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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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NOT AN APPLE THAT FALLS WHEN IT'S RIPE


"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." – Ernesto "Che" Guevara

The project will take shape primarily as a research and editorial endeavor. Building on my experience as a kitchen worker and my engagement in political education and organizing. Aiming to investigate how food mediates relationships among labor, territory, resources, and governance. Further focusing on food, operating both as a tool of systematic control and as an imperative for people's liberation—access to food is a critical signifier of socio-political stability.
2026, Amsterdam (Work-in-progress)
Food aid being denied by the IDF during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.