Maricel Alvarez began her work in the artistic fields over 16 years ago, with studies framed within acting and contemporary dance.
Over 11 years ago began team-working with Emilio Garcia Wehbi, sharing artistic activities in the contemporary opera Sin Voces, in the pieces Cuerpos Viles: Museo de la Morgue Judicial [Vile Bodies], Los Murmullos [The Murmurs], Hamlet de William Shakespeare; Büchner's Woyzeck, Elfriede Jelinek's Bambiland, Sophie Calle's Dolor Exquisito [Exquisite Pain] Thomas Bernhard's Heldenplatz and in the serial performances project El Matadero [The Slaughterhouse].
Worked as guest performer in the last two productions by El Periferico de Objetos: La Ultima Noche de la Humanidad [The Last Night of Mankind] premiered at the Wiener Festwochen in 2002 and Children's Manifesto premiered at the Kunsten Festival des Arts in 2005.
Other renowned work in the acting field includes Euripides' Iphigeneia at Aulis directed by Rubén Szhuchmacher, Prometeo Olvidado [Prometeus] directed by Laura Yusem, Ramon del Valle-Inclan's Bohemian Lights directed by Villanueva Cosse and Hejduk's Project: The Mask of the Medusa directed by Laura Yusem.
Her most relevant film credits are Biutiful (Cannes Film Festival, 2010, Official Competition, Golden Globe and Oscar nominee as Best Picture in a foreign language) directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu where she played the leading female role. And Eliseo Subiela's Pequeños Milagros.
Her credits as choreographer and/or co-director includes Dr. Faustus (Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires); Red lights for Dr. Faustus (Akademie der Künste, Berlin); Moby Dick oder der Weisse Wal (Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Munich); Chacales y Arabes [Jackals and Arabs] (National University of Bogota), El Matadero.5: Aullido [Howl] (Buenos Aires) and El Matadero.6: Ciudad Juarez (Festival de México en el Centro Historico).
Along, Maricel Alvarez develops artistic production activities. Her most recognized work in this area being, the Philoctetes Project, urban intervention presented in Vienna - Buenos Aires - Berlin - Kyoto and Cracow, an Artist Collective collaboration.
Granted artist by Goethe Institut in Berlin -2002- and guest artist at the 2007 Theatertreffen-Internationales Forum in Berlin.
Also develops teaching activities in Argentina and abroad (Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Centro Helenico Mexico D.F., Kyoto University of Arts and Design, Freie Universität Berlin and Universidad Nacional de Colombia).
Teatro del Mundo Award (Buenos Aires University) nominee for her work in Bambiland, Woyzeck and Children's Manifesto. Trinidad Guevara Award nominee for her performances in Dolor Exquisito and Heldenplatz. For her work in Biutiful she received the Ischia Art Award (Ischia Film Festival, Italy) as Breakthrough Actress of the Year.
