Aku Menditeguy
Bio
Born in Buenos Aires in 1979 (currently living in Argentina).
2005-2001: Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Theater Arts, and Dance. Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, USA (Magna Cum Laude). Thesis: Self-Portrait. An interdisciplinary project combining dance, scenography, and visual arts with a performative focus.
2023: Diarios del Cuerpo. Performance workshop coordinated by Roma Vaquero Díaz. Mundo Performance, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2023: Intensive Contemporary Dance Seminar. Marina Goya & Carola Diehl Studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022: Diarios del Cuerpo. Intensive performance workshop coordinated by Roma Vaquero Díaz. Mundo Performance, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022-2016: Contemporary Dance Classes. Marina Goya & Carola Diehl Studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007-2006: Photography Workshop. Andy Goldstein Photography School, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005-1985: Professional Dance Training (ballet, tap, Scottish dance, merengue, salsa, jazz, Fosse, among others) at Estudio Rivas, Margarita Balli, MyC Studio, and others.
2005: Choreographer for Senior Project at PBA, Florida, USA.
2003: Member of PBA Dance Ensemble, Florida, USA.
2000-1998: Production Assistant and Choreographer. Cuatro Cabezas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1997-1990: Musical Theater Training at various institutions: St. Catherine’s Moorlands School, Pepito Cibrián, Sergio Lombardo, Anthropos, etc.
2024: Prima Vita. Projects: Nimbus and Matrix. Exhibition. Pop Up. Cecilia Caballero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Curated by María Lightowler. Collaboration: Fernando Schapire.
2024: Between Sacred and Profane. April 24 to May 5. Project: Tempus, bodily poetry, photography, and video. Casa Sur Art Lab, Madrid, Spain, co-produced with Skiascope. Curated by Tomás Valdivieso.
2024: Personal Structures. April 20 to November 24. Project: Renascere, bodily poetry. Palazzo Bembo, as part of the Venice Biennale. European Cultural Centre. Venice, Italy.
2024: JustMAD. Contemporary Art Fair. Participation with ARTTS. María Corte and Aku Menditeguy. February 7-10 - Art Week. Project: Renascere in NFT format. Madrid, Spain.
2023-2024: Metropolis. November 11, 2023, to January 5, 2024. Project Renascere: Bodily poetry and photographs. Azur Gallery, New York, USA.
2023-2024: 1st Textile Video Art Salon. Argentine Center for Textile Art CAAT. December 4, 2023, to February 2024. Project: Éter. Bodily poetry in video format. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2023: ACT VI. October 5 to November 5. Project Renascere: Bodily poetry and photographs. Azur Gallery, Miami, USA. Curated by Ceres González.
2023: Weaving Memories. September-October 2023. Bodily poetry in video format with curatorial text presented at the INECO Foundation in the exhibition Threads of Memory, raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease. -Group Exhibition.
2023: Renascere. Bodily poetry, photographs, and video. June 13-16. Casamadre, Madrid, Spain. Curated by María Lightowler. -Solo Show-.
Mention: 1st Textile Video Art Salon. 2023-2024. Argentine Center for Textile Art CAAT. Project: Éter. Bodily poetry in video format. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Scholarship: Fine Art Prints Program 2024. Skiascope in collaboration with Datarte.
2022: Production and Artistic Direction of the exhibition Genesis: Three Artists Explore Origin. Andrea Lamas, Mariela Soldano, María José Antelo. June 23 to July 7. Pagana Casa de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022: Video performance commissioned by Awasi Experience, inspired by the photographic work of Ingrid Weyland’s series Topographies of Fragility, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022: Unveil. Video performance commissioned by Claudia Behrensen, inspired by the photographic work of the series The Hidden, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022: Video performance commissioned by Grupo Entretramas, inspired by the group exhibition The Language of Memory at the Municipal Art Center of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022: Soul Blend. Artistic direction and performance with dancer, actress, and performer Juli Astigueta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021: Video performance commissioned by Matías Salgado, inspired by the work The Hypnosis of Dance, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021: Birth-Love-Depart. Video performance commissioned by Cecilia Caballero Gallery, inspired by the group exhibition During by Manuel Ameztoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021: Laren’s Glitter. Video performance with artist Benito Laren, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021: Chaos. Installation and activation of the work Entrevero by María José Antelo, Estilo Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2021: Creation of AMHAUS: An interdisciplinary space for the production and direction of artistic experiences. The proposal aimed to blur the boundaries of visual artworks to expand their concepts through performative projects.
2020: Bonding. Video performance inspired by the work Deep Ties by artist María José Antelo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Statement
“Matrix” from the Prima Vita series, is a work that precedes the Renascere project: a bodily poetry narrated in two chapters and materialized in video and photography, reflecting the metamorphosis that every human experiences in life, addressing the notion that everything dies to be reborn transformed.
In Matrix, the artist floats in a matrix that is both the source of life and the repository of humanity's entire history. She remains suspended there, where dreams germinate and everything originates, in the place where the soul finds its shelter and the self, its very essence, to transmute into body.
The matrix is both a refuge and a space of infinite possibilities. Formation and transformation are part of the life-generating process.
The use of water and shadows creates a sense of mystery and ambiguity, bordering on the dreamlike. A body constantly seeks the limits of the matrix, like searching for an exit: a possible metaphor for the journey to self-knowledge, a silent and profound dialogue between the unconscious self and the conscious self.
The work suggests that only by returning to the most primitive state and immersing oneself in this fluctuation can one find their true essence and therefore their own potential.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
