Colombian-born, NYC based artist and musician Mario Andres Schambon explores his creative practice through language, familial histories, instrument building, improvisation, performance and object making.
Over the last two decades, he has performed or collaborated with notable artists such as Damo Suzuki, Susie Ibarra, Tashi Dorjii, Maria Chavez, Juliana Barwick, Roberto C. Lange (Helado Negro), Mia Doi Todd, and Ani Cordero, also appearing as a guest artist and performer at Middlebury College and Shadowlands Theatre.
His public sculptures and installations have highlighted the injustices of slavery at the Wanderer Memorial, Jekyll Island, GA, Illuminated and activated architectural spaces for the DesCours exhibitions hosted by the American institute of Architects in New Orleans, created site specific installations for the Bonnaroo music festival, Nuit Blance, Atlanta, GA and at The Doris McCarthy Gallery in Toronto, Canada.
Music
Sculpture/Installations
Drawing
Performance