close encounters inside the white cube

Friday 25 March 2011

Esther Planas Balduz: Esther Planas, Barcelona, is a performer and visual artist. Formed as a dancer at Anna Maleras and at The London Contemporary Dance School (The Place) London, at El Institut del Teatre and Area Espai de Dansa y Creació, Barcelona. In mid 80's published V.O. magazine Spain, which is at MACBA Arxius for research. Lives between London and Barcelona. Esther Planas is an independent artist. She belongs to the artist co-op Research Space Five Years since 1999 in London and is member of Omnium Cultural, and PAAC, Barcelona. Selected at BCN Produccio/10, Barcelona, the 8 Festival de Performance de Cali, Colombia 2012, ARTLICKS Festival 2015, London. Nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artist in 2014. Esther Planas was awarded The Trask Foundation Grant at CSM to study as a mature student an MRes in Art,Theory, and Philosophy at UAL. After leaving formal schooling aged 14, 40 years later, she was granted access to academic studies based on her committed self taught independent praxis. Now she is following up her studies, while continuing her praxis as artist-performer, publisher, and researcher.

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