Juan Pablo González
Production Designer
Juan Pablo González Amaya, is a Venezuelan born, artist, prop designer and model maker for film and television based in Vancouver, Canada. His most recent builds can be seen on a number of global media productions, including Netflix’s feature film ‘The Main Event’ (2020), as well as TV shows including ‘Arrow’ and ‘Julie and The Phantoms’ (2020).
As a formally trained artist with a rounded international aesthetic and media education, Juan Pablo holds a Bachelor degree in Communications focusing on journalism and filmmaking from Monteavila University in Caracas Venezuela and a Bachelor in Fine Arts with a major in sculpture from the Alberta College of Art and Design located in Calgary Alberta, along with a thriving studio artistic practice, international fine art sculpture exhibition and years of experience in prop production. Juan was featured on CBC Vancouver’s ‘Art Is A Story’ 2019 documentary series, which explored how contemporary artists like Juan - who deems his art as postmodern - use their talents to showcase new, diverse perspectives in mainstream narratives.
He has also represented his home country Venezuela on mainstream Canadian television, as a culinary ambassador in the original series ‘The Latin Kitchen’. The show, written and produced by the Ottawa based company Gusto TV is available on streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime, CRAVE and Roku in North America and Samsung TV Plus in Europe, Australia and beyond.
Backed by a formal art education, Juan Pablo’s hands-on CAD skills have made him one of Vancouver’s emerging prop and set designers across film and TV. By establishing Fiction Factory Props, Juan’s inner urge to constantly create is fulfilled, and through the studio he continues to create new concepts, innovate production methods, and bring to life well-made, high-quality props that exceed the standards of his media clients.
Juan Pablo’s artistic practice revolves around inquiries on the permanence of the historical memory within cultural collectives, the phenomenon of immigration and the use of language as a barometer for measuring cultural changes in our society. “As a Venezuelan living in Canada, I feel the need to respond critically with my practice, to be a generator of culture and to contribute by representing my country and my mixed descent beyond geographical frontiers”
