Miro Spinelli é artista, pesquisador e doutorando em Performance Studies na NYU, com mestrados pela NYU e pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Atua nas imbricações entre performance, escrita, artes visuais e teoria, com foco em perspectivas minoritárias. Sua prática transdisciplinar - apresentada em festivais, exposições e conferências na América Latina, Europa e América do Norte - desenvolve estratégias anticoloniais através de um irmanamento radical com matérias, objetos e os invisíveis que emergem de suas relações. Seu trabalho articula criação artística e pesquisa teórica nos cruzamentos entre pensamento queer, trans e decolonial.
Miro Spinelli is an artist, researcher, and PhD candidate in Performance Studies at NYU, holding master's degrees from NYU and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. They work at the intersections of performance, writing, visual arts, and theory with a focus on minoritarian perspectives. Their transdisciplinary practice—presented in festivals, exhibitions, and conferences across Latin America, Europe, and North America—develops anti-colonial strategies through a radical kinship with materials, objects, and the invisibles that emerge from their relations. Their work bridges artistic creation and theoretical research at the crossroads of queer, trans, and decolonial thought.
educaçãoeducation
- PhD candidate. Performance Studies. Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, 2020-25
- Master of Philosophy, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, 2022
- MA. Performance Studies. Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, 2020
- MA. Graduate Program in Arts of the Scene. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, 2018
- Bachelor in Film and Video. University of the State of Paraná, UNESPAR, 2014
prêmiosawards
- NYU Corrigan Fellowship (2020-25)
- Visual Arts Award - Rede Artes Visuais - Brazilian National Foundation for the Arts (2024-25)
- Visual Arts Award - Funarte Retomada - Brazilian National Foundation for the Arts (2023-24)
- NYU Tisch - The Performance Studies Internationalisms Award (2020)
- NYU Tisch School of the Arts Departmental Fellowship (2019/20)
- MA FAPERJ Special Program's Scholarship (2017)
- Best Film Award for the webdocumentary: Trans*Lúcidx, Mostra do Filme Livre, Brazil (2014)
- Rumos Itaú Cultural (2013)
residênciasresidencies
- Matéria Crítica para Massa Crítica. Casa do Povo. São Paulo, Brazil (2023)
- Residencia Artística Iberoamericana. PAR - Programa Artistas en Residencia. Montevideo/Rivera, Uruguay (2018)
- Open Bodies/Corpos Abertos - Despina. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2018)
- Atelierstipendium - Bibliothek Andreas Züst. Oberegg, Switzerland (2017)
- O feminino e a rua: Mostra hífen de pesquisa-cena. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2016)
- PPPP: Programa Público de Performance Península. Galeria Península. Porto Alegre, Brazil (2016)
principais exposições, festivais e conferências
selected exhibitions, festivals and conferences
- HUSH Festival, London (2024)
- Challenging the Boundaries of Bodies - International Conference, UNESPAR, Curitiba (2024)
- Festival Atos de Fala, AdF22, Rio de Janero, Brazil (2022)
- Performatorium Festival of Queer Performance. Regina, Canada (2019)
- Como ser uma máquina de guerra com lágrimas nos olhos?, curated by Daniel Lourenço and Jota Mombaça - Lisbon, Portugal (2017)
- Frestas - Trinal de Artes de Sorocaba. Curated by Daniela Labra (2017)
- Mostra Todos os Gêneros. Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil (2017)
- LiVEART.US - Transformations. Curated by Hector Canonge. Queens Museum – NYC, USA (2016)
- Trans*Affective Performance Encounters. Curated by Daniel Chávez. Fluxx Galery - Tucson, AZ, USA (2016)
- TRANS*STUDIES - An International Transdisciplinary Conference. Arizona University - Tucson, AZ, USA (2016)
- Depois do Futuro. Collective exhibition Curated by Daniela Labra. EAV Parque Lage - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2016)
- Esforços #1 / Esforços #4 – Mostra de Performances. Curated by Caio Riscado and Lucas Canavarro. Olho da Rua / Espaço Éden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (2016)
- My body is a cage. Collective exhibition curated by Raphael Fonseca. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (2016)
- II Desfazendo Gênero International Conference. UFBA – Salvador, Brazil. (2015)
- IVAHM - International Video Art Festival. Madri, Spain. (2015)
- p.Arte - Mostra de Performance Art. Curated by Fernando Ribeiro e Henrique Saidel. Bicicletaria Cultural, Curitiba, Brazil. (2015)
- Ciclo de Cine del Octubre Trans. Barcelona, Spain. (2014)
- Entzaubert queer D.I.Y Filmfestival. Berlin, Germany. (2014)
- Zinegoak Film Fest: Bilbao, Spain. (2012)