Alicia Marván (Mexico/USA) is an artist and designer dedicated to contemporary and experimental practices. Her interdisciplinary approach to art/life has led her to an ongoing investigation of a variety of media that explores color, space, form, movement, time and thought. Always interested in the dialogue between art and life, as well as the interaction between art/space/viewer, her work often appears in alternative spaces such as urban, industrial and natural settings. Creative topics range from the deeply personal to social and environmental issues. Current projects bridge performance, sculpture and psychology, delving into human physicality and identity as they relate to place and history. Her work has been presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Movement Research, Sushi Performance and Visual Art, PRISMA Forum and the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico (UDLAP), among others. She is currently Director of the Guapamacátaro Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology (Mexico), Associate Artist with Lower Left Performance Collective (USA/Europe), and collaborates with independent artists from different disciplines worldwide. Past collaborative ventures include working with The BodyCartography Project, Keith Hennessy, Heads On Fire, Katsura Kan, Nortec collective and Trummerflora collective. She studied Dance and Performance Art and has trained on the field as a visual artist and designer at renowned design, architecture and performing arts companies such as Gluckman Mayner Architects and Julia Mandle Performance (NYC). Influential teachers and artists include Hussein Chalayan, Matthew Barney, Robert Wilson, Pina Bausch, Gordon Matta-Clark, Wolfgang Laib, Maya Lin, Trisha Brown, Nina Martin, Mary Reich, Rachel Rosenthal and Anna Halprin. CALENDAR: 2009 : SCREENINGS Betty Dance Film March-October: Mexico October: Brasil & Chile November: Uruguay Presented by the festivals: www.agiteysirva.com www.femalesessions.com 2010-2012 : PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Site-Specific Kinetic Garments A new series of performative/transformative cloth sculptures designed to be worn/experienced by the general public at specific locations worldwide. 2010 JAN 31 : PERFORMANCE COLLABORATION Negotiating the Divide Garments by Alicia Marván Sculpture by Fae Young-Scherling Choreography by Heidi Diaz Heidi McBride Gallery, Portland, OR www.heidimcbridegallery.com 2010 FEB 12-28 : RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION Guapamacátaro, Michoacán, Mexico www.guapamacataro.org 2012 FALL : RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION The Tree Museum, Muskoka, Canada www.thetreemuseum.ca