Alejandro Dron

TET, 2002

Alejandro Dron

creates sculptures that have implied and explicit movement. He uses the computer
to model his pieces in 3D and also to program microchips to activate motors that move his sculptures .
He works with a concept of absolut art, art that has no references or symbolic content, a way to experience the ultimate freedom.Short definition:Alejandro Dron is an 'absolut art' kinetic sculptor.Brief bio:Born in 1962 in Argentina.Alejandro Dron has shown nationally and internationally over the past 5 years.Latest exhibits include The New York Digital Salon and a Madi retrospective at the Museum Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain.Alejandro Dron got a Masters in Computer Art at School of Visual Arts in New York 1998. He has taught at SVA and ITP Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. He was a Fulbright Grantee in Visual Arts 1996 and in 2003 he was nominated for a Rockefeller Grant in New Media along with Mathew Barney.Alejandro Dron participated on the 2004 Newburgh Sculpture Project with a site specific sculpture called 'Zayin'. He has donated this piece to the ciy of Newburgh.He recently moved to Newburgh from Brooklyn.www.alejandrodron.com/tetwww.alejandrodron.com/tet/zayin