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Hector Canonge is an interdisciplinary artist whose work incorporates the use of New-media technologies, physical environments, cinematic and performance art narratives. In his work he explores and treats issues related to construction of identity, gender roles, and the politics of migration. His performances mediate movement, endurance, and ritualistic processes as well as the interaction with the public. Canonge studied Comparative Literature, Filmmaking, and Integrated Media Arts in New York City. His visual arts projects and performance art work have been exhibited and presented in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

In 2011, Canonge participated in AMBER’11 Art and Technology Festival in Istanbul, Turkey, and was invited to participate in the Miami International Art Fair. In 2012 he was part of the online project for the 7th Berlin Biennale, was featured in the online publication HYPERALLERGIC, was invited to participate in the 2012 UN World Peace Day – First Linzhou World Peace Art Exhibition in China. From June to December 2012, Canonge produced a new body of work in South America: "SUI GENERIS," "KOKA," "OhRIENTE," "ANIMALIA," in Bolivia; "Escuela Pública Informal," "DES-CUBRIMIENTO," "UBERGROUND PACHAMAMA" in Argentina; "NATIVE QUEER," in Ecuador, and "LATITUD 0" in Peru.

Canonge participated in the Encuentros 2013 of the Hemispheric Institute for Performance & Politics in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and returned to the United States to work on his Franklin Furnace Award project "LABORAL." In May 2013, Canonge travelled to Europe to present his work during the Month of Performance Art in Berlin, MPA-B, where he presented various performance art pieces including his controversial public work “SUD.AKA” performed at Alexanderplatz and at the Brandenburg Gate. Canonge also participated in the Hitparaden Festival for LikeArt DK in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before returning to South America, Canonge presented his work in Boston at MOBIUS, Virginia in the SUPERNOVA Festival, and in Miami during the Miami International Festival for Performance.

As cultural promoter, Canonge launched ARTerial Performance Lab, an initiative to foster collaboration among performance artists from the Americas, started the project PERFORMEANDO, a program that focuses on featuring Hispanic performance artists living in the USA, and created the series NEXUSURNEXUS presented by the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, BIPAF. As curator, Canonge organizes the monthly artists’ program A-LAB Forum, directs the monthly independent film series CINEMAROSA, directs the annual Performance Art Festival, ITINERANT. His work has been reviewed by The New York Times, ART FORUM, New York Daily News, Manhattan Times, Hispanic Magazine; by major networks ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, UNIVISION, etc., and by online art publications such as Art Experience NYC, NYRemezcla, Turbulence, ART CARDS Review and NYFA News among others.

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Hector Canonge estudió Literatura Comparativa, Cinematografía, New Media Arts y obtuvo su postgrado en Integrated Media Arts de City University of New York. Su trabajo artístico e interdisciplinario integra el uso de nuevas tecnologías, artes mediáticas, narrativas cinematográficas y de arte del performance. Los proyectos de Canonge exploran temas de identidad, migración, tradiciones populares, la geografía y la memoria. Su obra ha sido presentada en museos, galerías de arte y espacios culturales en Bolivia, Latinoamérica, Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia.

En 2011, Canonge participó en AMBER’11 Art and Technology Festival en Estanbul, Turkía, presentó nuevos proyectos de arte performance en la feria de arte, Miami Art Fair 2011 y capto la atención de la prensa y los críticos norteamericanos por su proyecto de arte social y público, “The Inwood Laundromat Language Institute”, al transformar una lavandería en un espacio de arte / alfabetización donde inmigrantes aprendían el inglés. El 2012, Canonge fue incluido en el proyecto online de arte de la Berlin Biennale y organizó ITINERANT. Antes de su viaje a Sud América, el artista presentó su trabajo para la prestigiosa universidad Northwestern University y para el School of the Art Institute in Chicago, así como exhibió su proyecto “Luminous Coils” en la feria internacional de libros de arte, MAS QUE LIBROS, en Madrid, España.

Desde mediados del 2012, Canonge realizó y presentó proyectos en Sud America: SUI GENERIS, KOKA, OhRIENTE, ANIMALIA, SIN FRONTERAS en Bolivia; DES-CUBRIMIENTO y UBERGROUND PACHAMAMA en Argentina; NATIVE QUEER en Ecuador y además realizó presentaciones en Perú. A comienzos del 2013, Canonge participó con su proyecto “SUD.AKA” en el Encuentro del Hemispheric Institute for Performance Art and Politics en la ciudad de Sao Paolo, Brasil. El artista realizó su proyecto “LAB.ORAL” premiado con una beca por prestigiosa organización Franklin Furnace de los Estados Unidos y participó en programas culturales en Berlín, Alemania y Copenhaguen, Dinamarca.

Como gestor y curador, ha organizado las exposiciones: “ABSENCE “ realizada en el Partnership Gallery del Queens Museum of Art , “BABEL” en la galería Space 37 , “FRAMING AIDS” para Queens Media Arts Development , y “Queering Bodies” para la organización VISUAL AIDS . Canonge organiza el programa mensual para artistas, A-LAB Forum, dirige la serie mensual de cine independiente, CINEMAROSA, creó ITINERANT festival itinerante de arte performance, en Bolivia lanzó las iniciativas ARTerial Performance Lab (2012) y NEXUSURNEXUS (2013) para conectar artistas locales y sus homólogos en el exterior. La obra de Canonge ha sido mencionada y anotada por periódicos como The New York Times, NY Daily News, Manhattan Times, Queens Tribune; revistas: ART FORUM, Hispanic Magazine, Time Out NY; televisión: ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, France Channel +, Televisa, UNIVISION; y en la red: Art Experience NYC, NYFA Newsletter, NYRemezcla, Turbulence, and ART CARDS Review entre otros. Su trabajo en arte performance ha obtenido el reconocimiento de la revista HYPERALLERGIC de Nueva York donde fue incluido con notables personalidades de dicha disciplina.

Artistic Resume (Eng) (Spa)