Francisco Baquerizo Racines (b. 1993, Quito, Ecuador) is a visual artist and (vernacular) filmmaker based in the Netherlands whose practice engages in long-term imagery research and moving-image installation; his work has been presented internationally across and beyond South America and Europe.
EDUCATION
2022 — MFA, Fine Art and Design, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2017 — BFA, Visual Arts, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 — Observando: el tiempo, Fondo de Cultura Económica Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS
Upcoming 2026 — Invitation from Le Guess Who? Festival 2026 (venue TBA), Utrecht, The Netherlands
2026 — 39. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart, Germany
2025 — Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2025 — HEDEN x Polarisatie, curated by Teodóra Róka, VHDG, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2025 — PROSPECTS, Mondriaan Fonds, curated by Johan Gustavsson and Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen, Art Rotterdam 2025, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2025 — 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Art Directions: Installations Programme, curated by Eva Langerak, Katoenhuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2023 — Mutual Support Platform Vol. 2, Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2022 — It’s a Big Monster, So Stomp Hard, Moira Experiment, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2022 — SCAFFOLDING SCAFFOLDING, curated by Rachael Rakes, BAK – basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2019 — Salón del Rock n’ Perreo, Violenta Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2018 — Los Cañonazos del Sur, Violenta Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2018 — NAW! That’s What I Call Contemporary, on the occasion of the XIV Bienal Internacional de Cuenca: Estructuras Vivientes, La Vitrina Cultural Center, Cuenca, Ecuador
2018 — Residencia 15. Molten Capital Residency Exhibition, School of Art, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2018 — Infinito, 8th Anniversary of No Lugar – Arte Contemporáneo, No Lugar Art Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
2018 — Escuela del Terror, Violenta Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2017 — Constelaciones, 20th Anniversary of the School of Visual Arts, PUCE Cultural Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
2017 — Premio Brasil – Arte Emergente 2017, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Quito (CAC), Quito, Ecuador
2017 — Laberintos del Pensamiento, Fondo de Cultura Económica Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
2016 — Nos Humanos, Alliance Française of Quito, Quito, Ecuador
2012 — Andamio, 15th Anniversary of the Visual Arts Program, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Metropolitan Cultural Center of Quito (CCM), Quito, Ecuador
RESIDENCIES
2018 — Molten Capital Foundation, in partnership with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
PUBLICATIONS (ARTIST)
2019 — Escrito en Piedra, artist publication in collaboration with Adrián Balseca, Terminal Ediciones
GRANTS / RECOGNITIONS
2025 — Kunstenaar Project Grant, Mondriaan Fonds, The Netherlands
2025 — Fentener van Vlissingen Fund Grant (invited by Le Guess Who? Festival), Utrecht, The Netherlands
2023 — Kunstenaar Start Grant, Mondriaan Fonds, The Netherlands
2021 — Grant, Schuurman Schimmel van Outeren Stichting, The Netherlands
2020 — NL Scholarship, financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
2018 — Selected artist from Ecuador, Molten Capital Residency, Santiago, Chile
2017 — Finalist, Premio Brasil – Arte Emergente, Quito, Ecuador
TEXTS AND WORK PUBLISHED
2026 — Ecuador, or the Imaginary Line In Between, for HEDEN x Polarisatie, VHDG, The Netherlands
2025 — Vooruit, achteruit (of iets daartussenin) — A conversation between Francisco Baquerizo-Racines and Claudia Martínez-Garay, Metropolis M, No. 5 (October/November 2025)
2025 — Going Ahead, “Meanwhile”, Coming Back — HKU MAFA Graduation Show 2025, Metropolis M (web)
2025 — TEGENSPEL by Domeniek Ruyters, Metropolis M, No. 2 (April/May 2025)
2016 — Index Arte Contemporáneo #00, contemporary art magazine of the Visual Arts Program, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador — cover artwork and indexes
COLLECTIONS / FILM DISTRIBUTION
2025 — National distribution rights for La Quema (del Planeta “B”) acquired by Documentary Club, Thailand
2019 — Escrito en Piedra (Written in Stone), artist publication, MACBA Library Collection, Barcelona, Spain
TALKS / LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2022 — Invited presentation on final project research, HKU MAFA (alumni), Utrecht, The Netherlands
2022 — Workshop organized with guest lecturer Rolando Vázquez, HKU MAFA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2019 — Invited portfolio presentation, Faculty of Arts, Universidad Central del Ecuador (UCE), Quito, Ecuador
2018 — Invited portfolio presentation, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador
2018 — Invited portfolio presentation, School of Art, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
