, ‘Ópera de Balcón’ with IRMO and Latin American Youth Forum (LAYF) at Cell Project Space, London, UK; Horror Beats,’ as part of the exhibition, ‘Ghost Show’ at Copeland Park, London, UK;
2012 - 2018 Workshop with Miguel Andrade, Lima, PE; Sweetys, First Year Program at School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Sweetys Live at The Cooper Union Great Hall| School of Art, NYC, NY


COLLECTIONS 
Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA), University of Essex, UK;
Matt’s Gallery, Mattflix, London, UK;
Samsøñ Gallery, Boston, MA