Patricio Suárez

Patricio Suárez (Argentina, 1985) is an interdisciplinary artist, director, performer, musician, researcher, and teacher. His work is situated between live arts and philosophy, where he explores the relationships between aesthetics and politics. His creations combine contemporary theater, dance, and performance with research on materials and technological devices, sound design, and installation art.

He trained in acting and directing in Buenos Aires with Pompeyo Audivert, Ricardo Bartís, Emilio García Wehbi, Mariana Obersztern, Juan Pablo Gómez, among others. He studied dance with Juan Onofri, Rhea Volij, and Andrea Manso. With Fernando Rubio and Silvio Lang, he trained in performance and urban intervention. He studied playwriting with Mauricio Kartún, Mariano Tenconi Blanco, and Ignacio Bartolone. He also studied sculpture with Luis María Terán, and drawing and painting in a self-taught manner.

He is the creator and director of Borderline (2023), How to Learn to Be Alone (in process), Ánimas (2023), Argentinian Meat (Prelude for a Cyborg of the Pampas) (2021), The Trap of the Lost Paradise (2019). He co-founded Heliotropic Experiment (2013) and Live Essays (2009). He has participated as an assistant, artistic collaborator, performer, actor, installation and sound designer, in a number of works such as: Mirror Neurons by Rimini Protokoll and Shasha Waltz & Guests (Radialsystem, Berlin, 2024); Yabba (Municipal Gallery of Porto, Portugal, 2024) and It Takes a Population to Raise a Mountain by María Jerez (Tabakalera Donostia, 2024); Romance of the Blonde Black Woman by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, directed by Emilia Dulom (El Umbral de Primavera, Madrid, 2024); Wild Forces by Silvio Lang (Teatro Nacional Cervantes, 2018); Ezeiza Museum 73 by Pompeyo Audivert (Centro Cultural San Martín, 2018/2019); Horde (2016), Molecular Arutó (Centro Cultural Recoleta, 2016), Casandra Speaking (2017) by Rhea Volij; The importance of Schwa (2021) by Marina Tampini; Final illusion (one of action) (2022) by Gabriela Prado and Valeria Antón.

He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Thought and Scenic Creation at the Superior School of Dramatic Art of Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain. He holds a degree in Social Sciences and Humanities (National University of Quilmes), a Higher Technician in Journalism (TEA), and has studied Philosophy (University of Buenos Aires) and Political and Contemporary Philosophy with philosopher Diego Sztulwark.

Regarding his musical career, he has released three albums as a composer and singer: Wizard River (2019), Crime, Fable and Disguise (2013), The Other Forms (2011). He has worked as a sound designer for dance and performance works. He also published a book of poems titled Thin Verses through Subpoesía publishing house, Buenos Aires.

He was the coordinator and teacher of the Audio-visual Arts Program at the Professional Training Center 24, and a researcher at the Latin American School of Social Sciences (School in the Cloud, FLACSO), Buenos Aires.

He has received support from the National Fund for the Arts, PRODANZA, and the National Institute of Music of Argentina, and has participated in national and international festivals.