About
Luisa Fernanda Pinzón is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sound and code. Her practice spans sound design and film mixing, generative art, projection mapping, and installation, grounded in creative coding and an experimental approach to sound and media art. She teaches 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