Born in Colombia, 1968
Lives and works in New York
Education
2002 MFA. Theatre Director. The New School University/Actors Studio Drama School New York NY.
1994 Law Degree. Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia
Film Screenings
2010 July This line is part of a very large circle screened at Interwoven: evenings in performance. Textile Museum Washington D.C.
2009 September She tends a Bonsai in her crystal dream projected on a couture screen by threeasFOUR at the "New York Minute” exhibition MACRO museum Rome, Italy.
2009 March-April Mary Jane part of the Hors-Pistes festival. Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
2008 September Mary Jane premiered at the Jeu de Paume museum with “A shaded view on fashion film” and toured around the world in various venues including Guggenheim / Bilbao, Spain. Fashion Week Seoul, Mexico City, Riga Moments, Alta Moda / Roma, Museum of Modern Art Sao Paolo.
2008 November In A Single Shoe (video series). Latin American Women directors at the Salon Internacional del autor audiovisual. Cinemateca de Barranquilla Colombia.
1999 - 2003 Rita goes to the supermarket short film premiered at NYLIFF.
Aired on ARTE-WDR, France - Germany, SBS Australia, Colombian National TV, screened at Brooklyn Academy of Music, International Selection of the 47 Oberhausen short film festival Germany, Sao Paolo Intl Short Film Festival, XVII Festival de Cine de Bogotá, Rencontres Cinemas d’amerique latine, Tolouse, France, Interfilm Berlin International short film festival, Women on the directors chair, Chicago amongst other festivals.
2003 Rita goes to the supermarket is part of the traveling exhibition “La Nueva Ola Caribe” and screened in various. Cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern art Bogotá, Colombia.
1996 - 1998 Juana Tenia Pelo de Oro. Feature film by Pacho Bottia co-writer and assistant to the director, Premiered and opened the 2006 Cartagena International Film Festival.
Her work is in the collections of Smith College; Women make Movies, Videoteca del Sur and the Latin American Archives in NYC.
Visual Arts
2011 July-September Lupe & the Austrians, installation, video and sculptures. One person show at Christopher Paschall Gallery. Bogota, Colombia
2011 January Nora on the Beach, Five photographs, Crhistopher Paschall Gallery. MIA, Miami International Art Fair, Miami.
2010 October In a single shoe, videos, photographs and performance. ArtBO, Bogota international art fair. Christopher Paschall Gallery. Bogota, Colombia
2010 July Portable Shelter privacy Burka and Rich men, video installation for the do it yourself art fair “field of dreams” with the Bruce High Quality Foundation. Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
2010 June-July the pieces sunny side up, the perfect pill and tamponDELUX were included in the exhibition “multiple pleasures”. Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Chelsea, New York City.
2010 April-May Selection of six inch heel t-shirts at the “Global Design Exhibition” Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.
2009 September-October In a single shoe, videos, photographs and performance. Partners and Spade New York City.
2009 September If I knew you were coming… video, photography and underwear for Victoria Bartlett’s exhibition “VPL Unhinged”. Dopolavoro gallery. Milan, Italy.
2008 October 7 – November 28 Jessica Sofia Mitrani/ Paullina Parra. Two Person show at the Museum of Modern Art Barranquilla Colombia.
2005 Articulos femeninos. Site Intervention skywriting. Miami Art Basel.
2005-2006 The six inch heel project designer, co-founder. Literary t-shirts.
2000 Exhibition “Mujeres Costenas” Installation of video and photographs.
Museum of Modern Art Barranquilla, Colombia.
2000 - 2002 Installation with video and photographs “Contemporary Caribbean art from Colombia” that toured internationally in more than 17 countries. The anthology included works of some of the most influential artists working in the Caribbean today, and important ones, such as Alejandro Obregon and Enrique Grau.
Theatre / Performance
2010 March Figurehead designed for “The Clipper” curated by Marianne Vitale.
Performance presented by Kunstverein NY as part of “You should have been there an hour ago” a monthly series that is guest-curated by performance artists, filmmakers and writers.
2008 November The Round of Pleasure. Costume design. New Stage Theatre Company. NYC.
2007 March. Articulos femeninos Dance piece in collaboration with choreographer Caridad Martinez Film director and costume designer for the Brooklyn Ballet NYC.
2006 October Articulos femeninos Dance piece Dance piece in collaboration with choreographer Caridad Martinez Film director and costume designer. Chiapas Mexico.
2006 November – December Some Historic Some Hysteric, concept, writer, set and costume designer with Ildiko Nemeth at the New Stage Theatre Company NYC.
2004 March Some Historic Some Hysteric Concept, Writer, director, set design, costume designer with Ildiko Nemeth at the New Stage Theatre Company NYC.
2003 February Come and Go Director, co-writer with Ildiko Nemeth, video and scenic designer. New Stage Theatre Company NYC.
2003 May Dial a Mother by Diana Raznovich Director. Set, and costume designer with Ildiko Nemeth at the New Stage Theatre Company NYC.
2002 September First ladies by Werner Schwab. Assistant director. New Stage Theatre Company. NYC.
1993-1995 Tiempo de Luna creciente troupe member and writer for the Colombian theatre company Kore. (Toured around various cities in Colombia).
Grants and Awards
2009 Nominated for best costume designer for the Round of pleasure by the Independent theatre awards.
2006 grant from the Lower Manhattan cultural council for the production of Some historic Some hysteric with the New Stage Theatre Company. Nominated for best art performance off off Broadway by the Independent theatre awards.
2001 Eagle Award- Women in the directors Chair for the program “sometimes the wind changes the air” with Rita goes to the supermarket.
1999 Grant for writing short pieces. Fundacion para un Nuevo peridismo Iberoamericano.
Cartagena, Colombia.