Martín Escalante
Martín Escalante (b. 1996, Lima, Peru) is a visual designer and researcher based in the Netherlands. He graduated from the MA Non Linear Narrative at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) in 2025.
With a background in graphic design, he explores storytelling through image-making and text-based narratives. His artistic practice explores the layers of interpreting, representing, and abstracting cultural identity within site-specific contexts. Departing from personal histories and archival findings, he investigates the dynamics of representation and questions how culture, architecture, and visual codes shape one another.
He has tutored in the Graphic Design Department at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, UPC. His projects have been exhibited at institutions and platforms including the National Archive (NL), KABK (NL), ByStudio (UK), and Sótano (PE), and featured in publications such as Unmapping Territories (KABK + National Archive). He has spoken at events hosted by Stroom (NL), Leiden University (NL), KABK (NL), UPC (PE), and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PE).
He was a member of the Student Research Group 2024–25 (Lectorate FILM, KABK, The Hague) and the Admissions Interview Committee (MA Non Linear Narrative, 2024–25). He is the recipient of the NL Scholarship (2023) and the Latin American Design Award (2019).
