Cine+Perfo

Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Mariel Carranza came to Los Angeles in 1980 when she was 19 years old. She studied at Los Angeles Community College and then transferred to UCLA, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 and a Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture, in 1989. From making large sculptures and installations, his work shifted to focus on a continuing series of liquid sculptures using different mediums of organic living matter on canvas. The living matter in these works continues to evolve over time and transform into a meditative act. Performance art as a medium emerged as a way to experiment and learn about herself, her memories and stories and how her body has been impacted by her environment and how her body impacts her environment.

His performances have been presented locally and internationally: Hammer Museum, Highways18th Street Art Center, Crazy SpaceLACE, Track 16, Woodbury University, MorYork Gallery, Human Resources, Perform Chinatown, LATITUD 32N/55 S. festival (Berlin/Cologne), National Review of Live Art (Glasgow), CONTEXTS festival, (Glasgow), (Glasgow).SokolowskoBelfast International Performance Art Festival. First International Festival Chihuahua, Mexico), Performancear o Morir ( Sierra Tarahumara, NorogachiMexico) Erata Museum St. Petersburg), Crossing Zones+Language=Land (StanglinecCroatia), The Festival Hall (South Bank Centre, London, United Kingdom), Festival Bodies International (Valparaíso, Chile), Peras de Olmo, (Buenos Aires, Argentina), ATAL609, Place de Research artistic(Campinas, São Paulo), Disorientation Harmony: 2020 ArTrend International Art Festival (Taipei/Tainan, Taiwan).

Web site: Mariel Carranza