, Tarragona
Specialization: actor, author, teacher, costume designer, sculptor, scenographer, visual artist
Disciplines: props creator for stage. Dancer, Model, Performer on Contemporary Visual-Performing Arts
Education: 1968-1980 Studied psychology, anthropology, dance and theatre
Collaboration with theatres: Companyia Carles Santos (1985-2010)
Participation in other important exhibitions: Retrospective exhibitions of all work from the past 25 years (F. Miró, M. Textil I d’Indumentaria de Barcelona, Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs du Lyon; Next large retrospective at the \'Museu de l’Estampació de Premià de Mar\', 21 May in B)
Awards: Most recent awards for trajectory in Visual Arts for theatre, Fad 2007 and Serra d’Or 2010, Barcelona
Additional information: María Elena Roqué
Catalan-Venezuelan iconoclast artist.
Character - Costume, props maker for stage. Dancer, model, performer in contemporary visual and performing arts.
1968-1980 Studied psychology, anthropology, dance, theatre. Collaborated with a variety of artists and companies worldwide, travelling to research a wide variety of music, dance, patterns, textiles, industrial materials, ethnic and popular crafts and modern textiles for her open, contemporary Live Costumes.
1980 Focus on the composition and building of the performer’s character as an action in itself and measured \'work in progress\' on stage while transforming from a fragmented costume, evolving into the main visual’s dynamic drama axis.
Co-founded, as creator and artistic director, the Companyia Carles Santos (1985-2010) with musician Carles Santos in Barcelona. Works presented mainly at national and international theatre and music festivals and special events, including the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Retrospective exhibitions of all work done during the past 25 years (F. Miró, M. Textil I d’Indumentaria de Barcelona, Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs du Lyon).
Most recent awards for trajectory in Visual Arts for theatre, Fad 2007 and Serra d’Or 2010, Barcelona.
Exhibition of some of her costumes at LES INSOLITES, CNCS Moulins-France, from 29 January to 5 May 2011.
Next large retrospective at Museu de l’Estampació de Premià de Mar from 21 May in Barcelona.
In June Roqué will participate together with the Spanish representation in a live costume exhibition the PQ Extreme Costume section and conduct a workshop of Live Costume at the Scenofest workshops. She will also participate in an event called \'Tecla Cernuda\' at the Instituto Cervantes in Prague.
She exhibited at PQ in 1999.
Text to the PQ\'15 Catalogue:
Catalan-Venezuelan multidisciplinary independent
artist. Costume/character creator, visual poet, performer and professor. Has received a number of awards for innovation in the visual performing arts. Has worked with universities, museums, art/alternative spaces and participated in conferences and workshops. Produces extreme installations.
www.mariaelenaroque.com
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