Antonio Cortés González (b. Bogotá, Colombia) lives and works in London and Bogotá.
Education
2025 - 2026 Sculpture MA, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2024 Master’s in architecture, MArch, (Year 1 of 2, Transferred to Sculpture MA) Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2022 Bachelor’s in Architecture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2022 Minor in Fine Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2022 Minor in Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2026 Selected to present an installation in the Artecámara section, ARTBO Art Fair, Bogotá, Colombia.
2026 Shortlisted, Kenneth Armitage Foundation Annual Sculpture Prize, London, UK.
2026 Shortlisted, New Contemporaries, London, UK.
2026 Winstanley Culture trail, Wandsworth Council, Arts Council England. Comission for a public space intervention, London, UK.
2025 Lápiz de Acero Prize. For the project “El Magdalena: Una cuenca posible.” at the Museums of The Bank of the Republic of Colombia.
2025 Selected works “Making Kin”at BASE Milano at the Salone del Mobile, Milan Italy.
2025 Artist residency, Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum, Antwerp, Belgium.
2024 Recipient of “The Deputy Vice Chancellor’s International Scholarship”. Based on Academic merit, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2024 Recipient of the Colfuturo Scholarship (Colombia), for master’s studies abroad (Royal College of Art).
2022 XXII Annual Architecture Students, Bronze Medal, Third place. Colombian Society of Architects.
2022 V Colombian Biennial of Architecture Students. Proyect selected as finalist, Colombian Society of Architects, Colombia.
Exhibitions (Selection)
2027 Winstanley Culture trail, Wandsworth Council, Arts Council England, London, UK. (forthcoming)
2026 Mimimat, Exhibition, London, UK (forthcoming)
2026 “Un poder presente en todo cuerpo”, curated by Melissa Aguilar (Curator, Museo La Tertulia, Cali), Artecámara,
ARTBO, Ágora Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.
2026 “Human Archive”, Nexmarket, London Fashion Week, London, United Kingdom. A group exhibition inviting
designers and artists to share a single space.
2026 Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.
2025 Festus, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2025 “Making Kin” at BASE Milano at the Salone del Mobile, Milan Italy.
2025 Exhibition art residency at Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum, Antwerp, Belgium.
2025 WIP SHOW, Faculty of architecture, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2025 RIBA Revalidation Board exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2024 “El Magdalena: Una cuenca posible”, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Museos del Banco de la República,
Bogotá, Colombia.
2022 XXII ANNUAL ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS, Colombian Society of Architects, Bogotá, Colombia.
2021 Escalando. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.