ALEJANDRA HERRERA SILVA

Alejandra Herrera Silva is a visual artist and performer from Santiago (Chile), currently living in Los Angeles (USA). She has presented her performances in numerous galleries and festivals in South and North America as well as Europe. She was Assistant Professor at the Performance Art Workshop of Alexander Del Re in Valparaíso. Her works usually include woman's being as an object in and of itself, sometimes in contrast to the male being, exploring sensuality and materiality in relation to her body, both in digital pictures and in performance. She has produced and organized visual arts shows, such as the Annual Showcase of Students of the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile, exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago, "Av-ant Perfo", the first international performance art show in Valparaíso, and "Perfo Puerto", the First Latin American festival of performance art in Chile.