Alicia Framis
Alicia Framis, born in 1967 in Barcelona, studied at the Fine Arts School, Barcelona University and at Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris. She also completed a Master at the Institut d’Hautes Etudes in Paris and a Master the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
After art school Framis lived and worked in Barcelona (1985-1990), Paris (1990-1993), and in Amsterdam from 1995. She has become known around the world for her performances and productions, such as Loneliness in the City (1999-2000), the Secret Strike films (2003-2006); an installation accessible to women only, Minibar, at the 2nd Berlin Biennial in 2001; and Anti_dog (2002-2003), that she developed to represent The Netherlands in the Dutch Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennial in 2003.