Juan José Castaño-Márquez is an artist-scholar and a Ph.D. student in Performance Studies at Northwestern University whose research and creative practice explore the poetics and politics of repair. Drawing on his interdisciplinary background, he investigates how textiles, new media, and performance can serve as sites for mending personal and collective histories, particularly in contexts marked by violence and cultural erasure.

His scholarly work is deeply informed by his practice-based research, which blends performance, video, live-streaming, and textile art. His artistic projects, including the solo exhibition series la mano izquierda and the two-person show memories: torn and mended, function as experiments in media/making as an act of repair.

Originally from Medellín, Colombia, Juan holds an M.F.A. in Studio Arts–Expanded Media from The University of Kansas. He has been recognized for his work with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Nebraska and his work is part of the collection at the Spencer Museum of Art. His technical expertise in video and audio production, photography, and textiles is integral to his methodology, allowing him to build and analyze ecologies of repair.