Itziar Okariz

(Donostia,1965) lives and works between New York and Bilbao. Her work in recent years has been notable for the documentary production of actions carried out in both private and public spaces that question the social norms that define our behaviour. Her latest individual projects include the show in the Carreras Múgica gallery, Bilbao, 2009; GhostBox in the Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, 2008; Curating the campus: To Pee in Public and private Spaces in The Singel, Antwerp, 2007; Talent Vita Kuben, Umea, Sweden, 2007, Climbing Buildings, Festival «If I Can’t Dance…» Utrecht, 2007; Irrintzi; Repetición within the «III Encuentros de Arte and Género» Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville 2007. She has recently taken part in the following joint shows; «Chacun a son gout» Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, Bilbao; «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang» Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, 2007; «Attitude» c/o Atle Gerhardsen Gallery, Berlin, 2006; «The Dead, Absent, and Fictitious», Video exhibition commissioned by LTTR, REDCAT Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2006.