Cecilia Bengolea, (b. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1979) is a multidisciplinary artist using dance as a tool and a medium for radical empathy and emotional exchange. Through collaboration with others – artists, performers, deejays and dancers – Bengolea develops a broad artistry where she sees movement, dance and performance as animated sculpture, where she herself is both object and subject in her own work. Bengolea’s work has been extensively exhibited at institutions over the world including The Guggenheim Bilbao; the Gwangju Biennial; Art Basel; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Performa, NY; Desert X, Salton Sea, California; Tate Modern, London. Bengolea has collaborated with dancehall artists such as Craig Black Eagle, Bombom DHQ, Damion BG, and with artists Dominique Gonzalez Foerster and Jeremy Deller. Her collaborative work with French choreographer François Chaignaud, Pâquerette (2005-2008) and Sylphides (2009), have earned several awards such as the Award de la Critique de Paris in 2010 and the Young Artist Prize at the Gwangju Biennial in 2014. The Vinyl Factory first collaborated with Bengolea to commission and stage her video installation Bom Bom’s Dream, a joint work with Jeremy Deller, which was shown at 180 Studios in 2016 and whose soundtrack was subsequently released by The Vinyl Factory.
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