Gustavo Fajardo (g1ft3d) is a Latin American XR Art Director, independent producer and digital artist based in Guatemala whose practice explores the technological frontier and the complex fusion of the human and the digital.
Between 2013 and 2016, he served as curator of Tumblr's GIF tag, showcasing bold, boundary-pushing work alongside artists who would go on to help define the ground for digital art aesthetic.
His work has been published and featured in The New York Times, Prompt Magazine, Oxford University Press, Juxtapoz, Vice, PBS OffBook Series and The Idea Channel.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with Atlantic Records on visual projects for artists such as Cardi B and Migos, and worked with Chavvo Studios, founded by Erick Tran (formerly of The Simpsons). His creative vision has captured the attention of international institutions such as Mardi 8, the team behind the Louvre Museum’s traveling immersive exhibition for the Mona Lisa.
With over 50 international collective exhibitions in galleries, museums, metaverse and notable NFT collections and charity events. His work has been part of The Wrong Biennale, the Suzanne Awards (Blender Conference, Amsterdam), and the Latin American Illustration Biennial Pictoline to name a few. His cinematic and XR projects have earned official selections at festivals including FECISO (Colombia), ANIMA,Córdoba (Argentina) as well screenings at CCMA (Centro cultural Miguel Angel Asturias) for ÍCARO Festival internacional de cine centroamericano, and Ivy Film Festival at Brown University.
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GUSTAVO FAJARDO
ART SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS
2026
Ivy Film Festival 2026, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.
Festival internacional de animación ANIMA 2026,Córdoba, Argentina
ÍCARO, Festival de cine centroamericano, Ciudad de Guatemala.
2025
Sogamoso Independent Film Festival (FECISO), Colombia.
Egyptian American Film Festival (AEFF), New York City, USA.
Miami Art Tech Summit 2025, Miami, USA.
AJR Vision Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain.
African Short Film Festival (ASIFF), Lagos, Nigeria.
Shcha7Sec, 7 Seconds Festival, InterFilm Berlin, Germany.
2022
The Suzanne Awards Showcase, Blender Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Tercera Bienal de Ilustración Pictoline, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City.
2018
Panama Animation Fest, Panama City, Panama.
2017
ScreenDance Festival, Dansmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2015
Cut Out Fest, Queretaro, Mexico.
(Galleries & Biennials)
2025 – 2026
Compost^ Pavilion, The Wrong Biennale.
Digital Dreams Pavilion, The Wrong Biennale.
Prayers to AI, The Wrong Biennale.
Digital Art Salon: The Visceral Glitch, The Skinny, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Segunda Caída, Brecha Art Show, Jalisco, Mexico.
2024
Fubar 2K24 Exhibition, Croatia – China.
Como será o futuro da cultura brasileira, BRIFW + Rio Innovation Week, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2023
Metatopia N.1, Hybrid Spaces, The Wrong Biennale / Aisthesislab / White Page Gallery.
2022
Tercera Bienal de Ilustración Pictoline (Finalist), Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City.
Pet de Artista, BRIFW, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Digital Futures, Portion / Decentraland Museum.
2021
CrypTokio, NFT Art Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan.
BRIFW: Showcase, Brazil.
Homeostasislab, Art Exhibit, Brazil.
Mea Culpa, Nft Art Exhibit, Antigua Guatemala.
2020
Fu:bar, VR Experience / Art Show, Zagreb, Croatia.
2019
Binaria, Muestra de Arte Digital, Cordoba, Argentina.
2018
Navi Gallery, VR Experience, Mexico City.
Replay.gif, Playtopia, The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa.
2017
Mutant Pavilion, The Wrong Biennale.
Tres_W: Digital Art Exhibition, Las Armas, Zaragoza, Spain.
toomuchinformation.gif, Upstairs on Bree, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sin puntos cardinales: Time to Think, Art Facto, Mexico City, Mexico.
2016
GLITCH / GLITCH: a one night only art installation, Peripheral Forms, Portland, Oregon, USA.
.GIF, Felt Zine x Matchbox Gallery, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
Festival Iberoamericano de Arte Electrónico, Casa de Cultura San Rafael, Mexico City.
FOMO 03, The RumShak, Glasgow, UK.
MicroCinema of Attractions, ArtOs Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Savannah GIF Art Festival, Pulse Art+Technology Festival, Georgia, USA.
Animating Transit, NY Transit Museum, New York City, USA.
2015
.GIF Interactive Arts Festival, Rainbow Connection, Vancouver, Canada.
.GIF Interactive Arts Festival, Coaxial, Los Angeles, USA.
Autotune: MegaGIF Compilation, Ateliers QuatrePourCent, Nancy, France.
Savannah GIF Art Festival, Pulse Art+Technology Festival, Georgia, USA.
2014
Curioos Digital Art Show, SoHo Gallery for Digital Art, New York, USA.
Fluidity, The Current Sea / Perh Space, Los Angeles, USA.
2013
UPLOAD, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts / NewHive, San Francisco, USA.
I Want More, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan.
Auto-Suggestion, Lincolnshire, England.
2012
Born in 1987: The Animated GIF, The Photographers' Gallery, London, England.
System Error: A Showcase of Glitch Art, Minneapolis, USA.
2011
10x10 Córdoba, La Cúpula Galería de Arte, Córdoba, Argentina.
FILM SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS
2025
Nominee: Best VR Experience, Sogamoso Independent Film Festival (FECISO), Colombia.
Nominee: Best Experimental, AJR Vision Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain.
2022
Finalist, Tercera Bienal de Ilustración Pictoline, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City.
2016
Winner: Best GIF, MicroCinema of Attractions, ArtOs Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
AWARDS AND HONORS
The New York Times, USA.
Wired, USA.
The Creators Project / VICE, USA.
Juxtapoz, USA.
Oxford University Press, New York, USA.
Fast Co. Create (Fast Company), New York, USA.
PBS OffBook Series: “The Art of Glitch”, USA.
PBS Idea Channel: “Glitch Art Shows Us Broken is Beautiful”, USA.
WSJ (Wall Street Journal) Speakeasy, USA.
Hyperallergic, USA.
Mashable, New York, USA.
BuzzFeed, New York, USA.
American Journalism Review, USA.
Premio Arte Laguna, Venice, Italy.
District MTV, UK / New York.
PAGE Magazine, Germany.
Daily Post, UK.
Comedy Central, UK.
The Daily Dot, Austin, USA.
The Kernel (TDD), USA.
Animal New York, USA.
Remezcla, New York, USA.
CrossConnect Magazine, USA.
THIS IS SO CONTEMPORARY!, USA.
Playboy MX, Mexico.
A Zica, Brazil.
ArtLuv, Brazil.
Do Savannah, USA.
SCAD District, USA.
TIGO, Guatemala.
Siglo 21 (Magacin / Perfiles), Guatemala City.
FEATURES
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Artistic presence through exhibitions and screenings in America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
16+ YEARS
Continuous presence at the forefront of digital art, from the early GIF galleries to the latest editions of The Wrong Biennale.