Denys Blacker

Blacker has lived and worked in Spain since 1987 and has been making live art works internationally for over 30 years. In 2002, she co-founded Gresol, a non-profit making cultural association with the Dutch artist, Anet van de Elzen, and since then, she has organised over 20 International Performance art festivals in Girona and Barcelona, including FEM, an annual festival showcasing the work of women performance artists, now in its 16th edition. She collaborates with la Bonne, Women’s Cultural Centre in Barcelona coordinating Cara a Cara., an ongoing programme of performance art, interviews and residencies, to promote works by women.

She is a member of the international performance group The Wolf in the Winter and a founding member of the EU funded project ELAA (European Live Art Archive) based in the University of Girona. She is founder and coordinator of Corpologia, a performance practice meeting and a magazine of the same name. She collaborates with other organisations programming performance art and live art events including; the Cicle d’Art d’Acció at Bòlit, Contemporary Art Centre in Girona and Flare (Forum for Live Art Research and Education) at the University of Northumbria (UK).