Antonio Villa (Argentine)
Antonio Villa currently lives and works in Buenos Aires. He is a theatre artist, visual artist, writer and cultural manager.
He has published several books and contributed as a writer to various specialist magazines and independent publications.
In the field of visual arts, he has participated in numerous exhibitions, both as an artist and curator, in institutions such as the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Buenos Aires, the Museo Rosa Galisteo, the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and in collaboration with galleries in Argentina, Peru and Italy. He organised his first solo exhibition La espada y la piedra (2018) at Munar Arte; El dragón y la bestia at the Bienal de Performance (2019); and ¡Laira, laila! at Constitución Galería in 2023.
In 2022, he created Chongo Triste, a play commissioned by the Teatro Nacional Cervantes, as dramaturge and director. He is the curator of the Gallinero collection of contemporary Argentine playwriting at Rara Avis Editorial. He is also co-director and curator of Constitución Galería .