Rocío Boliver

Rocío Boliver is a Mexican performance artist who creates body art about gender, sexuality, pain and pleasure.[1] In 1992, Boliver began her career as a performance artist reading her porno-erotic writings.[2] Boliver has a background in video and Mexican theatre. From 1994 to 2007 she worked in theatre projects, performance and contemporary art, collaborating with the playwright Juan José Gurrola .[3] Boliver has performed at a variety of venues such as museums, raves, universities, galleries, activist meetings and TV programs.[4] An underground cultural icon in Mexico, Boliver is part of a Goth-art scene, and has presented works at alternative forums such as the Sadomasochism National Festival.[5] Boliver's work has presented in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.[5]

Rocío Boliver

Biography

Rocío Boliver was born in Mexico City in 1956.[6] Boliver studied dance and philosophy.[4] In 1992, Boliver began reading her porno-erotic texts, which focus on sexually repressive ideologies towards Mexican women.[3] From 1998 to 2008 Boliver collaborated with an electropanic music ensemble called Binaria, combining sound art and performance art.[4] Boliver studied performance art at the Tisch School for the Arts, New York University with Richard Schechner, and history of performance in Arts Plastiques du Cégep de l'Abitibi, Quebec, Canada.[6] In 2002, Boliver published her first book Saber Escoger.[7] Boliver contributes writings to alternative sexual magazines and regularly lectures.[4][5]

Career

Boliver has exhibited works in the museums Ex Teresa Arte Actual (INBA) and El Museo Experimental El Eco (UNAM).[6] Boliver has been awarded the 2013 National System of Creators scholarship from FONCA, CONACULTA; the 2010 Residence Fellowship, Ladines, Art Research Center, Government of the Principality of Asturias, Spain; and finally the 2008 Scholarship support through Cultural and Joint Investment Projects FONCA-The National Council for Culture and the Arts, Project Sweet sixteen and still virgin, retrospective exhibition.[5] Boliver teaches performance art workshops in Lisbon, New York, Barcelona and Mexico City.[6]

References
  1. Broms, Gustaf; Cochrane, Shannon (2018). 9 Questions. Canada: FADO Performance Art Centre and Centre for Orgchaosmik Studies. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-9730883-4-2.
  2. "Hemispheric Institute".
  3. "Time Goes by and I Cannot Forget you: "Between Menopause and Old Age"". Grace Exhibition Space.
  4. "Hemisphere Short Performance- Close Your Legs".
  5. "International Performance Association".
  6. "Rocío Boliver". 3 January 2022.
  7. Boliver, Rocío (2002). Saber escoger. ISBN 9789687966472.
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