Andres Felipe Orozco

Andres Felipe Orozco is a Colombian artist who received an Awagami Factory Prize at the 2023 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition for his digital work 'Bubble Wrap.' In recognizing the exhibition's Awagami Factory Prize winners, among whom Orozco was included, the jury noted that their work 'successfully engaged with the technical aspect of technology while simultaneously embedding this theme within the subject matter itself, making for poignant works about our modern experience.'

Orozco's prize-winning work in the digital prints category reflects a growing current within the international miniature print world, where digital processes are increasingly recognized alongside traditional techniques such as etching, woodcut, and lithography. The Awagami Factory Prizes specifically acknowledge innovation across media, and Orozco's ability to make the medium itself part of the message -- using digital printing to comment on digital culture -- distinguished his entry within a competitive international field.

The AIMPE competition requires all prints to be executed on Japanese washi paper supplied by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan, meaning that even digitally produced works must engage with the physical properties of handmade paper. This fusion of contemporary digital output with traditional Japanese papermaking creates a distinctive material context for artists like Orozco who work primarily in digital media.