YEAR ONE: AROUND THE SUN
Misael Josè Oquendo
Berry Bark
Macerated chambourcin
Middlebrow | 2024, michigan
Misael Oquendo (born in 1993 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)
is a video artist, writer, and researcher specializing in 3D design, experimental animation, and post-production editing. His work explores the cultural and emotional implications of technology, blending speculative storytelling, digital performance, and media aesthetics to examine how mediated environments shape perception and social experience. Oquendo received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016), an MA in Aesthetics & Politics from CalArts (2020), and has studied with the New Centre for Research & Practice. His work has been exhibited and screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center, Los Angeles Filmforum, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Human Resources LA, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Le Grand Action Cinema in Paris, and Guerrero Gallery in Los Angeles.