Arnaldo Drés González (b. Caracas, 1986) is a Venezuelan visual artist based in Hamburg, Germany since 2014. His interdisciplinary work includes video, photography, performance, digital art, drawing and pictorial interventions. González employs personal introspection to create narratives that highlight the contrasting perspectives of migration and the post-migratory cosmovision.
Gonzalez studied Fine Arts at the National Experimental University of the Arts in Caracas and earned a master's degree from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Ottersberg (DE). Since 2008, his artworks have been featured in numerous group exhibitions in galleries, art fairs, and festivals across Venezuela, Colombia, Germany, France, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. Notable venues include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas, the Experimental Film Festival "CineAutopsia" in Bogotá, and the Independent Performing Arts Festival "6 Tage Frei" in Stuttgart. He has also collaborated with musicians and performance artists from Germany, France, England and the USA, creating experimental short films, visual albums, music videos, and performing audiovisual shows at Le Metronum in Toulouse. Additionally, González has contributed to curatorial teams for exhibition projects in Germany and Spain.
Among his most notable awards and recognitions are an Honorable Mention at the altonale17 Kunstpreis in Hamburg (2015), a nomination for the MENA Art Award in Dubai (2019), and his selection for the residential program Städtelabor (Urban Lab) of the PAF - Performing Arts Festival Berlin (2019).
Arnaldo Drés González lives and works in Hamburg.