Helena Martin Franco (Bio)

 Helena Martin Franco was born in Cartagena, Colombia. She lives and works in Tio'tia:ke-Mooniyang-Montréal since 1998. She holds an MA in visual and media arts from UQAM. She is a member of several feminist contemporary art collectives, including L’Araignée (collective of diffusion of contemporary art), La Redhada (network of women artists from the Colombian Caribbean), CAVCA (Community of Visual Artists of Cartagena and Bolivar) and Las meninas emputás! (Feminist collective, anti-colonial activist from Cartagena). Her transdisciplinary practice explores the blending of different artistic processes and the hybridization between traditional and new technologies. Her artistic practice invites dialogue about gender-based violence, immigration and artistic censorship. Winner of the POWERHOUSE PRIZE (Montreal) in 2018. 

http://helenamartinfranco.com/