Eloisa Brantes
(Volta Redonda, Brazil, 1968) Performing artist and professor. PhD in Performing Arts from Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). Founding artist, director and performer at Coletivo Líquida Ação (Rio de Janeiro) which, since 2007, has been carrying out urban interventions and performances based on the presence of water in different socio-environmental contexts. Eloisa researches water as a mediating element of bodies and environments. Professor at the Art Department of the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), where she coordinates the Ateliê de Performance extension project, and collaborates with their Graduate Programme. She coordinates the research group Ambientalidade, together with Jorgge Menna Barreto.
