Ana Mendieta

1948 - 1985 (age 36) • Directing

Born: 11/18/1948 in Havana, Cuba

Died: 9/8/1985 (age 36)

Known for: Directing

Ana Mendieta

Ana Mendieta (November 18, 1948 – September 8, 1985) was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" artwork. Born in Havana, Mendieta left for the United States in 1961.

Known For

Body Tracks

30%

1974

Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

100%

Self

1987

Chicken Movie, Chicken Piece

20%

1972

Grass Breathing

20%

Director

1974

Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside

2015

Blood Inside Outside

1975

Black Angel

Self

1975

Blood Writing

Self

1974

Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside

2015

Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

100%

Self

1987

Esculturas Rupestres

Director

1981

Birth (Gunpowder Works)

Director

1981

Untitled (Figura, Gunpowder en los cracks)

Director

1981

Ochún

Director

1981

Isla, Untitled (Figura que parece Egypta)

Director

1981

Untitled: 'Silueta' of Sand

Director

1981

Ana Mendieta: Selected Film Works

Director

1981

Ana Mendieta: Selected Performance Works (1973-1981)

Director

1981

Fundamento Palo Monte (Silueta Series, Gunpowder Works)

Director

1980

Filmworks, August 1980 (La Ventosa and San Felipe, Mexico)

Director

1980

Rocas y Humo

Director

1980

Untitled: Silueta Series (Gunpowder Works)

Director

1980

Volcán

Director

1979

Candle Ixchell, Black Ixchell Series (Black Ixchell Candle Ixchell)

Director

1979

Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 3

Director

1979

Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 1

Director

1978

Silueta de Arena

Director

1978

Volcan de Arena, Silueta series (Volcán, Arena y Explosión)

Director

1978

Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 2

Director

1978

Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)

Director

1976

Burial of the Nanigo, (Woman Candle Silueta #2, New York Show)

Director

1976

Fire Silueta

Director

1976

Butterfly

Director

1975

X-ray

Director

1975

Alma, Silueta en Fuego

Director

1975

Energy Charge

Director

1975