EDUCATION
2018 – 2014 Doctor of Arts. Artistic Practice as Research (PaR) Modality, Visual Arts Mention from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), funded by the National Doctoral Scholarship from the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), now National Agency for Research and Development (ANID). [National Doctoral Scholarship. Advanced Human Capital. N° 21160262].
2010 – 2006 Bachelor of Arts. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC).
RESEARCH
2023 – 2025 Associate Director of the research project: "Development of an analytical model on rock art based on artistic methodologies of practice as research". Project N°13220033. National Exploration Projects Competition 2022, funded by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), in collaboration with the main direction of Milena Grass Kleiner.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 – "Geometrías y vestigios II" [Geometries and Vestiges II], Curated by: Naomi Orellana. Museo del Limarí, Coquimbo, Chile.
2024 – "Geometrías y vestigios" [Geometries and Vestiges], Curated by: Naomi Orellana. Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile.
2023 – “Abismos ancestrales” [Ancestral Abysses]. TIM Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2023 – “Grieta. De las profundidades de la tierra” [Fissure. From the Depths of the Earth]. Lo Matta Cultural, Santiago, Chile.
2021 – “El lenguaje de las piedras” [The Language of Stones]. Bienal SACO 1.0. San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile.
2021 – “Manufactura” [Manufacture]. Museum of History of the Vyksa Plant OMK. Viksa, Óblast de Nizhni Nóvgorod, Rusia.
2018 – “Cuando la tierra tiembla” [When the Earth Trembles], Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (ONEMI). Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública. Academia de protección civil, Santiago, Chile.
2017 – “Placa” [Plate], Sagrada Mercancía, Santiago, Chile.
2016 – “Acabo de Mundo” [Doom Days], Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 – “Después del incendio” [After the Fire]. National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (SENAPRED), Chile.
2024 – “Post-resiliencia” [Post-Resilience]. National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (SENAPRED), Chile.
2024 – "TransFORM. Nouvelles acquisitions" [TransFORM. New Acquisitions], Curated by: Felizitas Diering. FRAC Alsace, France.
2023 – "Before After", Curated by: Alexei Maslyaev and Alisa Bagdonaite. Arsenal Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
2023 - “El agua y sus movimientos” [Water and Its Movements]. NODO Project. Curatorship: Mónica Bengoa. UC Extension Center. Santiago, Chile.
2022 - “Reconfiguraciones de lo Telúrico” [Reconfigurations of the Telluric]. University of Concepción Art Gallery. Concepción, Chile.
2022 - “De Aquí para Allá: Agitaciones Recíprocas entre México y Chile” [From Here to There: Reciprocal Agitations between Mexico and Chile]. Ex-Escuela de Cristo or Escuela Pía, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2022 - “Inundación” [Flood]. AMAZA, Santiago, Chile.
2022 - “El Temblor de Chile” [The Tremor of Chile]. CECAL UdeC, Chillán, Chile.
2021 – "La Luz que atraviesa los cuerpos" [The Light That Pierces Bodies]. URRA Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021 – "El Temblor de Chile" [The Tremor of Chile]. Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile.
2021 – "Festival Periférica" [Periférica Festival]. Former Pudahuel Courthouse, Pudahuel, Chile.
2020 – "Salón de Pintura, Curado por: One Moment Art" [Painting Salon, Curated by: One Moment Art]. Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile.
2019 – "Ciudades Sísmicas" [Seismic Cities]. Orbitaldago, Bandung, Indonesia.
2018 – "Bienal Nómada - Capital Bruto" [Nomadic Biennial - Gross Capital]. Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile.
2018/2017 – "El Bien Común", Curado por: Paula Honorato [The Common Good, Curated by: Paula Honorato]. Permanent Exhibition, National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Santiago, Chile.
2017 – "Cantos de Tarapacá", Curador: Rodolfo Andaur [Tarapacá Chants, Curated by: Rodolfo Andaur]. Cultural Center of Spain, Santiago, Chile.
2017 – "Factores de expulsión" [Spurring Factors]. Kobro Gallery, Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland.
2016 – "Gigantes y Derivas. Procesos de Arte Monumental" [Giants and Drifts. Processes of Monumental Art]. Former Cuenca jail, Ecuador.
2016 – "Réplicas del Arte" [Art Replicas]. University of Concepción Art Gallery. Greater Concepción, Chile.
2015 – "#DepresionesIntermedias", Curador: Rodolfo Andaur [#IntermediateDepressions, Curated by: Rodolfo Andaur]. Valparaíso Cultural Park, Chile.
2014 – "Historias de Pasión y Desenfreno" [Stories of Passion and Unrestraint]. Vicente Vargas Studio, Valparaíso, Chile.
2014 – "Tercer Concurso Universitario de Arte Joven" [Third University Contest Young Art]. Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – "Ciudad De-mente", Curador: Juan José Santos [Mind City, Curated by: Juan José Santos]. Concreta Gallery, Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – "Efemérides: Fragmentos Selectos de la Historia Reciente Chilena", Curador: Cristián Silva [Ephemerides: Select Fragments from Recent Chilean History, Curated by: Cristián Silva]. National Historical Museum, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – "Paso de Cebra", Curador: Christian Velázco [Zebra Crossing, Curated by: Christian Velázco]. Art Room, Civic Center, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – "Casa Ocupada: Intervención de un Día antes de su Demolición" [Occupied House: One-Day Intervention before Its Demolition]. Echeñique #5065, Santiago, Chile.
2012 – "Escombros" [Rubble]. Yono Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2012 – "Historias de Destrucción y Desborde" [Stories of Destruction and Overflow]. Casa E, Valparaíso, Chile.
2011 – "Entre Iloca y Dichato" [Between Iloca and Dichato]. Macchina Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
MUSIC
2025 – “Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot”. A concept album in which artists, writers, poets and musicians hold a mirror to humanity. Commissioned and produced by Artangel, London, UK. https://earth-rising.com/
2015 – “Arriba es Abajo”. Album developed as a member of the Chilean band Chini and the Technicians. https://uvarobot.bandcamp.com/album/arriba-es-abajo
2012 – “Los mata bien muertos”. Album developed as a member of the Chilean band Los VariosArtistas. https://uvarobot.bandcamp.com/album/los-mata-bien-muertos
INCLUSION OF MY WORK IN PUBLICATIONS
2024 – Orellana Legal, N. (Ed.). “Sebastián Riffo Valdebenito, 2007-2023. Obras. Me interesan los afectos” [Sebastián Riffo Valdebenito, 2007-2023. Works. I Am Interested in Affections] (1st ed., ISBN 978-956-418-755-6). [Authors: N. Orellana Legal, C. Mardones Vergara, R. Galecio Alcalde, I. Gutiérrez Crocco, M. R. Grass Kleiner, C. Albertazzo Pizarro, S. E. Riffo Valdebenito, F. Smiths, C. Castro Carreño]. Design: S. Malacchini Soto. Published on November 21, 2024. 167 pages. Size: 16.3 × 24 cm.
2020 - "Arte contemporáneo en Chile. Cuaderno Pedagógico" [Contemporary Art in Chile. Pedagogical Notebook]. Authors: Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio y Universidad de Chile.
2018 - "De la Tierra al Cielo: arte, cultura japonesa y escenas locales" [From Earth to Sky: art, Japanese culture and local scenes]. Author: Wladymir Bernechea. Santiago: Editorial Filacteria. Chile.
2015 - "Pintura chilena contemporánea: práctica y desplazamientos disciplinares desde la Escuela de Arte UC" [Contemporary Chilean Painting: Practice and Disciplinary Shifts from the UC School of Art]. Ampuero, C., Novoa, P., & Schwember, F. (Eds.). Santiago: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile.
2014 - "Sub 30: Pintura joven en Chile" [Sub 30: Young Painting in Chile]. Lohse, J. G., Castro, C., & Díaz Sarret, V. Santiago: Ediciones C.
ART RESIDENCIES
2025 – SPACE, as part of the Royal Drawing School’s Intensive Summer Drawing Programme, London, United Kingdom.
2024 – NAT Art Residence. SM Pro Art Circle, Cantabria, Spain.
2022 – University of the Arts, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2021 – URRA Tigre. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021 – Vyksa Art Residence, Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
2021 – SACO 1.0 Contemporary Art Biennial. La Tintorera. San Pedro de Atacama, Ayllu Solcor, Antofagasta, Chile.
2019 – Museum of Modern Art of Chiloé (MAM). Chiloé, Chile.
2017 – Studio Kura. Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan.
2014 – Social Summer Camp V, Forensic Curation, Villa Alegre, Chile.
2013 – The Desire of Another, Forensic Curation, La Pedrera (Rocha), Uruguay.
2009 – River, Art, and City, Austral University, Valdivia, Chile.
CURATORSHIP
2025 – “Herencia sísmica” [Seismic Heritage]. National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (SENAPRED), Chile.
2017 – “Dynamics of Disaster”. In the context of TEMBLOR of the 13th Biennial of Media Arts at the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) and National Center for Contemporary Art Cerrillos.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2025 – Don Bachardy Fellowship 2025. Sponsored and funded by The Christopher Isherwood Foundation.
2023 – Second Place in the CCU Art Scholarship 2023. Santiago, Chile.
2023 – First place in the drawing category in the Young Art Contest of the Municipality of Santiago. Chile.
2021 – Cordillera Lazo Prize. Santiago, Chile.
2019 – Ca.Sa Foundation Prize 2019. Santiago, Chile.
2016/2017 – National Doctoral Scholarship. National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT). Government of Chile.
2016 – JASSO Scholarship. Japan Student Services Organization, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
2014/2015 – "Assistant Fellow (AB)" Scholarship. Vice-Rectorate of Research (VRI). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC).
2007/2008 – Honors Enrollment. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). Santiago, Chile.
2006/2010 – Presidential Scholarship. Government of Chile.
2006/2009 – Bicentennial Scholarship. Government of Chile.
2006/2009 – Food Scholarship from the National Board of School Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB). Government of Chile.
TEXTS
León-Ríos, S., Gutiérrez Crocco, I., Riffo Valdebenito, S., Pérez, M., Madariaga, R., Comte, D., & Ruiz, S. (2024). Decoding the narrative of the Chilean coup d’état through the seismograms of September 1973. Seismological Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220240348
Acuña, V.; Clunes, M.; Riffo Valdebenito, S.; Browning, J. 2024, Intertwining volcanoes and society in Chile through arts and interdisciplinary connections. Andean Geology 51 (2) : 271-295. https://dx.doi.org/10.5027/andgeoV51n2-3676
Riffo Valdebenito, S. (2022). Escuela sin escuela. En D. Wyskiel (Ed.), SACO 1.0 Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo (pp. 133-182). ISBN: 978-956-410-617-5. https://issuu.com/colectivosevende/docs/saco_bienal1.0_aluvio_n
Riffo Valdebenito, S. (2020). Los juegos de Alicia: una declaración de principios revolucionaria. En A. Vega (Ed.), Los Cuadernos de Alicia: Volumen 3 - Doce juegos (pp. 4-7). Ocho Libros Editores. ISBN 978-956-335-570-3.
Riffo Valdebenito, S. (2019). Dinámicas del desastre. En La Bienal de Artes Mediales (Eds.), TEMBLOR. 13 Bienal de Artes Mediales (pp. 48-60). ISBN 978-956-9502-03-3. http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-553813.html
Bauer, C., Correa, C., Gallardo, L., González, G., Guridi, R., Latorre, C., Navarrete, S., Pommier, E., Riffo, S., Saavedra, B., Simonetti, C., & Tironi, M. (2019). The Anthropocene in Chile: Toward a New Pact of Coexistence. Environmental Humanities, 11(2), 467–476. https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-7754578
Riffo Valdebenito, S. (2018). El terremoto en las artes visuales chilenas, 1960-2010: representación y estudio de su problematización visual desde la práctica artística. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. https://doi.org/10.7764/tesisuc/art/22177
Colectivo de Arte MICH. (2017). Acción Monumenta. S. Riffo Valdebenito (Ed.). ISBN 978-956-368-464-3. En el marco del concurso público para las Residencias de Arte Colaborativo del programa Red Cultura 2016. http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/5779.pdf
Colectivo de Arte MICH. (2016). Dibujo colectivo. Introducción a la práctica del dibujo del Colectivo MICH. Alzaprima, 9, 90-95. ISSN 0718-8595. DIBUJO COLECTIVO INTRODUCCIÓN A LA PRÁCTICA ...Universidad de Concepciónhttps://revistas.udec.cl › article › download
Riffo Valdebenito, S. (2014). Chicos, hoy vamos al museo... ¡Sin destrozos, por favor! En D. Matte, C. Miranda, & C. Silva (Eds.), Efemérides: fragmentos selectos de la historia reciente de Chile (pp. 14-16). Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM) y Museo Histórico Nacional (MHN). https://www.mhn.gob.cl/sites/www.mhn.gob.cl/files/images/articles-37578_archivo_01.pdf
ACADEMIC EXCHANGES
2016 – Latin American and Iberian Network for Academic Collaboration at the University of Tokyo (UTokyo LAINAC), Japan.
2015 – Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies. Area of Latin American Cultural Studies in Germersheim, Germany.