Javier Villegas is a Colombian-born multimedia artist and creative coder currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona.

Originally trained as an engineer, Javier received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the Javeriana University, and a M.Sc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Los Andes University both of them in Bogota, Colombia.
Looking for a more creative playground, Javier decided to pursue doctoral studies in Media Arts and Technology. Javier became a media Artist after finishing his Ph.D at the University of California Santa Barbara.

In his artistic practice, Javier uses the algorithms that result from his research to create animation or real-time installations. Most of his work explores the narrative and creative possibilities of analysis and synthesis techniques in video signals. Javier have presented some of his pieces in international events like the Japan Media Arts Festival, the Swan Lake: Moving Image \& Music Awards, The Prospectives International Festival of Digital Art, and the Currents International New Media Festival.