About
Luisa Fernanda Pinzón Rivero is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sound and code. She is Full-Time Faculty in Music Technology and Creative Computing at California Institute of the Arts.
MFA, Music Technology — Integrated Media Center
4.0 / 4.0
Thesis — Do you know you are not a human?
Audio Recording Practicum — Audio Postproduction Practicum
Bachelor of Music, Music Studies — Sound Engineering Emphasis
Honorific Mention for Bachelor Project
Full-Time Faculty, Music Technology / Creative Computing
Co-developed and co-direct the Creative Computing BFA program integrating art, code, and technology. Teach courses in creative coding, sound production, interactive systems, and generative design.
Courses: Coding Art Fundamentals • Intro to TouchDesigner • Intro to Sound Production • Algorithmic Art & Design • The Nature of Code in C++ • Biotech Art and Code: Patterns and Sound • Music Technology Project Lab • Sound Design for Moving Image • Independent Studies
Program Manager
Managed interdisciplinary art and technology projects, workshops, and media initiatives.
Teaching Assistant (TA)
Assisted courses in programming, sound, and interactive systems.
Courses: Intro to Programming II (ChucK) – Ajay Kapur • Interface Design (ChucK, Max/MSP, Arduino, TouchDesigner) – Ajay Kapur • Visual Programming (TouchDesigner) – Michael Leisz • Generative Art (TouchDesigner, Python) – Michael Leisz
Teaching Assistant (TA)
Supported sound and media production courses.
Courses: Signal Processing Workshop – Juan Daniel Hernández • Foley and Film Mixing Studios – Alejandra Bernal • Media Workshop II – Ricardo Escallón • Audio and Video Postproduction – Ricardo Escallón
Sound Mixer — School of Film/Video Thesis Productions
Mixing and post-production for graduate and undergraduate thesis films.
Sound Designer / FOH Assistant
Production: A Meal by Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya (LEIMAY).
Concert Production / Sound Technician
Roles: FOH, Recording Engineer, Broadcast Engineer, Lighting Technician, Stage Manager.
Faculty: Robert Clendenen (Music) • Aidan Reynolds (Film/Video) • Venue Producer for CalArts Expo 23 – The Machine Lab.
Music Technician
Venue: Roy O. Disney Concert Hall.
Audio Postproduction Engineer
Selected projects: Shark Tank México 03, Músicos en Gestación, Sesiones RTVC, Chaparreando, Macondo Awards, Quién Cocina Esta Noche?
Audio Postproduction Engineer
Projects: C.A.L.M.A., Hemisferio Crea (IDARTES).
Recording, Mixing, and Audio Postproduction Engineer
Selected projects: Brassfire Northern Stars – Jens Lindemann, Equus: Story of the Horse (CBC), BISQC 2018/2019, Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.
Recording, Mixing, and Audio Postproduction Engineer
Project: Boom (Caracol TV).
Music Production Assistant
Production: Loquito por Ti.
FOH Assistant and Stage Roadie
Gold Winner — AES (Audio Engineering Society) Student Competition
Modern Studio — Composition, Production, Recording and Mixing
Traditional Acoustic — Recording and Mixing
Gold & Silver Winner — AES (Audio Engineering Society) Student Competition
Gold, Modern Studio — Recording and Mixing
Silver, Traditional Studio Recording — Recording and Mixing
Finalist
Synthophonics — luisapinzon.com/synthophonics
Performer
Grants Recipient
CalArts Grad Scholarship
CalArts Appeal Grant
Dean’s Retention Grant
Institutional Travel Grants Scholarship
CalArts’ 50th Anniversary Happenings Diversity Grant (IDEA)
HASOM Student Project Fund 2022/23
Electronic Music and Sound Performer
THE COME BACK — instagram.com/p/CgxDp24DSwl
Páramo Immersion — wavecave.calarts.edu
Do you know you are not a human? — luisapinzon.com/thesis
Blue Echo Exhibition — oceanpanel.org
CalArts at The Reef — Proxy, Chimera, Oracle — proxychimeraoracle.splashthat.com