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Amelia Bande is a Writer in Residence in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at New York University's College of Arts and Science. An artist, writer, and performer from Chile based in the United States, she creates live capsules of intimacy and low-fi musicals through text and visual experimentation, with work presented at Artists Space, The Poetry Project, Storm King Arts Center, and international venues including Teatro Nacional de Chile.
Her educational background includes:
- MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish, New York University (2015)
- BA in Liberal Arts, The New School (2004)
- Bachillerato en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile (2000)
Bande's creative scholarship centers on Theater & performance, Queer studies, Latin American theater and politics, Creative writing pedagogy, Multilingual and hybrid literature, and DIY cultural spaces. Her work interrogates power structures through experimental forms, blending political urgency with intimate storytelling while navigating multilingual identities and queer perspectives within Latin American contexts. She consistently employs DIY aesthetics to challenge institutional frameworks and democratize artistic production.
Her recent publications reveal a sustained focus on politically engaged creative work, with poetry and performance texts exploring queer Latinx identities, resistance movements, and multilingual expression. The trajectory shows increasing integration of political commentary with experimental forms, particularly in bilingual works addressing Chilean social movements and queer experiences.
Notable awards include:
- 2024 Summer GRI Fellowship in NYU Prague
- 2023 MacDowell Fellowship for Performance Art
- 2018 Yaddo Fellowship for Performance Art
- 2006 Chilean National Playwriting Award for "Chueca"
- 2013 Honorable Mention, Chilean National Playwriting Award
Bande actively mentors emerging artists as the 2024-25 Poetry Project's Emerge-Be-Surface program mentor and previously co-edited Critical Correspondence (2017-2019). Her grants—including MacDowell, Yaddo, and Fire Island residencies—have enabled international collaborations and experimental productions. She maintains strong ties to Chilean cultural institutions while developing community-focused work through NYC's DIY spaces.
Her practice thrives in collaborative environments, evidenced by residencies at Shandaken Projects and Human Resources LA, where she develops interdisciplinary performances that fuse music, text, and visual elements within grassroots cultural networks.
