Andrés Altamirano is an Ecuadorian-born visual artist and photographer based in New York. His interest in photography and textiles is inspired by his Ecuadorian grandmother’s work on traditional Andean textiles. Weaving these traditions into the fabric of his art practice, Altamirano explores the intricate facets of identity, culture, and language within transitional spaces. In 2022, he founded Runamaky Projects, a community-based archive focused on Ecuadorian cultural heritage which aims to preserve and reactivate the production of traditional Andean-Ecuadorian textiles. In 2024, he completed the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. He is a graduate of the Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography of New York, where he was awarded the Jan Mulder Fellowship.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026 III Festival Fotográfico de Medellín, Biblioteca Pública Piloto, Medellín, CO (forthcoming) 2026 Context, FilterPhoto, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL 2025 A Thread of Voice/ Un hilo de Voz, Queens Museum with textiles by Las Comadres Bordadoras and Bordeando, Queens, NY 2025 A Living Archive, CAMERA Centro Italiano per la Fotografia meets International Center of Photography, Group Exhibition, Turin, IT 2025 Look Up, International Center of Photography, Graduates Exhibition, New York, NY
2025 Viaje a Los Amuletos, Galeria Rebelde in collaboration with Agnes Studio, Guatemala, GT
2025 Panorama Latinoamericano, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, IT
2024 And many others would follow, MECA Art Fair curated by Dulcina Abreu, Group Exhibition, Santo Domingo, DR
2024 In/Between 2024: Cosmic Domestic, NY Live Arts Ford Foundation Live Gallery, New York Foundation for the Arts, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York, NY
2024 Viaje a Los Amuletos, Ago Projects, Film Premiere in collaboration with Agnes Studio, Mexico City, MEX
2022 Runamaky Projects: Textiles Andinos, Presented at Panorama Mundi, Paris, FR
2021 Athina, Athens Design Forum Inaugural Edition, Film Premiere, Athens, GRC
2019 Only our hearts will argue hard, Reena Spaulings Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

SELECTED AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS

2026 Participant, II Laboratorio Latinoamericano de Fotografía Documental, Biblioteca Pública Piloto, Medellín, CO
2024/2025 Recipient, Jan Mulder Fellowship, International Center of Photography One Year Certificate Program in Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism, New York, NY 2024 Participant, CAMERA Centro Italiano per la Fotografia meets International Center of Photography, Intensive Program in Visual Storytelling, 9th Edition, Turin, IT 2024 Recipient, Magnum Photos Scholarship, Deepen Your Photographic Approach with Matt Black, Workshop, New York, NY
2024 Finalist, Open Call: Heritage (Family/Community Category), Lucie Foundation
2024 Shortlist 100, Latin America Panorama, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, IT
2024 Mentee, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, NY
2023 Nominee, “Santos de Romería” Fashion Film of the Year, Latin American Fashion Awards

BOOKS / PUBLICATIONS

2025 Viaje a Los Amuletos, Andrés Altamirano & Agnes Studio, published by Lindsay Publishing
2020 Lindsay Magazine Issue No.5 Cover story, A celebration of people and place, published by Oak Park Studio

SELECTED TALKS

2026 Artist Talk, MET Expert Talks en Español: El hilo que nos conecta, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 2025 Panelist, Pulsed: Rhythms of the Diaspora, NY Textile Month - Sudestada, New York, NY 2025 Panelist, Latin America Panorama: Through the Fashion Lens, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, IT

SELECTED PRESS

2026 The Latinx Project, Intervenxions : Photographic Power, Migration, and a New Americana.