Dora Garcia

Dora Garcia is a Spanish artist, educator, and researcher currently serving as Professor of Contemporary Art at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She has held teaching positions at prestigious institutions including PEI Macba Barcelona (2015-2020), ENSBA Lyon, HEAD Geneva, and Le Fresnoy (France). Her practice bridges performance, film, installation, and public space interventions, focusing on themes of marginality, political resistance, and the intersection of art with literature and psychoanalysis.

Research Interests include:

• Performance as knowledge production
• Legacy of radical thinkers (Walser, Artaud, Joyce)
• Feminist political theory, particularly Alexandra Kollontai's influence
• Anti-psychiatry movements and civil rights
• Artistic exploration of care and collective structures

Recent Publications (2020-2023) include edited volumes like Love with Obstacles and On Reconciliation, alongside her ongoing MAD MARGINAL research cahiers series. Notable projects: Segunda Vez (2018), The Human Factor (2004), and The Hearing Voices Café (2014).