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BIOGRAPHY

Colombian born, Paris based and expelled from École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 2009, Nieto is a mixed-media artist, today he is represented by Da-End Gallery  in France, he works as a painter, musician, filmmaker/performer ( produced by Atour de Minuit ) and most recently as stage visual director of Operas ( produced by Le Balcon ) .

Nieto's weird world is baroque and ironic, blending fiction with a highly streak of dry humour and intriguing visual tricks.

His artistic view has also playfully adapted into the advertisement world; he is currently represented as a director by Stink Films in Europe, Asia, Russia and South America and Ghost Robot in USA.
He has directed several TV commercials for known brands since 2005.

ART PROJETS

2020
Le Fils de l’Homme 
(libretto and art direction) Opera by  Marco Suárez-Cifuentes, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE


2019
Samstag Aus Licht
(création visuelle) Opera by  Karlheinz Stockhausen , Cité de la Musique, Paris, FR
L’Agneau Mystique 
(libretto and art direction), Opera by  Marco Suárez-Cifuentes, Théâtre de l’Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris, FR
Jakob Lenz
(stage direction and visuals) Opera by  Wolfgang Rihm , Théâtre de l’Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris, FR
La Métamorphose 
(direction of movie) Opera by  Michaël Levinas, screened at Théâtre de l’Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris, FR

2018
Workshop
Multivision Festival , Ermitage museum, Saint-Pétersbourg, RU
Tétramorphes
(libretto and art direction) Opera by  Marco Suárez-Cifuentes, Biennale de Venise, Teatro alle Tese, Venise, IT
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
(stage direction and visuals) Music by Olivier Messiaen , Auditorio León de Greiff, Bogotá, CO

2017
I will wear your bitch tongue as a tie 
(video performance)
Imagine Science Film Festival, Caveat, New York, USA Garras de Oro
(stage direction and visuals) Opera by Juan-Pablo Carreño , ciné-concert, Théâtre de l’Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris, FR
Tétramorphes 
(libretto and art direction) Opera by Marco Suárez-Cifuentes, La Marbrerie, Montreuil, FR
Chimeras
(Performance), Imagine Science Films Festival, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, FR
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
(stage direction and visuals) Music by Olivier Messiaen , Théâtre de l’Athénée Louis- Jouvet, Paris, FR et Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, CO
Jakob Lenz
(stage direction and visuals) Opera by Wolfgang Rihm , Festival Dialoge, Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzbourg, DE

2016
Monologue for a mechanical spider
(stage direction and art direction) Music by Marco Suárez-Cifuentes , Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín; Festival de Danza de la Ciudad de Bogotà, CO ; Biennale Nemo, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, FR

2015
La Métamorphose
(stage direction and visuals) Opera by Michaël Levinas , Théâtre de l’Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris ; l’Avant Seine / Théâtre de Colombes, FR
Garras de Oro 
(stage direction and visuals) Music by Juan-Pablo Carreño, cine-concert, Sala de conciertos BLAA, Bogotá ; Teatro Amira de la Rosa, Barranquilla ; Iglesia de San Pedro Claver- FICCI, Cartagena, CO

2014
All we need is slaves
(workshop and direction movie), Festival Kinomoscow, Moscou, RU
Plip / Scratched Shadows
(stage direction and visuals) Music by Pedro Garcia Velasquez, Le Rocher de Palmer, Cenon, FR
Métacinéma appliqué
(performance), Festival Multivision, Saint-Pétersbourg, RU

2013
Catboom
(workshop and video installation), Musée Erarta, Saint-Pétersbourg, RU
Pierrot lunaire
(stage direction and visuals) Opera by Arnold Schoenberg , Opéra, Théâtre de l’Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris, FR
Paroles et musique
(stage direction) Libretto by Samuel Beckett , Théâtre de l’Athénée-Louis-Jouvet, Paris, FR.Garras de Oro
(stage direction and visuals) Music by Juan-Pablo Carreño, Ciné-concert, Église Saint-Eustache, Paris, FR

2012
Sus Mus
(musical performance), Le Balcon aux Enfers, Les Voûtes, Paris, FR
Plip / Scratched Shadows
(stage direction and visuals)  Music by Pedro Garcia Velasquez, Paris Quartiers d’été, Les Voûtes, Paris, FR
Sus Mus 
(musical performance), Imagine Science Films Festival, Dublin, UK

2010
Lazarov
(video performance), Rooftop film Festival, New York, USA
Finger fighter
(video performance), Festival du Film de Séoul, KO
Minneapolis 
(video performance)
Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis, US

2007
Nietopolis
(interactif show), Festival Creator Series, Paris, FR ; New York, Los Angeles, USA
A la baguette
(video performance), Festival international du court-métrage, Clermont Ferrand, FR

2006
Far West
(video performance), Sagunt Short Film Festival, ES ; Odense International Film Festival, DK ; European Animated Film Festival Balkanima, Belgrade, SRB & ME

2005
Carlitopolis
(video performance), 28 Meg@ d’Art, Villeurbanne, FR ; e-magiciens, Valenciennes, FR ; Festival international du court-métrage, Clermont Ferrand, FR ; Anima, Bruxelles, BE ; Clap98, Sens, FR ; Les Etranges Nuits du Cinema, La Chaux de Fonds, CH ; Festival des Très Courts, Gentilly, FR ; Cinémaginaire, Argelès s/ Mer, FR ; Diba: Digital Barcelona Film Festival, ES ; Animago, Stuttgart, DE ; Expresion en Corto, Mexico, MX ; Fresh Film Fest, Prague, CZR ; Jajal International of Shorts of Humor, Saragossa, ES ; La Boca del Lobo, Madrid, ES ; FEC_ REUS, European Short Film Festival of Reus, ES ; Odense International Film Festival, DK