Overview

Bengolea, born 1979 in Argentina, 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 and venues such as the MUDAM, Luxembourg (2022, 2023), the Noor Riyadh Exhibition (2023), The Guggenheim Bilbao (2021, 2022), the Gwangju Biennial (2014, 2021), Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris (2021), Art Basel Parcours, Basel (2021), La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2021), Tank Shanghai (2020), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2010, 2016, 2019), SFER IK Tulum (2019), Fondation Giacometti, Paris (2019), Performa, NY (2019), Desert X, Salton Sea (2019), TBA21, Venice and Madrid (2018, 2019), Dhaka Art Summit (2018), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015, 2018), ICA London (2015), Elevation 1049, Gstaad (2017), Dia Art Foundation (2017), Hayward Gallery, London (2016), Biennale de Sao Paulo (2016), Tate Modern, London (2015) and the Biennale de Lyon (2015) to name a few. 

Bengolea has collaborated with dancehall artists such as Craig Black Eagle, Bombom DHQ, Damion BG, and with artists Dominique Gonzalez Forster 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. They have also co-created dance pieces for their dance company as well as for the Ballet de Lyon (2013), the Ballet de Lorraine (2014) and Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal (2015).

Exhibitions
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Works
  • Deary Steel
    Deary Steel
  • Belval 1500 Celcius
    Belval 1500 Celcius
  • Ocean Life Under the Bridge and Chimneys
    Ocean Life Under the Bridge and Chimneys
  • Series-Birth Machine
    Series-Birth Machine
  • Bodies As Protest
    Bodies As Protest
  • Maria's Transformation
    Maria's Transformation
  • Pampa Kingston Sunset
    Pampa Kingston Sunset
  • Pampa Kingston Sunrise
    Pampa Kingston Sunrise
  • Salton Friends
    Salton Friends
  • Bombom in the Salton Sea
    Bombom in the Salton Sea
  • Deep Sea Worm
    Deep Sea Worm
  • Anemone Fragment
    Anemone Fragment
  • Anchor Fish
    Anchor Fish
  • Umbrella Fish
    Umbrella Fish
  • Bestiaire
    Bestiaire
  • Danse au fond de la mer
    Danse au fond de la mer
Press
Events
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