Person

Raul Marroquin

Raul Marroquin was born in Bogota, Colombia, in 1948 and has lived in the Netherlands since 1971. He has worked with film, video and photography as well as installations. He is considered one of the pioneers of video art in the Netherlands.

In the early 70s while being a student at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht he published Fandangos, one of the first artists magazines in the world that included many of the Fluxus and conceptual artists of that period. In 1980 he produced The Link his first, live, satellite, interactive project connecting Manhattan Cable and Amsterdam cable television. Since 1991 he has produced the Hoeksteen Live! (radio and television). He lectures in universities and art academies in several European countries, North and South America and contributes with articles and essays in several special interest magazines both hard copy and on-line. His work form part of public and private collections all over the world.