Cine+Perfo

Since graduating from Concordia University in 2006, Michelle Lacombe (Montreal, QC) has developed a unique practice located at the intersection of performance, drawing, and body art. Her works takes the form of either short-duration actions or research-based projects rooted in conceptual embodiment, and has been shown in North America, Mexico, Argentina and Europe in the context of performance events, exhibitions, and colloquiums. Her artistic practice is paralleled by a commitment to supporting undisciplined and independent forms of art making. She has been involved in co-organising a number of independent performance art events in Montreal, including Legs, Actes de disparition and On Aura. Since 2011, she is also the director of VIVA! Art Action, an international performance art festival.