Jonathan Castro

Jonathan Castro Alejos (Lima, PE) is a graphic designer and multidisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam, working across sound, video, installation, and performance. His practice moves between the real and the fictitious, assembling and reassembling collected raw materials with different qualities and identities into surfaces, objects, visual languages, and soundscapes.

Since 2023, he has been working as Art Director for Dekmantel Festival in Amsterdam, leading the visual identity of one of the most influential electronic music festivals worldwide. His role spans graphic design, spatial thinking, and cultural research, connecting music, architecture, heritage, and visual systems within a contemporary cultural context.

He has collaborated with international clients including Adidas, Nike, Nike House of Innovation (Shanghai), Burberry, 032c, Edwin Europe, Hypebeast China, and Randomevent. His work with fashion brands has included the development of graphics and visual systems for capsule collections in Europe and Asia.

His work has been exhibited internationally at institutions and platforms including the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), Haus der Statistik (Berlin), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Lima), Typojanchi (Seoul), Mayrit Bienal (Madrid), KV Leipzig, Nieuw Instituut (Rotterdam), Crone Gallery (Vienna), Vitrine Gallery (Basel), SSENSE (Montreal), and Nike House of Innovation (Shanghai).