Regina José Galindo

Regina José Galindo (1974- ) is a Guatemalan performance artist who specializes in body art. She was born in Guatemala City.

http://www.reginajosegalindo.com

She first gave two performances in Guatemala in 1999, and gained international fame. One of her well-known acts include ¿Quién Puede Borrar las Huellas? (Translated: "Who Can Erase the Traces"), made in 2003, in which she walked from the Congress of Guatemala building to the National Palace, dipping her bare feet at intervals in a white recipient full of human blood, as a vigorous protest against the presidential candidacy of Guatemala’s former dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt.^[1]

Another of her notable work was titled Perra, made in 2005, which she carved the Spanish word perra on her legs, in protest of violence against women.^[2]

She frequently collaborates with other live art performers, including compatriot Aníbal López.