CECILIA VILCA OCHARAN

Peruvian transartist, feminist chola techno-witch and language activist

Born in Lima, Peru. M.A. Digital Arts, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Grant awarded in GIS and Atlas Design at Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) - University of Twente, The Netherlands. Founding member of the creative and digital heritage division, MyAP Electron Microscopy Laboratory. Her artistic work is made with technology in concept and realization, exploring its relationship with gender, society, and nature. From a decolonizing vision, it develops in the borders of art and science, connecting ancient technologies with new ones. Her main goal and poetic is to encourage reflection through revelation using technology. Her projects are born from her personal crusades; therefore, they are micropolitical flesh. Scientific & Artistic Committee member of FEMeeting 2023 Taos and TTT2023 Malta: Taboo – Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science. Independent International Program Committee Member (IPC) of ISEA2020 Montreal and ISEA2023 Paris. Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts (CITAR) Reviewer. Eight Art Residency Programs: Mexico, Bolivia, USA, and Canada. She has exhibited her work, organized exhibitions, and given lectures in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain, Cuba, Chile, Norway, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Austria, and the USA.