(Catalonia)

PhD in art history, performance artist, and bodybuilder.
My athletic practice as a bodybuilding competitor has allowed me to delve into artistic creation, primarily through performance, using my body as an artifact to provoke thought from a position of discomfort. A state in which the exhausted body expresses itself beyond convention—panting, screaming, contorting in ways that defy formality. All of these gestures speak of human existence as experienced through the body, through flesh, and ultimately, through its finite nature. To achieve this, I chose a format that allows me to push the body to this unsustainable point: long-duration performance. This approach strikes the spectator in a piercing, even violent way—not only by witnessing and mirroring this suffering body but, above all, by receiving its sound. Subjecting a female body to this pain, this struggle, while also allowing it to display resilience and strength, is a way to challenge traditional perceptions of femininity and the stereotypes historically imposed upon it. Beyond the corset of beauty, submission, and fragility, there is an assertion of struggle, effort, perseverance, and force. It is flesh that sweats, gets dirty, and despite suffering, still has a voice. 

Artistically, I conceive the body as a driving force of creation, flesh and sweat as a form of critical poetics, and panting as a mantra that penetrates the spectator, prompting self-questioning. From bodybuilding to contemporary dance and physical theatre, my practice has evolved into a peculiar form of performance where physical exhaustion, endurance, and the dance with the body’s limits are the essence.

Image: photo by Damian Samson (2020)

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resident artist during the months of September, October, November and December 2025 at 22cubic, art residency focused on performance art, action and inaction art.

ON DECEMBER 10, 2025 WE WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THESE CREATION PROCESSES AND EXPERIENCE AN AFTERNOON OF PERFORMANCE ART TOGETHER