Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen


Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, is a Danish video and performance artist.

Biography

Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen grow up in Manila and, from the age of eight, in Stevns, Denmark. She studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1996-2002 and has been guest lecturer at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and at Det Fynske Kunstakademi in Odense in Denmark.
In her art, she is primarily exploring socio-cultural relationships, often with her dual Danish and Filipino cultural backgrounds as the vantage point. Her first solo exhibition, Family show, was held in 2000 at the Akershus Kunstsenter at Lillestrøm in Norway. Her video piece Absolute Exotic was included in the 2007 traveling exhibition Global Feminisms, organized by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. In 2008 she was awarded the Eckersberg Medal. She participated in the 2011 Venice Biennale in the Danish pavilion with Afghan Hound: four songs on video plus a live performance.
In 2018, Rasmussen participated in Art Basel Hong Kong.
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen lives in Copenhagen.

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