Portrait of Violeta Acuña

Violeta Acuña © Amalia Rivas

Violeta Acuña

actor, director, performance artist

Asunción, Paraguay
Participant International Forum 2025

Violeta Acuña is an interdisciplinary artist, performer and educator from Asunción. She began her career as an actress and theatre director, working mainly with independent companies in Asunción and Bogotá, D.C. She holds a Master’s degree in Theatre and Live Arts from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Since 2016 she has taught acting and performance for institutions. She has been a fellow in multiple editions of Experimenta/Sur and the Diploma in Performative Practices. Her work has been presented in various formats, from festivals to residencies, exhibitions and open studios, including the Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the ArteCo fair in Argentina, among others. Since 2021 she has directed Plataforma Nómada, where she develops scenic research and creation projects, as well as practices and mentorship in live arts. With her work that explores between languages, she is particularly interested in duration, presence and a critical and sensitive observation of the contemporary world, focusing on power dynamics, peripheral communities and the revision and inclusion of narratives beyond the official discourse.

As of: March 2025