CV/RESUMES
LAIA CABRERA
New York - Barcelona
Film and Video Artist and Visual Designer
Laia Cabrera is an award-winning filmmaker and video artist and critically recognized multimedia creator, working in the fields of art Installations, new cinema, creating a wide range of artworks, from traditional and experimental filmmaking, virtual theater, interactive art and immersive projection mapping installations. She is exploring new ways of using space and the visual imaginary as a tool for narrative storytelling and audience connection, driven by both scenographic and dramaturgical aspects and creating immersive content experiences. She is currently the artistic director of LAIA CABRERA & CO co-founded with French animator Isabelle Duverger, a team of visual artists producing a wide range of multimedia projects. www.laiacabrera.com
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024 CUNY-BCC grant from the Melon Foundation for the creation of immersive installation "Perennial Land"
2023 Individual Artist Fellowship Grant awards by Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund
2022 #Hybrid Vision - Panasonic Digital Art Nominee, Shanghai, China
2021 Grant from Catalan Delegation to the USA to create the immersive video and sound installation "La Diada", Washington DC
2021 Motion Award 2021 Nominee in the category "Interactive/Experiential - Installation"
2021 Grant from FLUTTER EXPERIENCE to create the immersive interactive video and sound installation "Dream-e-scape", Los Angeles
2019 Grant from FLUTTER EXPERIENCE to create the immersive interactive video and sound installation "Illusion", Los Angeles
2018 Resident Artists of COOLTURE IMPACT, the largest video interactive public art platform, New York
2018 Official Selection of SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Armory Arts Week, New York
2017 Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the U.S. Grant
2016 Talent Madrid 2016 Finalist
2016 Telly Awards 2016 Silver Winner for Best Direction (Highest Distinction)
2015 Grant from Georgetown Business Improvement District, Washington DC
2015 Grant from DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities
2015 New York Innovative Theater Award Winner for the multimedia theater piece "Night" Outstanding Performance Art Production
2015 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Night" Outstanding Innovative Design
2014 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Cosmicomics" Outstanding Innovative Design
2014 Telly Awards 2014 Bronze Winner for Best Art Direction
2013 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Garden of Delights" Outstanding Innovative Design
2013 Telly Awards 2013 Silver Winner for Best Documentary
2013 Telly Awards 2013 Silver Winner for Best Animation
2013 AVA Digital Awards 2013 Platinum Winner Best video Animation and Best Creativity
2013 AVA Digital Awards 2013 Gold Winner Best Documentary
2010 CONCA Grant for "Claim your Place" from the Consell Nacional de la Cultura I de les Arts, Catalonia, Spain
2010 Residency in Topia Arts New York, USA, May - June 2010
2009 Residency L'animal a l'esquena. Nu2's, Celrà, Spain, Nov 2009
2002 Best Cinematic Film Award for "Under Influence" at The 23rd Annual Invitational Film Festival, NY
2000 KrTU Award for Young Creators for the international exhibition and multimedia project "Neutral Identities" by the Department of
Culture of the Government of Catalonia, Spain
1997 "Year Lumière" project Two-year research Grant by the Audiovisual Communication Department of the Autonomous University
of Barcelona, Spain
IMMERSIVE VIDEO ART INSTALLATIONS (Shows and Installations)
2024 "Perennial Land" video & sound immersive installation, The Hall of Fame Art Gallery at the Bronx Community College, NY
2023-24 "Qualia - You Matter to Me" video & sound immersive installation, Jersey City Theater Center, NJ, JCAST & Prelude Festival 2023
2022-23 "Dream-e-scape" video & sound immersive interactive installation, Flutter Experience, Los Angeles, CA;
Microwave Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong; Film Criticism Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Hybrid Vision - Panasonic 2022 Nominee)
2022-23 "Slimey Mirror" immersive video and sound art installation, Sloomoo Institute, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston
2022 "Sloomooverse" Web-AR application with animation, videoart and interactivity, Sloomoo Institute, Wolrdwide
2021-22 "Close-Up - Primer Pla" video & sound immersive installation, White Space Gallery Chelsea, NYC, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Jersey City Theater Center, NJ, The Dumbo Loft, Brooklyn, NY
2022 "Into the Deep" video immersive installation, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2021 "La Diada" video & sound immersive installation, Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the USA, Washington DC
2019-21 "Illusion" video and sound immersive interactive installation, Flutter Experience, Los Angeles, CA (Motion Award Nominee)
2020 "Shifting Gaze" & "Untitled Mind", Festival ECOSS, Fabra i Coats, Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2020 "Within Reach" video and sound immersive interactive installation, Art Wall Coolvines Powerhouse, Jersey City, NJ
2018-20 "The Now" Public Art Interactive LED Wall Installation, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Times Square, New York (Largest Interactive Art Wall in New York). Created by Isabelle Duverger and Laia Cabrera, Interactivity by NoirFlux, Curated by Coolture New York
2019 "Untitled Mind" videoart installation, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2018 "Shifting Gaze" "Untitled Mind" & "Quantum" videoart installations for JCAST HQ, Jersey City, NJ
2018 "Self On the Shelf" Immersive Interactive Site-Specific Video and Sound Installation, Selected at the Spring/Break Art Show
(Part of the Armory Arts Week), Times Square, New York. Created by Isabelle Duverger and Laia Cabrera, Interactivity by
Nicola Carpegianni, Curated by Christine Miele
2017 Building Projection Mapping for Deutsches Haus' 40th anniversary
Video Projection Mapping, Visuals and Animations by Laia Cabrera & Isabelle Duverger (Laia Cabrera & Co),
Deutsches Haus at NYU - Friday, September 22, 2017
2017 “Dragons & Books & Roses” building projection mapping on Washington Square Mews in which architecture, drawn illustrations,
animations and movement come together in a visual celebration of literature and the legend of Sant Jordi in the heart of Greenwich
Village, Manhattan, organized by The Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the U.S. and the Catalan Institute of America.
2017 “Morgxn – XX” Projection Mapping for Music Video
2016 “Aire: Visual Concert for Nomads” Site-Specific Visual Concert and Projection Mapping,
Underwear Factory, Poughkeepsie, Hudson Valley New York, as a large scale 5000 sq/ft visual concert performed live with an
ensemble orchestra and sponsored by Art Mid Hudson, NYSCA. Created by Laia Cabrera (Film Direction), Javier Moreno
Sanchez (Music Direction) and Isabelle Duverger (Video Mapping, Animations)
2016 “La Noche From Spain” Video mapped Installation designed for the Amster Yard, an interior garden at the Instituto Cervantes
New York, organized by The Instituto Cervantes, the Spanish Tourism Board and conceived by Spain Fresh.
2015 “Shifting Gaze @ GLOW” Film-Art-Music installation conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera, Music by Erica Glyn, Animations
and Mapping by Isabelle Duverger, Georgetown Glow Festival, Washington DC projected on the main Wall of the Georgetown
Canal as a large site-specific immersive video mapped installation and commission by the Georgetown Business improvement
District (BID) and the Spanish Embassy in DC.
2015 “Aire: Visual Concert for Nomads” Site-Specific Visual Concert and Projection Design, Art All Night, Washington DC, projected on
the Neoclassical building of the Bank of America as a large scale visual concert performed live with an ensemble orchestra and
sponsored by the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, DC. Created and directed by Laia Cabrera in collaboration with
Javier Moreno Sanchez (music direction), Isabelle Duverger (Video Mapping, animations)
2015 “The Garden Party” Video mapped Installation, Institute Cervantes, New York, curated by the Spanish artist and choreographer
Blanca Li in collaboration with Spain Fresh.
2014 “City In Motion” Triptych Video mapped Installation & animations commissioned by Reebok Creative Hub and Spain Fresh,
White Box Gallery, SoHo, New York.
2014 “Aire” Video Installation Performance Concert, Tempietto Di Bramante – Rome, Italy
in collaboration with Javier Moreno (music direction), Isabelle Duverger (Video Mapping, animations), Isabel Cadenas (Poetry)
and Lucia Miranda (Stage Management)
2013 “Untitled mind” Indoor and Outdoor Video and sound installation with mapping in collaboration with Isabelle Duverger,
Wonderbread Factory, Nuit Blanche, Washington DC
2013 “Bon Bagay: Art Auction and Charity event for Haiti” Mixed media projection and mapping, Raw Space, Harlem, New York.
2013 “Pikolinos Pop-Up Store” Video Installation Mapping Meatpacking District, NYC, listed as the 10 best designed stores in the world
2013 “Maasai Project” Video mapped sound installation/lab/exhibit about the Maasai women in Kenya, commissioned by Pikolinos, Pop up Store-NY Chelsea, New York
2012 “Landscape of the Soul” multimedia visual concert with 17 video mapped screens with world-percussionist multi-instrumentalist
Nacho Arimany. La Mama, NYC
2011 "Resonant Streams: An Ancient Call" (large site-specific visual installation performance) in collaboration with LiquidBody Dance
Company. “The Value of Water” series at the Cathedral Saint John The Devine in New York, November 2011
2010-11 “Shifting Gaze” Video-Art-Music Installation, Times Square Alliance program. Conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera. Music by
Erica Glyn and Animations by Isabelle Duverger, Spain Art Fest’10 in Times Square, commission by the Consulate of Spain in NY,
and 360 degree immersive video mapping projection design at REGION 0 International Video Art Festival of New York,
March 2011, produced by Laura Turegano and curated by Eva Mendoza.
2009-11 “Walk Pasa Bouge V1” Hopla, Festival of Circus Arts of Brussels, Belgium, 2011
2010 “Claim Your Place” (Video-Installation-Performance) Conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera and Nuria Legarda. Performed at
Centro Español NYC, New York, NY, May 2010. Tournefeuille Festival Les Nuits Euphoriques, France, June 2010. Festival New
Tendencies Terrassa (TNT), Spain. September 2010. Festival Cos Reus, Spain, October 2010. Project commissioned by Topia
Arts Center, CAER and CAET with funding from Consell Nacional de la Cultura I de les Arts (CONCA), Catalunya, Spain
2010 “Nacho Arimany Trio” (Concert-VideoArt) An improvisional and free dialogue with live music and live visuals, BAM and Zora Art
Space, Brooklyn, NY
2009 “Playing Equality” (Dance-theater-Video), Video Art by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger, Produced and performed by Puy
Navarro and Francisco Reyes. Commissioned by the Generalitat Valenciana, for the International Universities Forum 2009 and
the Valencian Foundation for Human Rights. International University Forum on “Poverty Eradication: A Challenge for Universities
Worldwide” at Boricua College of the City University of New York, November 23, 2009. Festival Internacional de Teatro Social
'ReACT'” sponsored by the Fundación por la Justicia, Valencia, Spain. May 17, 2010,
2007-09 “For Feather” (Visual-Concert) in collaboration with composer and musician Erica Glyn. 4 Video streams projected live in
conjunction with live musicians performed at Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2008, The Waterloo, Cleveland,
The Subway, Cincinnati, OH, Monkey Town, 2009, Zebulon, 2008, Joe’s Pub & Rose, 2007
2008 “Touching Gravity 2/Tilt” (Dance Video) Interactive, aerial videodance-website choreographed and performed by Caryn Heilman
of LiquidBody MediaDance. Project commissioned by the New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. with funding from the Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
2006 “Send” (live music & live visuals) in collaboration with musician Bryan Noll (Concrescense) performed at Nublu, Manhattan, NY,
Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY, Laila, Brooklyn, NY
2003 “Beacon” Performed at Holy Water Lower East Side; SUNY Purchase Dance Theater & Puffin Cultural Forum.
FILM & VIDEO ART (Directing, Editing And Cinematography)
2023 "Qualia - You Matter to Me" video & sound immersive installation, Jersey City Theater Center, NJ, JCAST & Prelude Festival 2023
2021 "Close-Up / Primer Pla" Videoart Installation, New York, Washington DC, Miami, Brooklyn
2019 "9th Configuration" official music video for The Rentals
2018 "The Sublime Connection" - Videoart Piece, New York
2017 “Taksu” - Alexandra Mor Tagua Seed collection and Bali journey documentary directed by Laia Cabrera in collaboration with
Isabelle Duverger, premiered in Vogue, New York City - September 6th, 2017
2017 "Close-up: María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco", Short Documentary about Art and Power, commission by KJCC at NYU, New York.
2016 “Quantum” Film-Art-Music piece, Conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera. Music by Erica Glyn and Animations by Isabelle Duverger
2015 “Kavli Human Project” Short Documentary, Directed by Laia Cabrera, Assistant Director Isabelle Duverger with the support of
The Kavli Foundation, the Kavli HUMAN Project (KHP)
2015 “I AM” Haute Jewelry Designer Alexandra Mor Story & Inspiration. Film directed by Laia Cabrera, Assistant Director
Isabelle Duverger. Featured in Vogue Jewelry
2014 “Untitled mind” Film for installation and cinematic presentation, Nuit Blanche, Washington DC. Video Dance Short Film,
Directed by Laia Cabrera. Choreography by Alexander Proia. Performed by Catherine Correa and Jonathan Royse Windham.
Production design and special effect by Isabelle Duverger. Music by Javier Moreno.
2013 "An Ecosystem Transforming Healthcare Through Technology" NYeC 2013. Telly Awards 2014 for Best Art Direction
2012 “How the SHINY Makes Life Better” NYeC 2012 . Best video Animation and Best Creativity, AVA Digital Awards 2013 Platinum
Winner, Laia Cabrera & Co.
2011 “Shifting Gaze Film” (Film-Video) Conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera. Music by Erica Glyn and Animations by Isabelle Duverger.
Presented at Spain Art Fest’10, Times Square; KJCC REGION 0 International Video Art Festival of New York, March 2011, Institute
Cervantes of London, England June 2012, El Tragaluz Digital de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, July 2012, Centro Cultural Cuale,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, March 2012.
2010 “Monegros-Nueva York” (video New York) Presented at the exhibition Desiertos y Cardenales by Teresa Ramón with the
collaboration of the Art-Lab at La Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain, from November 19, 2010 to January 2, 2011.
2009 “Is there an edge of belief” (mixed media) Produced and directed by Laia Cabrera, Presented at the 2nd edition of the
multidisciplinary festival "Jaen en Femenino", Jaen, Spain. Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ULA 2010, Mérida,
Venezuela.
2008 “New York” (mixed media), Created and edited by Laia Cabrera. Presented at the exhibition "NY (p) NY (f) David Besora" at the
Sala Gòtica, Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, Lleida, Spain, from July 3 to September 14, 2008.
2006 “Singularity” (film & video art). Produced and directed by Laia Cabrera, Inaugurated the International Video and Animation Festival
"Animac" in Spain, Lleida 2006. “Festival Internacional de Teatro Social 'ReACT'” sponsored by the Fundación por la Justicia,
Valencia, Spain.
2003 “Invisible” (fiction/16 mm film), Vertiginosas (islands) production. Written and directed by Laia Cabrera. Premiered at Two Boots
Pioneer Theater, NY. Official selection: Milano Film Festival 2006, Kinoforum Festival, “Mostra International” Brasil 2005, Film
Screening series at Topia Arts Center, MA.
2002 “Dropped”, a multimedia essay (video) Vertiginosas (islands) production. Directed by Laia Cabrera. Knowledge Union, Media
Studies Screening program, NYC.
2001 “Under Influence” (experimental/16mm film), NY. Produced and directed by Laia Cabrera. Best Cinematic Film at the 23rd.
Annual Invitational Film Festival, New York.Annual Invitational Film Festival, NY, Land Escape 2001, Two Boots, USA; Screen
Addictions Spain, Ocho y Medio, Quito, Ecuador. Screenings and Films Festivals: Land Escapes Mount Desert Symposium in the
Arts. Bar Harbor, Maine, USA; The 23rd Annual New School Invitational Film Festival. New York, USA; Enfoque en NY. Quito,
Ecuador. New York, USA; Screen Addictions, Exhibition of video creations, Barcelona, Spain.
2000 “Falling Apart” (fiction/digital film) written by Maria Litvan. Co-direction and cinematography. Cast: Jordi Rico, Carme Poll.
Vertiginosas (islands) production, NY.
1999 “A Dos Parto” (video), Theater and Trapeze Company Lorrojo, Argentina / Spain.
1998 “Lines” (fiction/16mm Film), Written by Maria Litvan. Co-direction and film editing. Produced by Vertiginosas islands, NY.
MULTIMEDIA THEATER & PERFORMANCE (Video Creation & Projection Design)
2023 "Lift Me Up" Music Video by Lachi - Video Immersive Installation set for filming, Gymnopedie, Brooklyn, NY
2023 "Allerleirauh" (musical theater) adapted from the Brothers Grimm, Alvin Ailey Theater, New York, NY
2022 "The Dark Stone" (theater) by Alberto Conejero, Repertorio Español, New York, NY
2022 “Cosmicomics” by The New Stage Theatre Company presented at New Stage Performance Space, NYC
2021 "People Place Disruption" with Nimbus Dance, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) NJ
2019-22 "Falling Sky" with Nimbus Dance, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), NJ, Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ
2019 "Lines in the Dust" Multimedia Theater Play written by Nikkole Salter, Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City, NJ
2019 "Prayog" with Three Aksha Dance, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2018-22 "Jersey City Nutcracker", Nimbus Dance Company, Jersey City, NJ
2018 "Trojan Women" Multimedia Theater Play written by Euripides, Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City, NJ
2018 "Prologue" Multimedia Theater Play written and directed by Maria Litvan, Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City, NJ
2017 “Else & Henry” Video art and video projection mapping, Espacio Inestable, Valencia, Spain - September 2017, received the
"Nuestras Voces" award by the MetLife Foundation and Teatro El Extranjero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2022
2017-18 “Sincronizada” a play by Mar Gomez Glez, Scenography & Video Projection Mapping,
Teatro Del Canal, Madrid, Spain - Finalist of Talent Madrid 2016 Festival, Microteatro, 2017 Madrid.
2015 “Emilie” by Radegund Hain, a multimedia play by Katie Naka produced by Stephanie Schmiderer, Markus Hirnigel and presented
at the Theater For the New City, NYC.
2015 “Ronensbourgh” by Beatriz Cabur, a Multimedia Theater Play by AENY presented at IATI theater, NYC.
2015 “Night” by Charles Mee, a Multimedia Theater Play by The New Stage Theater Company presented at the Theater For the
New City, NYC.
New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for Outstanding Innovative design (Projection Design, Visuals and Animations)
New York Innovative Theater Award winner for Outstanding Performance Art Production
2014 “Cosmicomics” by The New Stage Theater Company presented at Dixon Place, New York. New York Innovative Theater Award
nominee for best projection design.
2013 “Prologue” directed by Maria Litvan. Video and video projections Presented at the Center of Performance Research
2012 “Garden of Delights” by renown playwriter Fernando Arrabal, a Multimedia Theater Play by The New Stage Theater Company
presented at The Theater for the New City, New York. New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for best projection design.
2011 “The Road To Happiness” (Theater Play). Projection designed by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger (video,
illustrations/Animations and mapping in space).
Presented March 16-18 at the Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
2010 “Mapping Mobius” (Multimedia theater play) New Stage Theater Company, La Mama, NYC, Dec 2010
2008 “La Jaula Bajo El Trapo” (Multimedia theater play) Video Art by Laia Cabrera, performed at the Festival Teatro Vivo the King Juan
Carlos Center, New York University, New York .
2008 “Life is a dream” (Multimedia theater play) performed at the Festival de Teatro Clásico de Almagro. July, 2008.
2004-06 “Some Hysteric, Some Historic” (Multimedia theater play) - New Stage Theater Company, NY performed at Soto Velez Clemente
Flamboyant Theater NY. 2007, IT Awards nomination.
2004 “Psyche” (Theater play with trapeze, aerial dance and visual metaphors) – Directed by Maria LItvan,Vertiginosas Islands
Production, NY. Performed at Context Studios, NY
2003 “Come & GO” (Multimedia theater play) - New Stage Theater Company, NY. Walkerspace, Soho, NY
2001 “Women slightly on the edge” (Multimedia theater play) - American Globe Theater, NY,
FILM EDITING
2013 “Hannah Arendt” Documentary on the making of the feature film by Margarethe Von Trotta, included in the US distribution
of DVD and BluRay
2013 “The Feminine Trilogy: Part 1: Dark Pregnancy”, Dance piece choreograph by Catherine Correa. Cinematography and editing,
Laia Cabrera & Co.
2012-13 "Why We Do This Work" NYeC Campaign 2012, Gold Winner for Best Documentary, AVA Digital Awards 2013 and
Telly Awards 2013, Laia Cabrera & Co.
2010 “Rediscovering Kate Carew” (upcoming feature), A historical documentary, produced by Jaffa Films, New York.
2008 "Cachao, Uno Mas" (Documentary Color, 68min).
Featuring Andy Garcia, and Cachao. Produced by the Doc Film Institute of
San Francisco. (San Francisco International Film Festival; 2009 Miami International Film Festival; 12th International Latino Film
Festival; San Diego Latino Film Festival-CACHAO, 6ª edición del IN-EDIT, festival internacional de cine documental musical de
Barcelona, aired on PBS’s American Master, 2010)
2007 "Shut Up and Do It" (Feature film). Produced by 222 productions, NY. A Puerto Rico/US.latino film. (23rd CHICAGO LATINO FILM
FESTIVAL, NEW YORK LATINO FESTIVAL 2007)
2007 "The World of Vija Vetra" (Documentary). Film Postproduction Supervisor. Produced by Kosticfilms, NY. Las Vegas Film Festival,
Silver Ace Award Winner 2010, Asheville Film Festival North Carolina, Harvard Independent Film Group, Docufest Atlanta,
Flickerings @ Cornerstone, Festival June 2007 USA)
WRITING - PUBLICATIONS
1998 “L’Estança” Author of the play, LA GARGOLA-TEATRE, El submarí, Barcelona, Spain
1997 “De la Tierra a las Estrellas” Author of the play Teatre Màlic, Barcelona, Spain
1997 “Arrebatos”, thematic book, Editorial Larousse Planeta, Spain
1997 “The Ambigious Gaze, An Approach to Neus Buira’s Art Work”, article published by Transversal, #4, Barcelona, Spain
1996 “Iconópolis” Dramaturgy. A theater play by Julian Hunt, Barcelona, Spain.
1996 “El Cuerpo del Arquitecto”, text for the exhibition, Architecture Institute of Barcelona, Spain.
1994 “La Sangre del Alma”, Collection of poems published by the University of Philology, Spain
1992 “Caducidad del Sentido”, poetic-essay book, nº XII Collection Dama Ginebra, Spain
ARTIST TALKS
2024 Care and Climate Justice Artists’ Roundtable - Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College, NY
2023 Beyond the Frame, Film Criticism Conference, Riyadh, Saoudi Arabia
2022 Festival SANT JORDI USA, Jersey City, NJ
2020 Festival ECOSS, Fabra i Coats, Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2020 JCTC Voices International Theatre Festival, Jersey City, NJ
2020 TrapTalk, Trapology, Boston, MA
2020 Nimbus: Stagedoor, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Business, Design & Technology Conference on Sustainable Cities, Centre for Social Innovation, New York, NY
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
2010-Present Founding Partner and Creative Director of LAIA CABRERA & CO LLC, Film-Video-Art, NY
2005-19 Advisory Board Member, Textile Development & Marketing, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
2007-10 Member of the Board of Directors of Topia Arts Center, MA, USA
1997-10 Co-founder of the film and theater company Vertiginosas (islands), NY-BCN
1997-98 Co-founder of “IET projectes de recerca” (IET research projects) and artistic co-director of the International
exhibition Neutral Identities supported by the Department of Culture of the Catalan Government, Spain
EDUCATION
2001 Master in Film Production at The New School University, NY
1993 MFA in Audiovisual Communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
1991 BFA in Media Studies at the UAB (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Spain
1985 Graduated in Music and Composition at the Conservatoire of Barcelona, Spain
ISABELLE DUVERGER
New York - Paris
Painter and Installation Artist
Isabelle Duverger is an award winning New York based French visual artist, animator, illustrator and video-mapper working in the US and Europe. She has been collaborating with Laia Cabrera on the creation of site-specific video installations and multimedia shows. She is a three-time NYIT nominee for Outstanding Innovative Video and Projection Design. She has performed in renowned venues such as Times Square Plaza, St John the Divine Cathedral, Central Park Summer Stage, BAM, New York, NJPAC, NJ, Nuit Blanche Washington DC, Tempietto Di Bramante, Rome, Italy, Teatros Del Canal, Madrid and Fabra i Coats Contemporary Art Centre, Barcelona, Spain among others. www.isabelleduverger.com
IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS / INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS
2024 PERENNIAL LAND video & sound immersive installation, Wall of Fame Gallery, BCC, NY
2023 QUALIA - YOU MATTER TO ME video & sound immersive installation, Jersey City Theater Center, NJ, JCAST & Prelude Festival 2023
2022-23 DREAM-E-SCAPE video & sound immersive interactive installation, Flutter Experience, Los Angeles, CA;
Microwave Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong; Film Criticism Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Hybrid Vision - Panasonic 2022 Nominee)
2022-23 SLIMEY MIRROR immersive video and sound art installation, Sloomoo Institute, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston
2022 INTO THE DEEP video immersive installation, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2021-22 CLOSE-UP/PRIMER PLA video & sound immersive installation, White Space Gallery Chelsea, NYC, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Jersey City Theater Center, NJ, The Dumbo Loft, Brooklyn, NY
2021 LA DIADA video and sound immersive installation, Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the USA, Washington DC
2020 WITHIN REACH video and sound immersive interactive installation, Art Wall Coolvines Powerhouse, Jersey City, NJ
2020 SANT JORDI NYC festival online (online platform live events, virtual video mapping, web-AR app)
2019-21 ILLUSION, interactive immersive video and sound art installation, Flutter Experience, Los Angeles, CA (Motion Award Nominee)
2018-20 THE NOW Public Art Interactive LED Wall Installation, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Times Square, New York (Largest Interactive Art
Wall in New York)
2019 THE WONDER OF IT ALL (animation for interactive installation), Coolture Impact, New York, NY
2018 SHIFTING GAZE, UNTITLED MIND and QUANTUM site specific video installations with mapping at JCAST HQ, Jersey City, NJ
2018 SELF ON THE SHELF Immersive Interactive Site-Specific Video and Sound Installation, Selected at the Spring/Break Art Show (Part
of the Armory Arts Week), Times Square, New York
2017 DRAGONS BOOKS AND ROSES Projection Mapping for St Jordi New York Festival, Deutsches Haus at NYU, University Place,
New York City, NY Commissioned by the Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture
2016 MADRID WORLD PRIDE Triptych Video Installation commissioned by the city of Madrid, White Box Gallery, SoHo, New York
2016 AIRE: VISUAL CONCERT FOR NOMADS Site-Specific Visual Concert and Projection Design, Underwear Factory, Poughkeepsie,
commissioned by Art Mid Hudson, NYSCA
2016 LA NOCHE FROM SPAIN Video mapped Installation, Institute Cervantes, New York
2015 SHIFTING GAZE @ GLOW Film-Art-Music installation, C & O Canal, Georgetown Glow Festival, Washington DC, Commissioned by the
Georgetown Business improvement District (BID) and the Spanish Embassy in DC.
2015 AIRE VISUAL CONCERT FOR NOMADS Site-Specific Visual Concert and Projection Design, Art All Night, Washington DC, projected
onto the Neoclassical building of the Bank of America as a large-scale visual concert performed live with an ensemble orchestra and
Commissioned by DC commission for the Arts and Humanities, DC.
2015 THE GARDEN PARTY Video mapped Installation, Institute Cervantes, New York
2015 THE SUPREME PRICE: AN EVENING WITH HAFSAT ABIOLA Video Installation Soho, New York City. Hafsat Abiola, Nigerian
human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, and the founder of KIND, a not-for-profit organization focusing primarily on Nigeria
2015 DOLLARS FOR THIEVES Indoor/Outdoor Video Installation. Music by Erica Glyn. Matt Torrey's, Williamsburg, New York
2014 CITY IN MOTION Video mapped Installation commissioned by Reebok, White Box Gallery, SoHo, New York
2014 AIRE Video Installation Performance Concert, Tempietto Di Bramante – Rome, Italy commissioned by Academia Real de España - AECID
2013 UNTITLED MIND Indoor and Outdoor Video and sound installation with mapping in collaboration with Laia Cabrera
Wonderbread Factory, Nuit Blanche, Washington DC
2013 BON BAGAY: ART AUCTION AND CHARITY EVENT FOR HAITI Mixed media projection and mapping, Raw Space, Harlem,
New York
2013 PIKOLINOS POP-UP STORE Video Installation Mapping Meatpacking District, NYC
Listed as the 10 best designed stores in the world
2013 MAASAI PROJECT Video mapped sound installation/lab/exhibit about the Maasai women in Kenya, commissioned by Pikolinos,
Pop up Store-NY Chelsea, New York
2011 RESONNANT STREAMS: AN ANCIENT CALL" (large site-specific visual installation performance) in collaboration with LiquidBody
Dance Company. “The Value of Water” series at the Cathedral Saint John The Devine in New York, November 2011
2010-11 SHIFTING GAZE Video Installation Performance, presented in Region Zero Festival, King Juan Carlos I Of Spain Center Of
New York University, New York; Spain Art Fest 2010, Times Square Plaza, New York
2010 CLAIM YOUR PLACE (Video-Installation-Performance) Conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera and Nuria Legarda. Performed at
Centro Español NYC, New York, NY, May 2010. Tournefeuille Festival Les Nuits Euphoriques, France, June 2010. Festival New
Tendencies Terrassa (TNT), Spain. September 2010. Festival Cos Reus, Spain, October 2010. Project commissioned by Topia Arts
Center, CAER and CAET with funding from Consell Nacional de la Cultura I de les Arts (CONCA), Catalunya, Spain
ANIMATION / VIDEOART
2020 MICRO-UNIVERSE (Videoart)
2020 SANT JORDI NYC festival online platform
2019 9TH CONFIGURATION official music video for The Rentals
2018 DISTANCE TO THE MOON Short Animated Film, France/USA, text by Italo Calvino
2018 THE SUBLIME CONNECTION (Videoart Short Fim) co-created with Laia Cabrera, presented at the Hamptons Jewelry Show
2017 HOW WE WORK (Short Animated Fim) for the Center for Popular Democracy
2017 TAKSU (Short Documentary) co-created with Laia Cabrera, presented at Vogue
2016 STOP THE HANGRY (Animation) Beefsteak – Food Inc
2015 VEGETABLE UNLEASHED (Animation) Beefsteak – Food Inc
2015 I AM (Short Documentary), on Alexandra Mor, Jewelry Design. Featured in Vogue JewelryTelly Awards 2016
2013 AN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (Animation) New York eHealth Collaborative,
Campaign For The State Of New York. Telly Awards 2014
2013 PATIENT PORTAL FOR NEW YORKER (Animation) New York eHealth Collaborative, Campaign For The State Of New York
Communicator Award 2013
2013 UNTITLED MIND (Video-Dance Piece) With Catherine Correa And Choreographer Alexander Proia.
Presented at Art All Night DC 2013, JCAST HQ, 2018, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2019, Festival ECOSS Barcelona 2020
2012 HOW SHINNY MAKES LIFE BETTER (Animation) New York eHealth Collaborative, Campaign For The State Of New York.
AVA Digital Awards 2013 and Telly Awards 2013
2013 WHITE ALLIGATOR (Feature Film) Opening And Closing Credits Animation
Golden Door International Film Festival, International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival,
Bled Film Festival, The Art of Bklyn Film Festival
2011 ALL I WANNA DO (Music Video) Song by Erica Glyn From Album “Static”
2010 SHIFTING GAZE (Short Film) – Spain Art Fest 2010, Times Square Plaza Region Zero Festival, King Juan Carlos I Of Spain Center
Of New York University, Centro Metropolitano de Diseño. Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo, Spain, Centro de
Iniciativas Culturales, Sevilla, Spain, Contemporary Art Gallery Canary Islands Government, El Tragaluz Digital. Santa Cruz de
Tenerife, Spain, Festival Close Up, Cuale Cultural Center, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Art Museum of the Americas,
C&O Canal, Georgetown Glow, Washington, DC, USA, JCAST HQ, Festival ECOSS Barcelona
2009 IS THERE AN EDGE OF BELIEF (Film Installation) By Laia Cabrera, Jaen Femenino Festival, Spain
PROJECTION DESIGN – VIDEO MAPPING FOR THEATER/DANCE
2023 LIFT ME UP Music Video by Lachi - Video Immersive Installation set for filming, Gymnopedie, Brooklyn, NY
2023 ALLERLEIRAUH (Musical Theater) adapted from the Brothers Grimm, Alvin Ailey Theater, New York, NY
2022 THE DARK STONE (theater) by Alberto Conejero, Repertorio Español, New York, NY
2022 COSMICOMICS (theater) by The New Stage Theatre Company presented at New Stage Performance Space, NYC
2021 PEOPLE PLACE DISRUPTION (dance) with Nimbus Dance, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) NJ
2021 BLACK HENRY (online theater) with Atlantic Pacific Theatre, New York
2019 FALLING SKY (dance) with Nimbus Dance, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) NJ, NJ, Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ
2019 LINES IN THE DUST (theater) by Nikkole Salter, Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City, NJ
2019 PRAYOG (dance) Three Aksha dance company, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2018-22 JERSEY CITY NUTCRACKER (dance) Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City, NJ
2018 TROJAN WOMEN (theater) written by Euripides, at the Jersey City Theater Center, NJ
2018 PROLOGUE (theater) written and directed by Maria Litvan, at the Jersey City Theater Center, NJ
2017 ELSE & HENRY (theater) Espacio Inestable, Valencia, Spain - September 2017, received the
"Nuestras Voces" award by the MetLife Foundation and Teatro El Extranjero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2022
2016 SINCRONIZADA by Mar Gomez Glez, Teatro Del Canal, Madrid, Spain - Finalist of Talent Madrid 2016 Festival
2016 NATYASHASTRA (dance) by Viji Rao at the JCC Auditorium at the KleinLife Center, Philadelphia, PA with the support of the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Knight Foundation
2015 EMILIE (theater) by Radegund Hain, produced by Stephanie Schmiderer and Markus Hirnigel and presented at the Theater
For the New City, NYC with support of the Austrian Cultural Forum
2015 RONENSBOURGH (theater) by Beatriz Cabur, AENY, presented at IATI theater, NYC.
2015 NIGHT (theater) by Charles Mee, The New Stage Theater Company presented at the Theater For the New City,
NYC. New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for Outstanding Innovative design (Projection Design, Visuals and
Animations), New York Innovative Theater Award winner for Outstanding Performance Art Production
2014 COSMICOMICS (theater) inspired by Italo Calvino, with The New Stage Theater Company presented at
Dixon Place, NYC. New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for Outstanding Innovative design (Projection Design,
Visuals and Animations)
2013 PROLOGUE (theater) directed by Maria Litvan presented at the Center of Performance Research
2012 GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (theater) written by Fernando Arrabal, by The New Stage Theater Company
presented at The Theater for the New City, NYC. New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for Outstanding
Innovative design (Projection Design, Visuals and Animations)
2012 LANDSCAPE OF THE SOUL (multimedia visual concert) with 17 video mapped screens with world-percussionist multi-instrumentalist
Nacho Arimany. La Mama, NYC
2011 THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS (theater), Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
2010 MAPPING MÖBIUS (theater) by New Stage Theater Company, La Mama Theater, NYC
2009 WALK-PASA-BOUGE (Silk-Video-Sound-Animation Performance) with Laia Cabrera And Cia Lorrojo At Monkey Town, Brooklyn -
Pianos, LES - Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, And Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC.
2009 UNTIL THERE (Sound-Video Tour-Performance) With Laia Cabrera And For Feather At The Subway (Cincinnati) and THE Waterloo
(Cleveland), Ohio And At Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NYC
2009 PLAYING EQUALITY (movement theater) Produced and performed by Puy Navarro & Francisco Reyes. Commissioned by the
Generalitat Valenciana, for the International Universities Forum 2009 and the Valencian Foundation for Human Rights. International
University Forum on "Poverty Eradication: A Challenge for Universities Worldwide", Boricua College of the City University of New
York, 2009. Festival Internacional de Teatro Social 'ReACT'" sponsored by the Fundación por la Justicia, Valencia, Spain, 2010
2008 EL ULTIMO VIAJE, LA CUCARACHETA MATUNA, THE DANCE, OPERACION GALLO ROJO (Theater Plays)
Festival Inspiracion, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, NYC
2008 LA JAULA BAJO EL TRAPO (theater) Festival Teatro Vivo, KJCC at NYU, NYC
2008 FOR FEATHER (Visual Concert) At BAM CAFE, Brooklyn - New York
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024 CUNY-BCC grant from the Melon Foundation for the creation of immersive installation "Perennial Land"
2023 Individual Artist Fellowship Grant awards by Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund
2022 #Hybrid Vision - Panasonic Digital Art 2022 Nominee, Shanghai, China
2021 Motion Award 2021 Nominee in the category "Interactive/Experiential - Installation"
2021 Grant from FLUTTER EXPERIENCE to create the immersive interactive video and sound installation "Dream-e-scape", Los Angeles
2019 Grant from FLUTTER EXPERIENCE to create the immersive interactive video and sound installation "Illusion", Los Angeles
2018 Resident Artists of COOLTURE IMPACT, the largest video interactive public art platform, New York
2018 Spring Break Art Show 2018 Official Selection
2017 Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the U.S. Grant
2016 Talent Madrid 2016 Finalist
2016 Telly Awards 2016 Silver Winner for Best Direction (Highest Distinction)
2015 New York Innovative Theater Award Winner for "Night" Outstanding Performance Art Production
2015 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Night" Outstanding Innovative Design
2014 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Cosmicomics" Outstanding Innovative Design
2014 Telly Awards 2014 Bronze Winner for Best Art Direction
2013 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Garden of Delights" Outstanding Innovative Design
2013 Telly Awards 2013 Silver Winner for Best Documentary
2013 Telly Awards 2013 Silver Winner for Best Animation
2013 AVA Digital Awards 2013 Platinum Winner Best video Animation and Best Creativity
2013 AVA Digital Awards 2013 Gold Winner Best Documentary
2010 Residency in Topia Arts New York, USA, May - June 2010
EXHIBITIONS PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHY
2024 VIEW FROM THE MOON and A JOURNEY AROUND THE SUN in Drawing Beyond the Frame, LIC-Artist, The Factory, NY
2023 WOMAN in #2000bananas fundraising show, Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ
2023 CANDYLAND in Tickled Pink exhibition curated by Tina Maneca, Newport Mall, Jersey City, NJ
2023 REPOSE in public art exhibition The Surprising Thing About Gratitude, curated by Walk Bye, Canco Park, Jersey City, NJ
2022-23 LOVE # 7, 8 & 9 at the Affordable Art Show, Art House Gallery, Jersey City
2022 ROOTED #1 & #2 at JCAST Community Gallery West, Jersey City, NJ
2022 ROOTED #1 & #2 in exhibition Resilient 2 curated by Ivy Brown — Pro Arts, ART150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2022 VOTE in exhibition Real Democracy curated by Walk Bye, Miller Branch Library, Jersey City, NJ
2022 ROOTED in EXQUISITE CORPSE group exhibition - Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ
2021 IMMERSION Retrospective Exhibition with Laia Cabrera - Contemporary Identities Online Art Magazine & Gallery
2021 LOVE # 1 in “RENAISSANCE”, A Revival!, Art House Gallery at 150 Bay, Jersey City, NJ - Part of JCAST 2021
2021 WINDOW WITH VINES in PLANTS - The Syzygy Project
2021 GREEN - MOTHER NATURE in RAINBOW, Jersey City Free Public Library, Jersey City, NJ
2021 CITY BIRDS and WHITE BIRD in ANIMALS - The Syzygy Project
2021 LOVE # 8 - One: Pride - Online Walk Bye exhibition in Artsteps
2021 WINDOW WITH VINES - LEMONADE group exhibition, Project Greenville - Art House JC - Jersey City, NJ
2021 LOVE # 4 - The Women - City Hall & Berry Lane Park, Jersey City, NJ, Paterson Poetry Festival, NJ
2021 LOVE # 2 & 3 - PEOPLE PLACE DISRUPTION group exhibition - Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ
2021 WE THE PEOPLE - /?rad?k(?)l/, Congregation B’nai Jacob - Jersey City, NJ
2020 WINDOW WITH VINES - WALK_BYE JCAST, Jersey City, NJ
2012 REBIRTH - SixBetweenTheArts - New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2023 "Love and..." Series in ARTUPMI Magazine - Spring 2023 Issue 12
2022 "Dematerialized Embrace" in Zanna Magazine - Issue 11
2022 Artist Feature Isabelle Duverger and Laia Cabrera in Syzygy Project
2022 "LOVE #" series in ARTUPMI Magazine - Winter 2022 Issue 5
2022 "HANDWRITING" and "THE OTHER" Collages in TINY SPOON Magazine - Issue 8
2021 "DOUCEUR SUCREE" in Zanna Magazine - Issue 10
2019 Interview for MCD - Magazine des Cultures Digitales
2016 "LOVE PEACE & LIGHT" children book - illustrations (published in English and Spanish)
ARTIST TALKS
2024 Care and Climate Justice Artists’ Roundtable - Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College, NY
2023 From Moving Images to Immersive Cinema - Film Criticism Conference, Riyadh, KSA
2022 Festival SANT JORDI USA, Jersey City, NJ
2020 Festival ECOSS, Fabra i Coats: Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2020 JCTC Conversations ONLINE: Voices from Around the World, Jersey City, NJ
2020 TrapTalk, Trapology, Boston, MA
2020 Nimbus: Stagedoor, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Business, Design & Technology Conference on Sustainable Cities, Centre for Social Innovation, New York, NY
EDUCATION
2004-2006 Master in Business Administration, Audencia Nantes Management School (France) specialization in Management of Cultural
Institutions & Aarhus School of Business (Denmark) specialization in Marketing and Communication
2003-2004 Bachelor of sciences in Marketing and Sales, IUT Cergy St Christophe, France
2001-2003 2-year Associate Degree in Graphic Design, Estienne School of Art, Paris, France