Tony Evanko is an artist, architect, founder and current director of Fundacion Casa Tres Patios (C3P), a center for contemporary thought in Medellín, Colombia dedicated to promoting social justice through contemporary artistic practices, research and pedagogy in the transformation of society. Since 2006 he has led the foundation and has been the driving force behind its programs.
He has participated in the conceptualization and implementation of programs that include residencies for artists and scholars, exhibitions, conversations, workshops, educational laboratories, and the production of foundation publications. Since 2012 he has participated in the development of the Common Creation Laboratories pedagogical model in collaboration with the work team at the Foundation and the development of current programs, the School for Common Living and OCCULUS, an urban cultural and social community observatory.
He has presented the programs of Casa Tres Patios at international events such as the 2nd Meeting of Managers of Alternative Cultural Spaces, Montevideo, Uruguay (2008), Image / Event Center D'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (2011), The Young Art Biennial in Buenos Aires Argentina (2014), Creative Time Summit with other organizations of the Arts Collaboratory network at the Venice Biennale (2015), participated in the curatorial team of the international event MDE15 (2015), the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria (2016), ICAA Ideas Council (International Center for Arts of the Americas, Houston Museum, USA), and as an artist he has participated in individual and group exhibitions in Colombia, the USA and Europe.
He is a professor at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Antioquia and has been a professor at the Department of Arts at the National University of Colombia, Medellín, the University Foundation of Fine Arts and at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Nuevo Mexico in the U.S.A.