Naufús Figueroa

Naufús Figueroa (b. 1978) is a Guatemalan-Canadian installation and performance artist [http://www.franklinfurnace.org/] . His work centers on the Guatemalan Civil War and its aftermath (The Globe and Mail, 2005 [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050701/PERFORM01/TPEntertainment/Art] ).

Figueroa has exhibited at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen [http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/] (Oberhausen, Germany, 2007), The Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, Canada, 2005), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes [http://www.museonacional.cult.cu/] (Havana, Cuba, 2004), Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo [http://www.madc.ac.cr/] (San Jose, Costa Rica, 2002).

List of significant works

2005"The Sun is Crooked in the Sky; My Father is Thrown Over My Shoulders", a 100 hour continuous performance, meditating on a history of sexual violence between Ladino men and Maya women in Guatemala.
"Fado Performance Inc., Toronto, Canada"

2003"At the Base of Her Spine", exploring the social stigma of the Mongolian Spot.
"Open Space, Victoria, Canada"

2002"Possession: The Way of Imperfection", a performance recollecting folk tales of possessed nuns, the artist dressed 50 audience members in nun habits.
"Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo , San Jose, Costa Rica"
2001 “Sodomizing Diego Rivera”, The artist worked with a character called La Abortada, the lost child of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
"LIVE performance art biennial, Vancouver, Canada"

References

1. Loughlin, Irene. The Sun is Crooked in the Sky, [http://www.performanceart.ca/idea/figueroa/essay.html] , 2006.
2. Gledhill, Randy. The New Exhibitionists. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Art Magazine, 2005.
3. Gandhi, Unnati. 100 Hours With Naufus. Toronto, Canada: Globe & Mail, 2005.
4. Calvo, Ernesto. Video Art in Central America. Amsterdam, Netherlands: ISEA Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts, 2005.
5. Canyon, Brice. LIVE; Aspects of Performance Art in Vancouver. Vancouver, Canada: grunt publications, 2000.

External links

Artist's Site [http://www.naufus.com]

Canadian Art Magazine [http://www.canadianart.ca/articles/Articles_Details.cfm?Ref_num=337]

Fado Performance Inc. [http://www.performanceart.ca/idea/figueroa/bio.html]

The Georgia Straight [http://www.straight.com/article/naufus-ramirez-figueroa]

Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art [http://www.ccca.ca/mikidot/photo/ramirez_figueroa/]

The Globe and Mail [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050701/PERFORM01/TPEntertainment/Art]