Dates:
born   1955
Biography: SELECTED PERFORMANCE WORKS

2002 Mexotica, Encontro Hemisferico,
Lima


2001 The Museum of Fetish-ized
Identities, Muffathalle, Munich;
Performance Space, Sydney


EXPERIENCES: Barcelona Art Report,
Triennal, Barcelona; International Theater
Festival, Havana 2000

The Mexterminator, Encontro
Hemisferico, Rio de Janeiro; Eventa 5,
Sweden


1999 The Mexterminator, Sonart,
MACBA, Barcelona; Caribe 2000
performance festival, San Juan


1997 The Mexterminator, ARS
Electronica, Linz


1996 The Mexterminator, Szene
Festival, Salzburg


Ethno-techno art, 5Cyberconf, Madrid
The Temple of Confessions, Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington DC


1995 The Temple of Confessions, X-
Teresa Museum, Mexico City
Borderama [with Roberto Sifuentes],
Act, Helsinki


1994 New World Border, Banff Centre,
Alberta Ante-America [collective], toured
to Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Mexico and USA


1993 Mexarcane International, LIFT,
London


The Cuatinaui World Tour [with Coco
Fusco], Whitney Biennial, New York


1992 The Guatinaui World Tour [with
Coco Fusco], Sydney Biennale, Sydney
The 1992 Trilogy [Part II], Next Wave
Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music,
New York


The 1992 Trilogy [Parts I & III], Los
Angeles Festival, Los Angeles 1990 and
1993


1990 Solo performance and pirate radio
broadcasts, EDCE 'go, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne
Solo performance and installation, The
Decade Show, New York


SELECTED FURTHER READING
2000 CODEX ESPANGLIENSIS: From
Columbus to the Border Patrol, San
Francisco: City Lights Dangerous Border
Crossers: The Artist Talks Back,
London: Routledge Press


1997 New World Border, San Francisco:
City Lights Temple of Confessions [book
& CD/documentation of Gomez-Penia's
and Sifuentes' performance],
Powerhouse Books, Limited Edition from
La Pocha Nostra

Source:Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, International 02 Festival catalogue
Date of source:2002

Type: person