Melisa Zulberti
Melisa Zulberti (she/they)(Argentina, 1989) is a multidisciplinary artist working as a director, contemporary dancer, visual artist, and creator of performative installations. Her artistic approach focuses on generating interconnections between different languages and aesthetics, integrating performance, visual arts, industrial design, and technology. Her work has been recognized both nationally and internationally.
In 2024, Melisa became the first Argentine artist selected by Wayne McGregor to represent the country at the Venice Dance Biennale. This recognition allowed her to premiere an original project as part of an international co-production, selected from an open call worldwide with only one project chosen. At the Arsenale, the Biennale’s main venue, she presented her work POSGUERRA, which was later showcased in Argentina at the Buenos Aires International Festival (FIBA), also a co-producer of the piece.
She studied Choreographic Composition at the National University of the Arts (UNA) and Industrial Design at the National University of La Plata (UNLP).
Among her most notable projects are SOBRE SÍ MISMO, LA CONTINUIDAD DE LOS CUERPOS, and DENTRO, among many others. Her works have been presented at festivals, exhibitions, cultural spaces, and major museums, including the São Paulo Biennial (Brazil); La Juan Gallery, Zapadores Museum, La Ciudad del Arte, La Neomudéjar Museum, Medialab Prado, Mutuo Art Gallery, and Paraíso Festival (Spain); Paris Fashion Week and Fête de Saint-Denis (France); and in Argentina at FIBA, Teatro San Martín, MUMBAT, MAR Museum, Materia Prima, Mapa Art Fair, Buenos Aires Fashion Week, the Young Art Biennial, Centro Cultural San Martín, ArtLab, Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti, Fundación Proa, Proa21, and Centro Cultural Borges.
Melisa received the "Beca Movilidad" grant from the National Fund for the Arts, which included a residency with the Department of Culture of Rio de Janeiro/FUNARJ/NGO “People's Place Project” in Brazil. She won the Performance Award from the Brun Cattaneo Collection and participated in the Marco Arte Foco residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Boca (Buenos Aires). Along with other artists, she created the performative piece UNDER in a collaboration between Amsterdam and Buenos Aires, supported by the National Theater Institute. Her audiovisual project LA CONTINUIDAD DE LOS CUERPOS was selected among the highest-scoring projects in the Itaú Visual Arts Award. Her project TODO ESTO INFINITAS VECES was selected by the René Brusau Provincial Museum of Fine Arts in Chaco, Argentina. She also developed a collaborative work with artist Refik Anadol, based on the NATURE DREAMS series.
Currently, she is developing an adaptation of her piece Sobre Sí Mismo to be presented at the Museum of Latin American Art (MALBA PUERTOS) as part of the Festival No Convencional. At the same time, she is immersed in the creative process of her next work, which will be co-produced and premiered this year at Teatro Colón.