Eduardo Vélez

Eduardo Vélez (1981) born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Has known as illustrator and designer under the moniker of Automata, showing his work in solo exhibitions, collaborations and publications out and inside of Ecuador. His mother is a public teacher, is the older brother of three. When he was a teenager create and conduct a class b television show named OtakuNoTV. For years he works as VJ for bands and create Gye-Ind, a community for local music sharing. All this meanwhile divide his time between being designer for a multinational tuna company and raising his two beautiful daughters. For a time he worked as Art and Creative Director in advertising agencies and received awards at festivals such as Cannes Lions and New York Festivals. Since 2010 he ventures into the field of audiovisual experimentation through the projects VAAV, Leporian, Gwykqll and Ruido Caliente  with whom he has performed at the main experimental festivals in Ecuador. Currently is part of the performatic duo UNKUL*KIX, presenting his first act “Tremor". Is part of Sociedad Anómica, editorial project focused in transversality in arts.