Andrea Soto

Andrea Soto, raised in Juarez, is a first generation Mexican American movement artist and collaborator whose craft lives in performance and data-gathering. Her last public piece, Multitude (1-2) was presented at MAK Center for Art and Architecture for the opening of VALIE EXPORT: EMBODIED in Los Angeles. Andrea holds the body as our temple of pleasure and truth system; she creates poetic ecosystems rooted in non-hierarchical ways of making and being. A graduate from California Institute of the Arts, she is the recipient of the 2024 Barbara Ensley Award on behalf of the Merce Cunningham Trust, and the 2023 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. Notable collaborations include projects with mentors such as Rosie Herrera, Julie Tolentino, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Rosanna Tavarez, and Sam Wentz. Her performances span national and international platforms, and she continues to work as a dancer, performer, and movement director across Los Angeles, New York and London.