SEBASTIAN GUZMAN OLMOS













Sebastian Guzman Olmos (he/him) is an Argentine transdisciplinary designer, researcher, and curator based in Amsterdam. His work spans political engagement and cultural production, addressing systemic contradictions inherent in capitalist, extractivist, and (neo)colonial structures. His research and discourse interests are anchored in historical material analysis, class perspective, and revolutionary optimism. Often materializing through diverse practices, organizational efforts, and pedagogies.

Sebastian formerly studied at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Media and Culture Department. Additional non-institutional curricula include Organismo as a fellow at TBA21-Academy in Madrid; The People’s Forum in New York City; the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Berlin; and studies with Frente de Izquierda Unidad in Buenos Aires.



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


His work has been shown in TBA21-Academy (Madrid), Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven), Museum de Fundatie (Zwolle), Design Museum Ghent (Ghent), Kazerne (Eindhoven), Bruxelles Environnement (Brussels), Guan Shanyue Art Museum (Shenzhen), and The Central House of Artists (Moscow), among other spaces.



EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES


He has initiated programs, workshops, and lectures at Rietveld Academie/Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam), The Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin, Design Academy Eindhoven (Eindhoven), Fontys University (Tilburg),  Fachhochschule Potsdam (Potsdam), HMC (Rotterdam), AKV St. Joost (’s-Hertogenbosch), and Floating University (Berlin).



SELECTED RECOGNITION


Contributor/researcher on projects that received: TBA21‑Academy/Ocean Archive Editor’s Pick 2025, S+T+ARTS Prize (Honorary Mention), Floriade Expo 2022 (Gold Award), and Henry van de Velde Award (Silver).



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CULTURAL SECTOR SOLIDARITY AND RESISTANCE

A two-day public program at the Rietveld Pavilion began by recognizing that cultural work constitutes labor, work is work. Bringing together cultural workers, organizers, movement and union representatives, the program created a platform to address precarious employment, the pursuit of fair wages, unionization, its links to broader class international struggles, and solidarity. Through assemblies, lectures, and collective discussions, the initiative explored strategies for cultural workers to organize, facilitating exchange and supporting ongoing efforts toward collective action and labor rights.

Contributors: Alina Lupu, Arts of the Working Class, Cultural Worker Unite, Het ActieFonds, Kuntenbond, Oyuon Berlin (Louna Sbou), and Unidxs X La Cultura (Luca Bonfante).
2024, Amsterdam
Organized with Nina Blume. Supported by Sandberg Instituut’s Student Council. Photography by Nina Blume.